Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] still [be] [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she could still be asked to leave with just one month 's notice if someone takes over the 20-year lease . |
| 2 | It was a personal best performance by a second and a half , and now Matthew is hoping she will still be picked to represent Cleveland in the English Schools Championships at Hull next month . |
| 3 | But i if while we 've got them we will still be there we will still be called to put them out and one of these days we 'll be dealing with bonfires when somebody 's house is on fire and we need to be there instead . |
| 4 | But they could still be summoned to appear in court to answer the allegations of their creditor , to admit or give good reasons for disclaiming them — if the sum involved was less than £5,000 in a county court , if more in the High Court . |
| 5 | The mode of economic production prevalent in a society may be very different from the mode of ideological production , but they can still be said to share certain ingredients . |
| 6 | Although Chubb Security is now valued at £900m , with the shares at 320p against the 200p at which they floated last October , it may still be undervalued to judge from the latest 64 per cent rise in profits . |
| 7 | Knill added that although the commercial and strategic logic for the Thorp project had collapsed with the end of the cold war , it might still be needed to help nations that could not cope with their own nuclear waste . |
| 8 | Darrel had mysteriously signed Littlecote over to Sir John in 1586 on the understanding that he would still be allowed to remain . |
| 9 | With 15 to 20 per cent of tin or more , the alloy becomes brittle and almost unworkable , although it can still be cast to shape , and as more tin is added it becomes whiter in colour . |
| 10 | The dinosaurs can have Scafell until they die out , then if anyone can still be bothered to walk ( ! ) up there , I 'm sure a line or two of bolts would n't go amiss . |