Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] still [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emperor gave Venice exceptional mercantile privileges , and she began to form the trading posts and colonies — quite in the manner of ancient Athens — which may still be discerned , with Genoese and Turkish towns adjacent , along the Bosphorus . |
| 2 | Charlemagne 's throne , which may still be seen in the basilica at Aachen , gave all the kings of western Europe sooner or later the idea of regarding a throne as an essential symbol of royal greatness . |
| 3 | There is nothing wrong with the periphery which may still be vigorous and successful but the centre has given way . |
| 4 | We will not go into great detail on the dangers of using statistics here but merely point to some precautions which must still be taken even when using statistics which are generally regarded as reliable . |
| 5 | They are based on assumptions which must still be tested . |
| 6 | The measure , which must still be approved by the full cabinet and parliament , will apply to German as well as foreign manufacturers ( the latter represented by importers ) . |
| 7 | He said that after 3 ½ years of competition between British Telecom and the Cable and Wireless subsidiary , Mercury Communications , it was time to survey customers ' experience and , if necessary , ‘ identify practices which might still be inhibiting competition ’ . |
| 8 | Owen was going through the accounts with Nikos trying to find pockets of money which might still be emptied . |
| 9 | A less legitimate gain , but one which might still be made in an unsuccessful war , was to exploit the system of contracting to provide troops . |
| 10 | Sorry to butt in again , but I do n't think that 's quite right , because this Plan Two , five years and sixty thousand miles , refers to manufacturer 's warranty , which might still be valid , and this supplements it . |
| 11 | During the 1985 riots and their immediate aftermath , the imagery of ‘ race ’ was used by sections of the press without the sense of ambiguity which could still be found in 1980–1 . |
| 12 | He was led into the development of sensitive instruments for this purpose , and his most lasting achievement was undoubtedly the ‘ gold-leaf electroscope ’ which could still be found 200 years later in school science laboratories as a detector of electrical charge . |
| 13 | Williams showed that it would be much better to concentrate on attacking U-boats which could still be seen on the surface , with a depth-charge setting of 25 feet , and ignore those which had had time to submerge , because of the uncertainty in knowing their exact position . |
| 14 | These show that the birds make little use of the lower mudflats , which would be permanently flooded when the barrage is built , preferring the higher levels , which would still be exposed . |
| 15 | I therefore set about thinking of some witty reply ; some statement which would still be safely inoffensive in the event of my having misjudged the situation . |
| 16 | He therefore experimented with diluting his remedies in an attempt to find that dose which would still be curative but would not produce unwanted side-effects . |
| 17 | As the season of goodwill gets into full swing , Jill Papworth looks at some presents which will still be appreciated on Boxing Day . |
| 18 | As the season of goodwill gets into full swing , Jill Papworth looks at some presents which will still be appreciated on Boxing Day . |
| 19 | Today the ‘ A ’ team take the field against county champions Essex at Lord 's , the opening fixture in a first-class season which will still be running in 22 weeks ' time . |
| 20 | If you take it to make yourself numb , in order to forget or to help you sleep , you are only using it to mask the symptoms of a distressing situation which will still be there tomorrow . |
| 21 | he is seeking a large railway society to be custodians of his vast range of pictures , which will still be made available to the general public . |
| 22 | Will not local authorities , which will still be wrestling with the poll tax in 1992 , be in a state of total chaos in April 1993 ? |
| 23 | The original building ( which can still be discerned today ) was a simple block of rectangular plan adjoining a ‘ breast-shot ’ waterwheel , powered by a mill-stream fed from the River Mole . |
| 24 | Further north along Corso Venezia is Palazzo Serbelloni , an enormous building in Neo-Classical style created in 1793 for Duke Serbelloni by the enlarging of a seventeenth-century palazzo , part of which can still be seen — the brick section in Via San Damiano . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It was 8 years before a new bridge was completed beside the remains of the old , the stumps of which can still be seen . |
| 29 | There was formerly a ford across to Erth Barton near Saltash , which can still be defined at low tide , and probably also a ferry . |
| 30 | 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 . |