Example sentences of "still [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the other end of the scale there are meals that will linger in the mind long after the credit card has recovered , and blowouts at top restaurants still tend to be cheaper than their London counterparts . |
| 2 | In Western societies , men ( even those in process work ) still tend to be taught to seek relationships with a larger number of people and to control the amount of emotion they invest in these relationships . |
| 3 | Despite large numbers of women professionals employed in mainstream print and broadcast media in Third World countries , they still tend to be concentrated in sex-stereotyped posts such as announcing or children 's programming , and are largely absent from management and decision-making positions . |
| 4 | However , even discounting geographical reasons , ‘ ethnic minority risks still tend to be higher ’ with Asians more vulnerable to mugging and vandalism . |
| 5 | But the real problem is that no matter how reactionary their articles seem to be the writers still tend to be enmeshed in the thought patterns of the Straightworld even when deriding it , which can only work like walking on a treadmill towards the new World . |
| 6 | Small companies still tend to be inhibited by the cost of using such services and within larger firms the knowledge of their benefits still seems to be limited to a small number of individuals and not widely recognised within the company as a resource . |
| 7 | Some British cooker tops still tend to be niggardly in size and do n't make sufficient allowance for four large pans . |
| 8 | still got to be there for it . |
| 9 | But , she said I 'm pleased with him so far , but we still got to be careful that 's why she made him have this collar . |
| 10 | There are things certain things I 'm committed to and to have time off means I still got to be able to do those things . |
| 11 | It would , it is true , convey the necessary information from the eye to the brain , but all the necessary computations would still remain to be done . |
| 12 | Trinity Square still proving to be very busy so expect a few minutes wait if you want to get yourself parked in there and have a couple of minutes wait if you want to get into the Victoria Centre that 's at the York Street entrance . |
| 13 | This year , the second on from the Festival is still proving to be a bumper one for individual membership ; we are now well in to the 900 's and it would give great satisfaction and joy to all if the magic figures ‘ 1000 ’ could appear in the membership book lovingly kept by the Treasurer and Secretary . |
| 14 | He is still intended to be in control of his environment . |
| 15 | And she knew that if she had been made welcome from the start , she would still want to be with them , in spite of this comparative luxury . |
| 16 | I would still want to be able to see and buy items of equipment , not to do so would be an opportunity wasted , but I can to my machinery stocklist to see most of what I saw at the show . |
| 17 | Alright , do you still want to be friends ? |
| 18 | ( The conservatory at Chatsworth was sadly demolished after World War I but many of Paxton 's improvements still remain to be seen ) . |
| 19 | The incredible ruined cities , many more of which still remain to be discovered in the jungle areas , are one fascination , if only to speculate as to how they were built in a civilisation which had no beast of burden bigger than a llama , no wheels , and no cutting edge except stone . |
| 20 | I still remain to be convinced that either Cantona ( or McAllister for that matter ) can stand up and be counted when the crunch matches come around . |
| 21 | In short , the displacing repetition still has to be culturally construed as such . |
| 22 | The selection still has to be approved by the next full meeting of the constituency association but the chairwomen , Ms Anne Peck , said last night that this appeared to be a formality . |
| 23 | But for those who do not , the phenomenon of Christianity still has to be understood . |
| 24 | For example , despite the computer revolution , the language of computer users still has to be interpreted to the uninitiated ; and for clients in the health care system , the vocabulary of staff is often unintelligible or , when only snatches are overheard and understood , is open to misinterpretation and can cause the client and family great distress . |
| 25 | But while people in the sample can give the information , the question still has to be answered as to why they should bother . |
| 26 | It grants outline planning permission for the construction of those works prescribed by the Act but the detail still has to be agreed through the normal planning process . |
| 27 | He also still has to be fed by tube , because of difficulty in swallowing . |
| 28 | It still has to be put somewhere . |
| 29 | It still has to be decided whether IBM sells it or how to avoid confusing users because of IBM 's ties to Apple . |
| 30 | The new design , which Sun finished the week of November 16th , still has to be taped out and has yet to reach silicon . |