Example sentences of "are still [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutrients are still at a premium here , so the plants form an association with a fungus pezzizella ericae which enables the heather to have a higher nitrogen uptake and to be more resistant to elements of heavy metals found in the soil . |
| 2 | They are opposed to the suggestion that women with young children should stay at home rather than go to work , accept that women are still at a disadvantage when it comes to advancement at work , but they do n't think there should be more positive discrimination in women 's favour . |
| 3 | They are ongoing in that they are still at an early stage and in that the process of applying them right across the whole of the NHS will take several years-probably up to the end of the century . |
| 4 | Microtus makes her nest underground in a burrow , so she can safely bring her young into the world when they are still at an early stage of their development , and then within a few hours , start on the business of producing the next litter . |
| 5 | Neural networks offer another possibility for use in identification , but they are still at an early stage of development . |
| 6 | For instance , the small diameter flexible cholecystoscopes are still at an early stage of development giving limited vewsof the gall bladder , and require experience to manipulate and perform direct contact lithotripsy . |
| 7 | Negotiations on these matters are still at an early stage , and involve unions in areas beyond their traditional expertise . |
| 8 | are still at an incompetent stage , they still are unable to carry out the job . |
| 9 | The loose , undulating rhythms of trees and foliage are still of a kind seen in Fauve canvases by Matisse ( and have their origin ultimately in the late work of Gauguin ) , while the colour is decorative and heightened to an unnatural degree . |
| 10 | Again , although they and their families enjoy a standard of living comparable to that of many white-collar families , their social worlds are still to a large extent separate from those of the latter , except where linkages of kinship , or to a lesser degree of neighbourhood , can span the social distance between them . |
| 11 | Although CDs are still to a large extent an instrument of liability management , such arbitrage has become increasingly important in driving new issuance recently . |
| 12 | Ipswich second team play their last East Super League game against Hemel Hempstead on Saturday and are still without a win in the league . |
| 13 | TIME ON SIDE AFTER three Premier League games Manchester United are still without a win — but Fergie refuses to panic and has told the players to keep plugging away . |
| 14 | After coming back magnificently from two goals down with 20 minutes remaining , two goals in the last five minutes meant the Quakers , who dominated the game , are still without a win at home in two months . |
| 15 | Crosfields are still without a league win this season and now occupy bottom place in the league after their defeat at Rosebridge . |
| 16 | THE Hillsborough club are still without an overall backer for their International Sunflower meeting at Kirkistown on October 9 . |
| 17 | Bear a thought for the locals in the Sutton District Water Company area on the edge of London — they are still under a sprinkler ban . |
| 18 | Victim Support 's trained volunteers offer an immediate response when people are still in a state of shock , giving encouragement , support and information . |
| 19 | ‘ I was hoping the Swedes would draw and drop a point , but we are still in a strong position . |
| 20 | Unlike Hobbes , Locke believes that people under an absolute authority are not really in civil society ; effectively they are still in a state of nature , for they may need to defend their rights against that authority . |
| 21 | ‘ Women receiving help with childcare costs from an employer are still in a minority , ’ Dorries said . |
| 22 | Cheaper money and a plunge in the cost of living are working their way through the system , but the Government 's finances are still in a mess and I think we could inherit a financial deficit of as much as £50bn in 1993-94 . |
| 23 | Those who are still in a state to require being taken care of by others must be protected against their own actions as well as against external injury . |
| 24 | If they do not achieve office they are still in a special relationship to government in which , while some advantages may accrue from being a member of the ruling party and having many colleagues and friends in office , there may also be disadvantages in that party allegiance implies a duty to support the government . |
| 25 | In this country , the creation of Interdisciplinary Research Centres ( IRCs ) within the universities , funded by the research councils alone or in collaboration with industry , has been recognised by the ABRC ( Roberts , Phillips ) , but the assessment structures needed for the evaluation of such complex proposals are still in a rather fluid state . |
| 26 | ‘ The families of the children are still in a bad way over the leniency of the sentence . |
| 27 | A Merseyside based analysist said last night : ‘ Sadly they are still in a mess , they badly need to reduce debts of approaching £1bn even though we expect to see a improvement in profitability this year . ’ |
| 28 | Happily , the advent of closed-circuit television has largely overcome the difficulty of an invisible console , even if the pipes themselves are still in an inconvenient place in relation to other instruments . |