Example sentences of "may still be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emperor gave Venice exceptional mercantile privileges , and she began to form the trading posts and colonies — quite in the manner of ancient Athens — which may still be discerned , with Genoese and Turkish towns adjacent , along the Bosphorus . |
| 2 | If equation ( 3.30 ) were estimated by ordinary least-squares techniques ( which assume that the error term , , is uncorrelated with f t ) then an estimator of the coefficient β may still be biased downwards . |
| 3 | The compactness of the place , as Johnson found it , may still be touched . |
| 4 | Relations between the Prime Minister and Nigel Lawson may still be strained ( she blames him for the present difficulties ) . |
| 5 | Some of the holidays that cater for the younger element may still be slanted towards pairing people off , but those that cater for the older age groups are not . |
| 6 | LENNOX LEWIS may still be given the chance of a dream world title fight after all . |
| 7 | The influence of Carstairs may still be detected in the handwriting of many Americans who , generally , apply a higher standard to calligraphy than do the English for similar purposes . |
| 8 | Generally speaking , one may say that apart from dispositions by will , a deed , i.e. a sealed writing , is necessary , though leases in possession for not more than three years at the best rent obtainable without taking a premium may still be made without a deed or even by word of mouth . |
| 9 | According to committee secretary Gordon Porter , it is pursing two new lines of enquiry , although a statement may still be made shortly . |
| 10 | For example , in a tropical country shoes may still be made in the open air by a craftsman who uses his feet as well as his hands to hold and manipulate materials . |
| 11 | Even where such material is not incorporated by reference apparently reference may still be made to it for contextual or confirmatory purposes . |
| 12 | A number had already married English girls ; their Anglicised names may still be recognised in the region . |
| 13 | In those independent schools where corporal punishment may still be inflicted , the teacher is able to avoid committing the torts of assault or battery when striking a pupil by ensuring that the punishment is moderate and not unreasonable . |
| 14 | Claims with an anticipated value of between £1500 and £3000 may still be handled by branch staff , either by telephone or visit , if they have or have access to the appropriate expertise . |
| 15 | The better view ( both for the logic of the law and for press freedom ) is that the expression of opinion may still be defended as " fair comment " if it can be shown to satisfy the test of whether a hypothetical fair-minded man could honestly express the opinion on the proven facts . |
| 16 | Even though they have a baby , sleeping with their boyfriend may still be regarded with disapproval , unless the baby 's father has moved in . |
| 17 | Still , the level of maturity achieved in the studio , combined with the musical excellence on stage , suggests these irritations may still be ironed out . |
| 18 | However , they may still be selected by the punchcard or electronic pattern . |
| 19 | Their facility in acclimatizing may still be called into frequent use during the lifetime of individuals , for example in the annual frost-hardening of herbaceous plants . |
| 20 | For the time being , rollover relief may still be obtained by one trading company in a group , even when the replacement asset is acquired by another trading member of the same group ( p 105 ) |
| 21 | So that these people go to the urban areas to get the jobs , they 're not trained erm , for these jobs right and as a result , these wages rates still , may still be maintained despite the fact there are lots of people who are quite happy to take wages erm , in , take up jobs in the urban sectors , it 's the fact that sort of , employers do n't want them , because they do n't have the requisite skills . |
| 22 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 23 | Yet something of the Parish 's strange reputation lingered into the twentieth century ; it may still be said of a headstrong woman , ‘ send her to Temple Moor ’ . |
| 24 | In the fourth century AD the statue of Hercules was removed to the new capital of the eastern Roman Empire , Constantinople , which became a museum of ancient art ( the snake column from Delphi may still be seen in the Hippodrome ) . |
| 25 | As SMS Hindenberg went down , the German Ensign was lowered ; and this flag may still be seen in the German Fleet Exhibition in Stromness . |
| 26 | Charlemagne 's throne , which may still be seen in the basilica at Aachen , gave all the kings of western Europe sooner or later the idea of regarding a throne as an essential symbol of royal greatness . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | A brass plaque was duly struck in Benjamin 's memory and mounted in the church near the organ , where it may still be seen : |
| 29 | The industrialists of the water-power age , out in the open country , had put up houses for their workpeople — as at Cromford , Mellor and Styal , where many of them may still be seen — which were , in Professor Ashton 's words , ‘ not wanting in amenity and comfort ’ and even possessed a certain quality of design and proportion . |
| 30 | In Johnson 's report , the education offered by the city takes precedence over any popular descriptions or concerns , beginning with an interest in the fact that Hector Boece or Boethius became the first President of the King 's College , in 1494 , at the instigation of Bishop William Elphinstone , effectively the founder of Aberdeen University — whose tomb may still be seen . |