Example sentences of "can still [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Stubbs , who lives at Corry Road , Hindhead refers to the great environmental writers and adds , ‘ I salute these noble men and women and hope that people will read their work and learn not only what we have lost but also what can still be saved in our beautiful world . ’ |
| 2 | The phrase " mobile , lucid and continent " can still be heard on the lips of Officers-in-Charge who remember when this was the case . |
| 3 | It was built in 1965 , using the underframe of Pantograph car 170 , whose distinctive running noises can still be heard beneath the superstructure . |
| 4 | A writ can still be served on a limited company by sending it by first class post to the registered office , but following the Practice Direction ( QBD ) ( Service of Documents : First and Second Class Mail ) ( 1985 ) 8 March [ 1985 ] 1 WLR 489 the presumption will be of service on the second working day after posting by first class post or the fourth working day after posting by second class post . |
| 5 | If there is an element of design on Pechorin 's part in the duel he fights , an element which incorporates a knowledge of the loaded dice to be employed by his opponent in the form of an unloaded pistol , the outcome can still be ascribed to chance , in a sense that must be meant to characterise the hero 's fine indifference . |
| 6 | A fire , caused by a bolt of lightning at York Minster , can still be regarded as evidence of divine wrath at the appointment of a contentious bishop . |
| 7 | Both these products are made on a large scale and can still be regarded as commodities . |
| 8 | A less important category is those contracts which are material to the continuing conduct of the vendor 's business but without which the business can still be operated after completion , albeit on a smaller scale . |
| 9 | The valve can still be operated by gripping the stub in a pair of pliers , but it will defeat small children . |
| 10 | Each component part of the Ontos DB is separable from the rest , it claims , and provides a range of piping conventions for accessing different parts ( objects ) of the database(s) , whilst the system as a whole can still be viewed as a single object . |
| 11 | It was only much later that I realised the reason for the request and also for the resulting laughter , namely the enjoyment of a broad Somerset accent which had come with me , and traces of which can still be recognised by West Country people nearly seventy years later . |
| 12 | The warmth of the sub-lava magna can still be felt through the feet . |
| 13 | Usually they can still be understood by other speakers of English , so why is it important to learn how weak forms are used ? |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Masses of volume and body can still be achieved on short hair . |
| 16 | There was formerly a ford across to Erth Barton near Saltash , which can still be defined at low tide , and probably also a ferry . |
| 17 | A quantitative method can still be applied to these cases , if stylistically homogeneous sections can be separated out as different " texts " within the same work . |
| 18 | They say that search is monotonic if , whenever two operators can be applied to a state , either can still be applied to the state produced by the other . |
| 19 | Pinewood ‘ B ’ are top of division six , but can still be overhauled by second placed Pyestock ‘ L ’ . |
| 20 | These words , and other connectives like them , constitute lexical cues within text that help the human reader to maintain the coherence of a discourse ( although inferences can still be made without such cues ) . |
| 21 | We have seen , then , that the historical reasons for charging in the social services are diverse and often contradictory , but a case can still be made for charging on a priori grounds . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Choices can still be made between decision-making systems offering more or less opportunity for the involvement of workers in the design , planning and execution of production . |
| 24 | When the switchboard is not staffed ( ie outside normal office hours ) telephone calls can still be made by using the DDI numbers . |
| 25 | Wittgenstein 's point can still be made in another way . |
| 26 | Cartographic logic suggests it was in fact an isolated hill that stands above the headwaters of the Rio Congo — an unspectacular 1,800 ft-high hillock , somewhat denuded of trees , a short distance away from a rudimentary track ( made by wild pigs , or cattle , or perhaps by people long ago ) which can still be discerned in the jungle . |
| 27 | In light winds this can still be done by lowering yourself to sit on the board and then pulling on a straight front arm to pull yourself up . |
| 28 | Hence , as porosity distribution and facies appear to be related , it follows that prediction of potential reservoirs can be made from facies maps , and even if facies interpretations are not available , reservoir prediction can still be done by identifying the zone of maximum thickness on an isopach map and extrapolating from it the distribution of facies and porosity . |
| 29 | It is surprising that in 1992 patients can still be treated with radical radiotherapy , chemotherapy , or surgery , including liver transplantation , without establishing a definitive diagnosis . |
| 30 | But I believe the hypothesis can still be defended in the light of recent knowledge . |