Example sentences of "may still be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | The democracy movement outside China may only play a more substantial role if a new power vacuum allows the exiles to return home — although , like Sun Yat-sen 's Tongmenghui party after the 1911 revolution , they may still be outmanoeuvred by domestic political forces . |
| 4 | If the mark is unregistered it may still be protected by common law , and its owner could take steps to prevent its use by asking the court for an injunction under the tort of passing off . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Nearer our own time , millstones were fashioned from the gritstone rocks of the upper slopes for the many water-powered mills in the district , and debris of this industry may still be found by diligent search near Sand Tarn . |
| 7 | Once sheep is acquired , for instance , the word dog is no longer over-extended to sheep , even though it may still be used for other kinds of mammals ( Clark , 1973a , 1978 ; Barrett , 1978 ) . |
| 8 | Romanians , Czechs and Soviets may still be playing for national honour next summer but they will also be in the shop window and the busiest men in Italy during June will be the agents . |
| 9 | ( How much is not known , and trade with Europe and North America may still be growing in overall terms . ) |
| 10 | For example , most farmers are self-employed , many farmers now work part-time in other occupations but may still be classified as self-employed farmers , farmers ' wives often work for them as partners , professional people may often work from home preferring a rural to an urban base , and large estates still employ a number of private domestic staff . |