Example sentences of "still [adv] [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since our history books are still largely written from the liberal side we are amazed to find Wordsworth on the side of the aristocracy and against the rising hopes of the people ; as he himself put it : ‘ I can not but be of opinion that the feudal power yet surviving in England is eminently serviceable in counteracting the popular tendency to reform . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Ashe , who received a supportive phone call yesterday from President Bush , shot to fame in 1968 when he won the first United States Open at a time when blacks were still largely excluded from professional tennis . |
| 3 | Most inner city councils have a long socialist tradition which makes them even less popular with the government , and despite some recent softening of the government 's attitude , local authorities are still largely excluded from inner city initiatives . |
| 4 | Caterham is still technically prevented from producing fully-built cars by national legislation although that could change by the end of the year . |
| 5 | This lays it open to Walter Benjamin 's critique even more than the classic realist novel , for it is still further removed from his concept of storytelling . |
| 6 | Skipper showed a pleasing boldness in his jumping , which was still often done from trot . |
| 7 | He is still vividly scarred from his recent encounter with a lion . |
| 8 | Her skin was still lightly tanned from the summer , her thick dark eyelashes did n't need mascara to give them extra body , and the blue of her eyes and the dusky pink of her lips usually gave her face enough colour . |
| 9 | " Who 'll buy my lavender ? " is a street-cry within living memory , and bunches of lavender are still occasionally sold from door to door in English villages and country districts . |