Example sentences of "could still be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the families in the little awkward places , at the heads of the small glens , on boggy ground that would not drain — they were nearly helpless , they trembled on the threshold of destitution , impaled on the horn of the one-year lease , uncertain whether it was worth going into debt to improve the ground and knowing that , even if they did , they could still be turned out next term day and their place annexed to the holding of a better-off neighbour . |
| 2 | Cameron and Menzies looked at each other , searching for signs of belief that something could still be made of the occasion . |
| 3 | Soon all who were following me were leading me so the chances were that they were not following me though they could still be following me by leading me and then waiting around to ambush etcetera etcetera ; but of course not . |
| 4 | But for all I know , the ICO could still be meeting then . |
| 5 | That the evening could still be counted a success was partly down to the attack and verve of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir . |
| 6 | Saxon remains could still be found among the buildings , there is a Saxon crypt to the church , and the setting is hauntingly beautiful . |
| 7 | To comfort her desolation and guilt Rachel had told her about the Mongolian desert , where she had been as a little girl , hardly older than Maggie was now , to look for dragons , which she called dinosaurs , and where years later Russian palaeontologists had found the great fossil eggs in which the sleeping baby dinosaurs could still be seen . |
| 8 | If this continues , the emotive two-million barrier for the year could still be broken , though last year 's 2.3 million record will take some beating . |
| 9 | The crane ratchets of the later arrivals could still be heard clearly as their crews outramped , and rising bow waves could be spotted as an occasional laggard powered upstream to its proper place in the echelon . |
| 10 | Had he shown himself unambiguously ready to start pulling out , the coalition would have surely had to offer him something , if not to save his face , at least to cover his backside : an American commitment to talk about any Middle Eastern issue whatsoever has already been given ; the call for Iraqi reparations could still be waived . |
| 11 | Iraqi chemical-weapons factories had suffered ‘ considerable damage ’ , but much of Mr Hussein 's existing chemical stockpile was dispersed and could still be used in bombs , short-range rockets and artillery shells . |
| 12 | Added to the stop-go harvest is the dramatically expanded linseed acreage which means combines could still be grinding away well into October unless August brings big changes . |
| 13 | She and Dmitri could still be here when they were seventy . |
| 14 | Remember , I could still be wrong . ’ |
| 15 | Otherwise unions could still be made to pay damages to an employer . |
| 16 | Some Westerners believe that that could still be an underestimate . |
| 17 | SOME shock results on the first day of the French Olympic classes regatta at Hyeres yesterday showed that there could still be plenty of surprises to come in the race for British team selection . |
| 18 | Many observers believe that taxes could still be the deciding factor for millions of floating voters as they go to the polls tomorrow . |
| 19 | For dairy farmers shorter courses were run but travel could still be considerable and some found it very difficult to attend . |
| 20 | It could still be averted but only ‘ if action to reduce nitrogen leaching at source is taken immediately ’ . |
| 21 | If the figure was too high , many future decisions could still be influenced by powerful personalities . |
| 22 | Since rights of subject access have been given , this is obviously less important than it was , but getting the councillor to see the file could still be important for pre-1989 information and reports from third parties which the parents and pupil still have no right to see . |
| 23 | He could still be here , staying at some small hotel . |
| 24 | The former system could still be used by a smallholder on suitable land , the latter would be disastrous . |
| 25 | As the bulk of the material was culled from just three radio sessions , this proved that an album of quality could still be made for less than the cost of recording your average chart single . |
| 26 | During the 1985 riots and their immediate aftermath , the imagery of ‘ race ’ was used by sections of the press without the sense of ambiguity which could still be found in 1980–1 . |
| 27 | The garden was overgrown , but the shape of submerged flower beds could still be seen , and the minute spears upthrusting by the house wall showed where there remained a clump of snowdrops . |
| 28 | If this happens , your job could still be just as much in jeopardy in the long run as that of an employee who has clearly and inexcusably committed an offence . |
| 29 | They could still be distinguished internally by their thinly-upholstered wooden seats upstairs . |
| 30 | ‘ If she married Mr. Gordon she 'd live at Longreen , so she could still be our Brown Owl , ’ argued Anita , ‘ but if she married somebody else and lived away she could n't go on being . ’ |