Example sentences of "[modal v] still be [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police say his hands and clothing should still be covered in red dye |
| 2 | For this crime , Fenrir was sent into exile forever more , though his leering face and slavering jaws may still be seen in rosy cloud formations at sunset . |
| 3 | Although the term ‘ untrainable ’ may still be found in official classifications of mental handicap to describe the profoundly handicapped , it has been recognised officially since 1971 that no child is ineducable . |
| 4 | ( How much is not known , and trade with Europe and North America may still be growing in overall terms . ) |
| 5 | Although the serum antigliadin antibody-IgA value was more closely related to the study phase , a negative result could still be found in coeliac disease patients challenged with 500 mg/day of gliadin , a dose corresponding to a ‘ visible ’ amount of daily gluten containing food ( approximately 12.5 g of wheat flour ) . |
| 6 | If your argument were to prevail , and to have prevailed , then mankind would still be living in primitive ignorance , habited in the skins of animals , for fear of new things . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But for SeaCat the Northern Ireland public would still be travelling in mundane vessels and having to pay a hefty price for the privilege . ’ |
| 8 | The Dutch company 's small production plant at Weert will be able to continue running efficiently while supplying the diminishing demand for both companies — small amounts of CFCs will still be permitted in essential medical uses after the deadline . |
| 9 | The ‘ floating ’ gardens or chinampas in the lake region just south of modern Mexico City were also oriented in a similar way when they were first built , probably in Teotihuacan times , and this orientation can still be seen in surviving examples . |
| 10 | The brothers converted part of the building to make a chapel , and set up an industry in old railway huts which produced exquisite ecclesiastical embroideries , many of which can still be seen in local churches . |
| 11 | The ‘ great wall of Swanage ’ as it might well be termed , can still be traced in considerable lengths , for instance alongside the lane running west from the Mill Pond , being the extension of Priest 's Way . |
| 12 | 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 . |