Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb mod] still [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Even if it is not possible for you to return to your original duties in the near future , there may still be a part that you can usefully play in the organisation .
2 Latest rumours on the government 's forthcoming pay deal for health workers suggests that even if nurses get 0% pay rise there may still be a push for performance-related pay ( PRP ) .
3 I would hope that if the hospitals in England keep the offer open there may still be a chance to get children back .
4 However , there may still be a choice between different estimation methods ; for example , the first six methods mentioned above use daily closing prices to estimate the daily variance .
5 Whilst there may still be a feeling that a High Court writ will have a greater threatening effect on a recalcitrant defendant than a county court summons , inducing him or her to settle the claim , the changes to the costs rules , and the harmonisation of remedies , will lessen the attractiveness of such action .
6 However , the NIESR says there may still be a need to cut borrowing costs if the change of policy after Black Wednesday in September fails to stimulate the economy .
7 Does he accept that there should still be a future for the tube division despite the fact that workers are seeing imported tubes used in the North sea when they are capable of making them ?
8 Rose would you consider a man , I 've got an idea there might still be a possibility of Mr
9 There might still be a chance of escape .
10 On a groan and a sigh as men are supposed to attain their pleasure and then — as she remembered from her one other experience — there came his reluctance to move away from her , her panic urgency to be free of him while there might still be a chance that no damage had been done .
11 Well , there could still be a case for investment in such an enterprise if it were shown that the lack of profitability was the result of higher costs than competitors stemming from locational disadvantages .
12 Erm , I heard Mr Curtis say that the shortfall of affordable houses was seven hundred , he had a target of two thousand two hundred and felt they could find fifteen hundred somewhere already , so another shortfall of of seven hundred that actually contrasts with para' four one one of the one eleven should I say , four one eleven , of the York housing strategy , which has been submitted , and appendix four of the York evidence which actually says that , yes there 's a two thousand two hundred target , but there would still be a shortfall of about one thousand one hundred dwellings if this land , they 're talking about land that they own outside of York , is developed for affordable housing .
13 But I think if you had all the money that you needed there would still be a problem of the public 's attitude .
14 There would still be a bit of clublife here and there through the alleyways , and the all-night gambling schools in Chinatown , though those were usually reserved for the Oriental abacus-for-brains fanatic .
15 But even if it were to be brought in , there would still be a need for the factor 's services , says Alan Hughes , chairman of the ABFD and managing director of Griffin Factors , part of Midland Bank .
16 There would still be a place for amateurs , for salaried professionals and for private professionals , all of them supported in varying degrees by government funds .
17 They argue that long-term technological changes mean that manufacturing needs more space per worker , and also often larger plots , and that this both puts cities at a disadvantage in relation to other areas and means that , even if all available urban land were used for manufacturing , there would still be a decline in employment .
18 But even if they were to be drawn up from scratch with the express aim of reducing the level of severity in sentencing , there would still be a danger that discretion might simply be displaced to an earlier point in the system , such as the prosecutorial decision .
19 For example , we do n't know whether non-human species get depressed and even if we were sure that they did there would still be a lot of doubt about which behaviours signified depression in an animal .
20 He is quoted as saying : This formulation left it open to those in the electorate who were disenchanted with nationalisation to suppose that there would be little if any more , and to those on the left wing of the Labour Party to expect that there would still be a lot .
21 Supposing in a Bertrand-type model that the industry has reached the point at which both firms are breaking even , there will still be a tendency to cut the price to drive the other firm out of business until the price reaches the level at which the victorious monopolist is breaking even .
22 There will still be a system of rebates for people on low incomes but there will no longer be a minimum contribution — so some people will be entitled to 100 per cent rebates .
23 But doing so takes time , so there will still be a gap in which to organise orderly realignments .
24 It will be the rental element of the home , but there will still be a package .
25 The report concludes that London is likely to experience a longer hangover from the late 1980s boom than the rest of the country ; economists ' forecasts that new jobs in the capital during the 1990s will only grow by 48,000 ( 4.9% ) means that there will still be a lot of space available , and office tenants should be the beneficiaries .
26 He adds that while the bestv rowers are away practising for the Olympics this year there will still be a lot of competition and younger rowers will get the chance to be at Henley .
27 ‘ The main damage was at the back , to dressing rooms , for example , and there will still be a lot of work to do by the time December arrives . ’
28 For as long as these conditions persist , and until a comprehensive range of services is developed to cope with the needs of parents with older mentally handicapped children and adults , there will still be a need for mental handicap hospitals , and there will still be young people being admitted to them .
29 But the company insists there will still be a need to build the reservoir and that they would do all they can to minimise the impact it makes on the surrounding countryside when that happens .
30 What is now proposed is that whatever the size of the police authority there will still be a body of appointees er m m made by the Secretary of State .
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