Example sentences of "are still [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 Crèches at the workplace are still not a common occurrence , although some companies without sufficient demand to make a crèche feasible opt for giving employees financial help with local childcare instead .
2 But there are still today a large number of means tested benefits .
3 Even when all the other newspapers in the 1985 study are added , including the local evenings and weeklies , there are still only a total of 154 rape cases mentioned in 1985 .
4 I have never shared the wild enthusiasm for anything ‘ single-bit ’ with which its arrival was greeted in some quarters ; indeed there are still only a handful of players of that ilk which I would contemplate as replacements for a good multi-bit machine , but this is one of them .
5 However , there are still quite a few rather heavily marked White Parks and sometimes a completely black calf is thrown , which is never the case with the pure Chillinghams .
6 These reactions may fade over time , but at the moment they are still quite a strong influence in Zimbabwean society .
7 There are still quite a few trees and bushes festooned with the fruits of last year .
8 I have the impression that there are still quite a number of anthropological research workers who conduct their enquiries by such question and answer methods , but they are gradually being superseded .
9 As a matter of fact , the hunt is a very ineffectual way of controlling foxes , er they record the number they kill and it 's very , very few , a tiny percentage of the number of foxes there are in the countryside clever foxes er , as indeed I think Mrs mentioned , live in towns nowadays er , but there are still quite a lot in the countryside fortunately and they will survive er , though zoologists tell us er that er by instinct er they see that their numbers are controlled .
10 Even though they 're now five years old , I gather that the twins are still quite a handful . ’
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