Example sentences of "[pron] can still [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The site later became known as the Vulcan Works , now demolished , and produced castings and iron gratings , some of which can still be seen in the village , and elsewhere throughout the county . |
| 2 | Besides the gnomon , or sundial , and the clepsydra , or water-clock , an improved version of which with a more constant flow was invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria c.270 BC , there is evidence of more elaborate instrumentation , such as the ‘ Tower of the Winds ’ which can still be seen in Athens , north of the Acropolis . |
| 3 | The brothers converted part of the building to make a chapel , and set up an industry in old railway huts which produced exquisite ecclesiastical embroideries , many of which can still be seen in local churches . |
| 4 | There was formerly a ford across to Erth Barton near Saltash , which can still be defined at low tide , and probably also a ferry . |
| 5 | James Bond , for example , has looked at the estates of both Abingdon and Evesham Abbeys , and clearly shown the variety of topographical features which can still be distinguished on their scattered estates . |
| 6 | It was only much later that I realised the reason for the request and also for the resulting laughter , namely the enjoyment of a broad Somerset accent which had come with me , and traces of which can still be recognised by West Country people nearly seventy years later . |
| 7 | Such changing adviser practices seem to have had an impact upon arts advisers which can still be observed in the tension they feel between a commitment to the professional development of the general class teacher and the supervision of centralized performance activities ( Tweddell , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | Cartographic logic suggests it was in fact an isolated hill that stands above the headwaters of the Rio Congo — an unspectacular 1,800 ft-high hillock , somewhat denuded of trees , a short distance away from a rudimentary track ( made by wild pigs , or cattle , or perhaps by people long ago ) which can still be discerned in the jungle . |
| 9 | It has a rich and colourful history , which can still be traced in its fortifications , towers and old city gates . |
| 10 | If you are starting completely from scratch , however , and have the cash available , I recommend that you purchase a basic helicopter radio which can still be used with a fixed pitch machine if required , but will be of great help if a variable ( collective ) pitch machine is purchased . |
| 11 | Among the earliest souvenirs to be hawked to the victorious Allied troops who marched into Beirut on 8 October 1917 was a horrific picture postcard , old copies of which can still be found in the antiquarian bookshop that sells the David Roberts lithographs on Makhoul Street . |
| 12 | You can still be thinking about work . |
| 13 | I 'm still terrified , even though McDunn 's on my side , because I can see he 's not so hopeful any more and if they take him off this I might get the bad cops , the ones that just want a confession and Christ I 'm in England , not Scotland , and despite the McGuire Seven and the Guildford Four they still have n't changed the law : down here you can still be convicted on an uncorroborated confession even if you try to retract it later . |
| 14 | Humane destruction is not easy to face and even if your pet drifts off peacefully in your arms , you can still be left with a feeling of guilt . |
| 15 | The indexes , in Latin and English , are followed by seven practical lists , similar to those in the catalogues of many leading nurserymen today and they can still be consulted to advantage . |
| 16 | Usually they can still be understood by other speakers of English , so why is it important to learn how weak forms are used ? |
| 17 | Monuments to a dream that turned into a nightmare , they can still be seen from afar , standing tall and silent like dinosaurs waiting to become extinct . |
| 18 | They can still be playing to their full ability at 34 ish . |
| 19 | Butyl has a substantially longer life expectancy than pvc — it 's used in the construction of reservoirs — but it can still be damaged by piercing . |
| 20 | It was published in eighty six eighty seven , although it 's no longer available in shops , it can still be obtained through the library service if you care to request it , which I have . |
| 21 | This aircraft does have the advantage of a bench seat in the back which is removable , so it can still be used as a four-seater if you watch the weight and balance . |
| 22 | So strong is the activity in these discharges that it can still be measured in the sea right down the western coast of Britain , northwards round the top of Scotland , and even as far away as Scandinavia . |
| 23 | Indeed it can still be found in our own time , in some individual cases but also in new forms of patronage . |
| 24 | He can still be seen on film in November 1921 in Saratov surrounded by hungry children . |
| 25 | Mr. Stubbs , who lives at Corry Road , Hindhead refers to the great environmental writers and adds , ‘ I salute these noble men and women and hope that people will read their work and learn not only what we have lost but also what can still be saved in our beautiful world . ’ |
| 26 | If a back-up copy is available a potential disaster can be averted and the urgent report or whatever can still be completed on time . |
| 27 | Whereas , as we have seen , primal societies use the initiation and totemic rituals to instil whatever rudimentary superego-formation is necessary for the conduct of their social life , modern societies have more or less totally abandoned these rituals and anything resembling them ( although vestiges of them can still be found in some educational and penal institutions ) . |