Example sentences of "[noun pl] can still [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those words can still be read in the Bodleian Library , a priceless association with one of Scotland 's greatest women . |
| 2 | While everyone agrees that far more could , and should , have been done to contain the AIDS epidemic , the key issue now is that positive steps can still be taken . |
| 3 | The sovereign government should accept that even if an overall solution is impossible , at this time , some practical steps can still be taken to tackle the democratic deficit . |
| 4 | Further to John Wildig 's interesting article in Journal No. 8 ‘ Railway Happenings in Mid-Wales ’ I would like to say that further semaphore signals can still be seen at Machynlleth , where they control movements in and out of the DMU stabling and Permanent Way depot along with the run-round loops , and also at Llanbrynmair where they control low flying jets and high flying gricers ! |
| 5 | Even if that analysis is too simple , the threads that lead from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries can still be followed . |
| 6 | Markstones can still be seen at road junctions and crossroads . |
| 7 | Here , faint traces can still be found of man-made images which show that , in one respect at least , our club-wielding predecessors were just like us : they had the urge to record the important happenings in their lives in the form of two-dimensional pictures . |
| 8 | The new symbols NT , USE need not necessarily be transferred to library catalogues where traditional entries can still be made . |
| 9 | It was built in 1965 , using the underframe of Pantograph car 170 , whose distinctive running noises can still be heard beneath the superstructure . |
| 10 | All but a hundred of these mill sites can still be accounted for . |
| 11 | But other more reasonably priced ‘ Bristol Views ’ plates can still be found in antique shops , at fairs and even , with luck , at car boot sales . |
| 12 | However , because this ‘ Galilean ’ mentality has not yet been fully understood and absorbed , errors can still be made and damaging operations done . |
| 13 | Of course , the constant updating system will mean these errors can still be corrected later , but it is obviously desirable that the updating system should be used to incorporate changes in the language rather than to correct editorial mistakes . |
| 14 | IN FACT , Pop Judgement Day hit Manchester years ago , but its effects can still be felt here today . |
| 15 | However , a number of criticisms can still be made . |
| 16 | The plan was so concise and symmetrical that its lines can still be traced today , especially if you look down on Aarau from a height . |
| 17 | The east frieze has a combat before Troy ( some painted names of heroes can still be read ) , and an assembly of gods no doubt disputing its outcome . |
| 18 | Musica Reservata , perhaps the most influential ( and certainly the most controversial ) ensemble that Britain has ever produced in this field , began in London 's Hampstead during the 1960s , when record shops were stocked with ‘ folk ’ and ‘ ethnic ’ music ; today the heady perfume of those years can still be caught in Tony Bingham 's emporium of rare and unusual musical instruments in that quarter of the city ( illus.4 ) . |
| 19 | Wooden staithes can still be seen here ; among the last remaining . |
| 20 | Walls , gateways , headquarter buildings and granaries can still be seen . |
| 21 | Transfers can still be arranged however for an additional charge . |
| 22 | Similar yachts can still be hired there today : Teasel lookalikes with two or four bunks . |
| 23 | Although very large dogs can still be found , they do not excel in the show ring or in the trials arenas . |
| 24 | The main dependent variables in this study ( i.e. those of memory performance ) are nonetheless identical to those used in the previous study , thus direct comparisons can still be made between the two studies . |
| 25 | There is also Scandinavian blood , introduced by Norse settlers , and the typical mottled faces of Scandinavian cattle can still be seen in Normandy . |
| 26 | Who will pay for the crossover still in use by the Stanlow tanks each week to be moved so that locos can still be run round trains ? |
| 27 | There are not many places left in Britain where glow-worm illuminations can still be enjoyed . |
| 28 | Uplifts can still be operated using an airpump , but powerheads are much more efficient . |
| 29 | Fortunately many nature reserves and other wildlife refuges are situated on land of little agricultural value ; and many farmers can still be persuaded to retain important and irretrievable landscape features if only they are informed of their unique significance . |
| 30 | The dykes he dug to create the farmland around Hatfield Moors can still be seen , harbouring the aquatic flora of the ancient fen : butter-yellow bladderwort and the feathery spires of mare's-tail . |