Example sentences of "[modal v] still [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unlucky 4–0 defeat at home to Alborne showed great promise for the future and if it had not been a mathematical impossibility since the beginning of October , I would have said that playing like that we should still be promotion contenders . |
| 2 | If I never did anything but sit in this room and powder my face and tell you what a clever fool you are , i should still be heavens high above the millions of common women who do their domestic duty , and sacrifice themselves , and run Trade departments and all the rest of the vulgarities . |
| 3 | They should still be disk . |
| 4 | These matters of a more technical constitutional nature are perhaps not immediately obvious to the man in the street , nor even to politicians ; yet it is incredible that there should still be people advocating federalism for the EC given the abysmal record of other multinational federations . |
| 5 | Even if you are in a rush there should still be time for a glass of skimmed milk and a piece of fruit or fruit juice . |
| 6 | There must still be warrants out on her . |
| 7 | Amongst such considerations , however , there must still be room for the needs of society , for what the European Convention calls ‘ the protection of health or morals ’ . |
| 8 | But there must still be doubts about his job security . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'll still be King of Ruritania in a year 's time . ’ |
| 10 | Look sharpish , and there 'll still be time to whip down to Rose Morris in London 's Denmark Street on Wednesday Nov 18th to catch an Ovation clinic featuring one of the UK 's best-known sessioneers Ian Aitken . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll still be Tony to most people . |
| 12 | He considered tearing off his waders but there might still be time to cross the far side of the breakwater without having to swim for it . |
| 13 | United visit Villa Park , and Atkinson wistfully linked the past with the present when he said : ‘ If I 'd had Dean Saunders at United , we would have won the Championship and I might still be manager of Manchester United . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There may still be hope — ’ |
| 15 | There may still be guns hidden in flats . |
| 16 | The terraces may still be 100pc Protestant but they 're also 100pc behind their newly-cosmopolitan side . |
| 17 | However , even when this is achieved , there may still be problems in interpreting what this information means . |
| 18 | Answer two : a crime novel may still be crime fiction , as opposed to pure fiction , even if it abandons altogether that prime staple of blueprint detective fiction , the murder puzzle . |
| 19 | Recent changes in the party system , however , suggest that there may still be situations in which it may be necessary for the Prerogative of appointment to be exercised in accordance with the independent judgment of the Queen and her advisers . |
| 20 | There may still be disintermediation . |
| 21 | There may still be time to persuade the authorities to relocate her rather than remove her from the wild . |
| 22 | There may still be time before they get to him … why do n't you have another go at persuading him ? |
| 23 | The good news for Prince Charles is 70pc believed he could still be king , despite his separation from Princess Diana , but the bad news was only 45pc thought he would be a good one . |
| 24 | It would be rather more welcome if comics could still be comics . |
| 25 | ‘ This could still be Spinward 's main base on the planet , ’ Defries said . |
| 26 | On the statement emphasising that she could still be Queen , he said : ‘ The situation is very volatile . |
| 27 | These can be said to represent only a development from earlier kinds of craft support , but the general situation was qualitatively new , in that work in this area became indispensable , in the advanced technologies , even though there could still be doubt whether such workers were truly part of the cultural production . |
| 28 | She says even if they look angelic , they could still be thieves . |
| 29 | They 'd still be mates of course , for there was no side to Charlie Hatton . |
| 30 | There 'd still be time to catch the last collection . |