Example sentences of "it [modal v] still [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A brass plaque was duly struck in Benjamin 's memory and mounted in the church near the organ , where it may still be seen : |
| 2 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 3 | Yet something of the Parish 's strange reputation lingered into the twentieth century ; it may still be said of a headstrong woman , ‘ send her to Temple Moor ’ . |
| 4 | If the mark is unregistered it may still be protected by common law , and its owner could take steps to prevent its use by asking the court for an injunction under the tort of passing off . |
| 5 | Although Chubb Security is now valued at £900m , with the shares at 320p against the 200p at which they floated last October , it may still be undervalued to judge from the latest 64 per cent rise in profits . |
| 6 | It may still be objected that , though pupils at school must be in some way ranked in order of merit , the only way to do this that would not be restrictive is by in-school assessment . |
| 7 | The rules of the scheme provide that the application for arbitration must be made within nine months of the date of return from the holiday but in special circumstances it may still be offered outside this period . |
| 8 | The rules of the scheme provide that the application for arbitration must be made within nine months of the date of return from the holiday , but in special circumstances it may still be offered outside this period . |
| 9 | Rugs employing this scheme are becoming increasingly rare and , although it may still be found on some workshop items , the only group to use it with any regularity are the Abadeh weavers of south central Persia , India and Pakistan make a few rugs in this design . |
| 10 | Once sheep is acquired , for instance , the word dog is no longer over-extended to sheep , even though it may still be used for other kinds of mammals ( Clark , 1973a , 1978 ; Barrett , 1978 ) . |
| 11 | Although most doctors will be aware of this , it should still be referred to directly in the letter of instruction so that the doctor can indicate if there is some aspect of the report which should be withheld from the client , such as where the client is suffering from a non-related and serious illness or , in a psychiatric case , where disclosure of the report would exacerbate the symptoms . |
| 12 | Where it is permanent , it should still be ignored if the client 's spouse or child under 16 or an elderly or disabled relative is still living there . |
| 13 | It has also been made clear that where an unmet need is recorded which the department has a legal duty to provide , it could be used as the basis for a legal challenge , although it should still be recorded . |
| 14 | Bear in mind that even though the wire will not present an electrical hazard , it should still be buried : trailing cables are dangerous by day and even more so in the dark . |
| 15 | America , in the middle of destroying Iraq 's army , and having given Israel Patriot air-defence missiles , crews and intelligence , is uncertain whether it should still be considered in Israel 's debt . |
| 16 | While appreciating the extraordinary difficulties facing Mr Lamont , it must still be said that he could have handled them better than this . |
| 17 | Of course , in a large transport aircraft , all this information will be on the flight data recorder , but it must still be checked on site . |
| 18 | With no airbrake the glider will float some distance even at low speed , and it must still be held off for a proper touchdown . |
| 19 | Its shape became clear , and I could then guess roughly how much of it must still be buried under the sand . |
| 20 | Of course , it might still be said on behalf of the 1981 arrangements that making houses bid for bills , when buying or selling , is a genuine step towards market pricing of bills . |
| 21 | Why , it might still be asked , did Franco go to so much trouble to give the impression that his regime had a basis other than sheer force , when that selfsame exercise made it clear that he did not need to ? |
| 22 | It might still be thought that an entire disc of music for solo viol could be a daunting prospect . |
| 23 | Knill added that although the commercial and strategic logic for the Thorp project had collapsed with the end of the cold war , it might still be needed to help nations that could not cope with their own nuclear waste . |
| 24 | However , it could still be argued that biological inequalities , no matter how small , provide the foundation upon which structures of social inequality are built . |
| 25 | In schools where there is no full-time librarian , it could still be done by teachers . |
| 26 | And if the scientists felt that they could speak with certainty , how much more so the lesser publicists and ideologists who were all the more certain of the experts ' certainties , because they could understand most of what the experts said , at least in so far as it could still be said without the use of higher mathematics . |
| 27 | Derain 's Baigneuses is in many ways closer in spirit to the Demoiselles , and it was regarded by Vauxcelles at least , as a revolutionary work , but it had the advantage that it could still be fitted into a traditional frame of reference . |
| 28 | It could still be seen there in the fourteenth century . |
| 29 | If it could still be shown that it remains an effective expression of democracy , that would indeed be a reason ; for any diminution of democracy is deplorable . |
| 30 | ACTIVITY 6 15–20 mins Does your work area use primary nursing as a delivery system ? if so , make a note of any ways in which you think it could still be improved . |