Example sentences of "they [modal v] still [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the technological aspects are fully understood , the application of the law to them may still perplex . |
| 2 | Any one of them could still deny Opel the title but it wo n't happen — not if Ulster engineering skills prove to be the deciding factor . |
| 3 | No matter what limitations are imposed on parents they may still do whatever is reasonable in the circumstances to safeguard and promote the child 's welfare while he is in their care ( s33(5) ) . |
| 4 | They may still have fantasies of such a reunion after one or both have remarried . |
| 5 | ‘ They may still have that radio and I can handle one of those things . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , one problem which faces all students is that however well they plan , they may still fall behind with their work . |
| 7 | Nearly all constituency candidates figure on party lists , so that if rejected locally they may still become MdBs . |
| 8 | But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children . |
| 9 | In ten years ' time , I said to him , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , they may still remember us both . |
| 10 | Hardly any Iraqi combat aircraft have been destroyed , which means that they may still try to intervene in the land battle , or to hit harder than Scud missiles can at Israel and Saudi Arabia . |
| 11 | But whether there are more in the locker , they may still wonder . |
| 12 | Much more autonomy is given to subsidiary companies although they must still meet key financial and policy targets . |
| 13 | They must still compete for more seats and they must still risk Points of Order . |
| 14 | The interesting , though not necessarily plausible , feature of this result is that firms know that when the price falls below the critical level this is due to a random shock , because they know it pays no one to cheat , but nevertheless they must still go into the punishment phase to enforce the collusive agreement . |
| 15 | On the other hand , if parties use their own politicized technocrats to get more of a grip on some sectors of public policy , they must still defer to technocratic interests , and co-ordination across sectors is difficult to achieve . |
| 16 | But they must still rely on the banks satisfying that demand by lending more — and the banks may not oblige . |
| 17 | So if the H M I P are now at one with Selby then they must still stand by their view that there is a considerable risk to air quality as outlined in point one of their letter of the eighth of September . |
| 18 | They must still compete for more seats and they must still risk Points of Order . |
| 19 | They must still have secrets , though ; everyone needed secrets . |
| 20 | Astronomers may travel into the depths of space and time , but on their return they must still convince their colleagues of the truth of what they saw . |
| 21 | He said that even if voters did not want to help any candidate , they should still go to the polling station to register their grievances . |
| 22 | and they should still date it |
| 23 | ‘ If they 're northern-born and bred and happen to live elsewhere , they should still have the opportunity to play for the North . |
| 24 | But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf . |
| 25 | He gave the history of the competition and suggested that one of the winning designs should be considered before Pennethorne 's , and if the Government wanted a new design they should still employ the author of the Foreign Office design to do the work . |
| 26 | Dark skin has no natural protection against UVA rays , however , so they 'll still age your skin . |
| 27 | Erm , and say well , I do n't think I 'm convincing , so I 'll try telling them , maybe they wo n't recognise that I do n't have the authority to tell them , and they 'll still do it . |
| 28 | Even though it says it 's free for you to do it , they 'll still ring up another number |
| 29 | Those who do not share the dewy youth and slenderness of Kate Moss will only look older and more swollen if they adopt the ‘ new ’ look ; but if they do n't and stick to the Lacroixs and the YSLs they 'll still look their age , so it 's a no-win situation for the power dressers . |
| 30 | Sometimes of course you 'll , they 'll still need ledger line notes up there . |