Example sentences of "[modal v] still [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although his career may be on the wane , he should still prove a useful asset to Ballymena , who just pipped top Junior side Coleraine for the veteran 's services . |
| 2 | You should still play a full part in |
| 3 | After tackling up and laying your baitboxes , landing net etc , around you , and sinking your keepnet in deep-enough water , you should still have a reasonable amount of daylight left to assess your surroundings . |
| 4 | But his next book should still fill a substantial gap : a biography of C.T.B. Turner , one of the first great Australian bowlers . |
| 5 | But the two must still pass a late fitness test and Griffiths admitted : ‘ Our injury problems have hit us hard , but the team spirit is tremendous . |
| 6 | An important principle of gene — culture coevolutionary theory is that a tabula rasa mind , open to all choices equally and hence totally dependent on the accidents of history , must still have a biological foundation — and a very finely adjusted one at that . |
| 7 | With the violence showing no signs of ending , thousands of soldiers must still maintain a military presence . |
| 8 | This must still yield a finite minimum , for otherwise we would have a solution satisfying ( 8.1 ) and for all and with cost decreasing ( z increasing ) in . |
| 9 | Get a second hand car for a couple of grand and er I 'll still have a little bit . |
| 10 | On the left , Dunbar held his hand and re-deployed his archers to pick off any strays who might still offer a safe target . |
| 11 | In my own case , the model of transition through liminality might still produce a recognizable replication of the move through a rite de passage : |
| 12 | There was , too , an underlying legal change : even though arbitration might still play a crucial part in their actual proceedings , courts gradually inclined to perceive justice as lying in precedent , or principle . |
| 13 | However , even if a death in hospital does not warrant an autopsy , the corpse may still present a potential source of infection to porters and mortuary staff , particularly if they have not been immunised . |
| 14 | For example , a relatively small company in terms of employees , sales or assets , may still hold a dominant place in the global distribution of a crucial commodity , usually by virtue of its technological superiority over its competitors . |
| 15 | If it seems inevitable that you will have to leave , consultation may still achieve a useful improvement in your severance terms . |
| 16 | The sensitivity of the test is such that a diluted specimen may still give a positive result , but the contaminants will be so dilute as not to cause a problem . |
| 17 | We need to understand how and why male fantasies may commonly differ from female ones , and why the sorts of fantasies I have mentioned , which may in some ways seem antithetical to feminism , may still have a strong appeal to women who have a feminist allegiance . |
| 18 | Even if they do n't prosecute you may still have a civil claim against the owner for your injuries . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , I may still have a black dog in me , ’ he says . |
| 20 | Depending on when property was charged , its value may be over-inflated , so a sale in the future could still realise a substantial loss , while , in the meantime , this area of the balance sheet is dead . |
| 21 | Already in November 1941 , the SD was reporting ‘ disappointment that the final smashing of Bolshevism is not taking place as rapidly as hoped and that no end of the eastern campaign is in sight ’ , a dampening of optimism at the news of the first falls of snow and the feeling that further advancement might be extremely difficult , puzzlement at the failure to advance further when the Russian troops were allegedly so poor and so badly equipped , concern at the reports of continued tough resistance of the Soviet army , and pessimism that ‘ the way to the Urals was still a long one , and the partisan war could still last a good while ’ . |
| 22 | Contempt of Court could still bring a custodial sentence . |
| 23 | Although the real cost of electricity had fallen dramatically , the quarterly electricity bill for small consumers used to budgeting weekly could still present a financial challenge . |
| 24 | He sensed their relief : the twinkling ‘ brute ’ promised that it would not be unremittingly solemn ; the man could still see a light side . |
| 25 | Can the right hon. Gentleman confirm that on 6 March 1991 , in answer to question 40 , Rear Admiral Pirnie said that Britain could maintain a continuous patrol with three Trident submarines , and that with one submarine in refit we could still maintain a continuous patrol with only two submarines ? |
| 26 | The trial and disgrace of Olavide by the Inquisition in 1778 was a penalty for the tactless folly of a man who could not resist mocking superstitious priests ; its significance is that the Inquisition could still destroy a leading statesman . |
| 27 | Brady explained : ‘ Jack Charlton wrote to me , saying he was sorry about the way it had ended and expressing the hope that we could still have a decent relationship . |
| 28 | Writing as late as 1971 , John Erickson could still pinpoint a widespread frustration with the absence of a clear C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces and with military policy imposed by ad hoc command changes rather than clear and systematic institutional mechanisms and procedures . |
| 29 | Oh hell , she said to herself and glared morosely at the scene before her , wondering why it was that while , in grief , she could still enjoy a good book or , say , a well-grilled sole , she could take no pleasure in a beautiful landscape . |
| 30 | Information to the right of an errorful or missing region could still activate a higher-level unit through its own bottom-up excitatory links . |