Example sentences of "they can still [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they can still be loan-tied , which means the nationals will still effectively control these outlets . |
| 2 | The position is changing rapidly , but they can still be powerful , behind-the-scene figures . |
| 3 | The indexes , in Latin and English , are followed by seven practical lists , similar to those in the catalogues of many leading nurserymen today and they can still be consulted to advantage . |
| 4 | Only a few major groups survived into the Carboniferous , but they can still be locally abundant . |
| 5 | They can still be seen there . |
| 6 | The mode of economic production prevalent in a society may be very different from the mode of ideological production , but they can still be said to share certain ingredients . |
| 7 | First , a TD ( they can still be found ) in the Argentiere basin from a Ravanel father-and-son team . |
| 8 | But just to prove what a bunch of contrary bastards they can still be , ‘ Arms Control Poseur ’ , combining a relentless bass drum with Smith 's diffident sneering , soars about the mêlée , shattering any doubts as to the band 's continued well-being . |
| 9 | However , they can still be useful for organizations in the throes of change , marker buoys in rough seas , navigational aids rather than the one and only route to take . |
| 10 | But just to prove what a bunch of contrary bastards they can still be , ‘ Arms Control Poseur ’ , combining a relentless bass drum with Smith 's diffident sneering , soars about the mêlée , shattering any doubts as to the band 's continued well-being . |
| 11 | They can still be playing to their full ability at 34 ish . |
| 12 | But they can still be drawn very widely . |
| 13 | Monuments to a dream that turned into a nightmare , they can still be seen from afar , standing tall and silent like dinosaurs waiting to become extinct . |
| 14 | Usually they can still be understood by other speakers of English , so why is it important to learn how weak forms are used ? |
| 15 | Some of them can still be seen — for example , the church of St-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers , or the lower church of St Eutropius , who was believed to be a descendant of Xerxes of Persia , in Saintes . |
| 16 | Whereas , as we have seen , primal societies use the initiation and totemic rituals to instil whatever rudimentary superego-formation is necessary for the conduct of their social life , modern societies have more or less totally abandoned these rituals and anything resembling them ( although vestiges of them can still be found in some educational and penal institutions ) . |