Example sentences of "[noun] were still to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early 1950s an English visitor to Russia observed that beggars were still to be found around the terminals of Moscow , ‘ often young men with one or more limbs missing ’ . |
| 2 | In Prussia the agricultural crisis was to reach its climax in the 1880s and 1890s , but its effects were still to be seen and felt well into the twentieth century . |
| 3 | Many large gardens were still to be seen , even in the centre of the town . |
| 4 | For the time being , the dogs were still to be kept separate at night , when left at home alone , or unsupervised . |
| 5 | Over the years the slow accumulation of bonds by the Club ( mostly by gift ) increasingly concentrated the power of the Club in the hands of those whose bonds were still to be redeemed , i.e. fewer and fewer people . |
| 6 | From there , no doubt , he 'd gone straight to Hell ; but there were times when he and his wicked mistresses were still to be seen walking here , their shades drawn back from Hellfire to visit the scene of their sins . |
| 7 | Prelates of a less combative temperament were still to be found organizing defences or , like Gynewell of Lincoln , directly arming the clergy of their dioceses . |
| 8 | When Cardinal Wolsey fell , he had n't finished the building of Tom Quad , the whole of this side was left open because he 'd planned a very grand perpendicular chapel like King 's College Chapel , and erm the ruins , well no , not the ruins , the foundations were still to be seen apparently in the 17th Century John Gomley tells us . |
| 9 | Registrations for the degree of PhD were still to be through the CNAA . |
| 10 | Foreign merchants were still to be permitted to enter the country , but Russian subjects were not to be allowed to leave and Russians living abroad were summoned home . |
| 11 | The main elements of an editorial system were still to be tackled . |
| 12 | By a crowning touch of irony , the last-mentioned were still to be treated in the United Kingdom as equivalent to British subjects . |