Example sentences of "[pron] may still be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If someone else was paying rates on your behalf then you may still be counted as a ratepayer so check with your council if you are unsure whether you qualify . |
| 5 | Marriage breakdowns — if your partner has been paying the rent and leaves you , you may still be protected from eviction ; a solicitor will help . |
| 6 | For MAS , whilst the disclaimer will state what we have and have not done , we may still be associated with the data if we are asked to present it to potential buyers or if our name is mentioned in the document . |
| 7 | But we do n't know how many people there may still be trapped . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But we do n't know how many people there may still be trapped . ’ |
| 9 | However , they may still be selected by the punchcard or electronic pattern . |
| 10 | After burial , bones are protected from the worst effects of weathering , but they may still be subjected to corrosion by soil or sediment . |
| 11 | If any authorities do not succeed tomorrow , they may still be considered for a share of the extra allocation of £7.5 million next year . |
| 12 | However , they may still be needed for information which for one reason or another is not made available by subject access . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | While DCs are in this state , no modifications may be made to the modules , although they may still be read out of LIFESPAN . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it has been held that they may still be postponed to later mortgages , notwithstanding the limitation of the company 's actual authority . |
| 16 | If applicants are unable to comply with 5(i) then they may still be admitted to the panel if able to demonstrate a suitable level of experience . |
| 17 | A brass plaque was duly struck in Benjamin 's memory and mounted in the church near the organ , where it may still be seen : |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Although Chubb Security is now valued at £900m , with the shares at 320p against the 200p at which they floated last October , it may still be undervalued to judge from the latest 64 per cent rise in profits . |
| 22 | It may still be objected that , though pupils at school must be in some way ranked in order of merit , the only way to do this that would not be restrictive is by in-school assessment . |
| 23 | The rules of the scheme provide that the application for arbitration must be made within nine months of the date of return from the holiday but in special circumstances it may still be offered outside this period . |
| 24 | The rules of the scheme provide that the application for arbitration must be made within nine months of the date of return from the holiday , but in special circumstances it may still be offered outside this period . |
| 25 | Rugs employing this scheme are becoming increasingly rare and , although it may still be found on some workshop items , the only group to use it with any regularity are the Abadeh weavers of south central Persia , India and Pakistan make a few rugs in this design . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |