Example sentences of "[noun sg] still [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in 1913 foreign investment still made up 25% of the money invested in Russian industry . |
| 2 | The GATT estimates that the cocaine industry still provides up to 15% of Bolivia 's gross domestic product ; official Bolivian statistics value it at $180m a year . |
| 3 | The rocket analogy still holds up because there are definite stages in the . |
| 4 | Though petroleum still makes up four-fifths of export earnings , he has made the country less dependent on oil . |
| 5 | Thus the heat expelled by the computer 's cooling fan means that when a computer records an item in memory , the total amount of disorder in the universe still goes up . |
| 6 | Even now if I look at a video the hair still stands up on the back of the neck , and you get that tingle on the spine . |
| 7 | French holidaymakers in the area at the time of the accident still had up to four times the normal level of aluminium in their bodies almost two years later . |
| 8 | It was to be a long time before any disciples appeared to revitalize the game , and even after Busby , Shankly , Clough and others the cry still goes up ( not always reasonably ) that football is too negative . |
| 9 | the women who bring up their children in poverty still bring up their children in poverty . |
| 10 | Lack of attention aside , his name still cropped up in many conversations but he was never in any real danger of being taken seriously within the circle of Manchester 's low art dwellers . |
| 11 | What is not in doubt is that in spite of huge emigration , steadily dropping natality and enormous wartime losses , the European population as a whole still went up throughout this period ( see also pp. 367–68 ) . |
| 12 | My elbow still plays up when I play too long . ’ |
| 13 | Very often the fossil bones may be broken in place by slight earth movements but with the pieces of bone still lined up with each other , only to fall apart during later transport or during excavation . |
| 14 | Indeed , dog still makes up about 3½ per cent of the diet of Italian wolves . |
| 15 | And the lift still moving up through the floors , and no one else getting in , yet , and a voice in Preston 's brain chanting tunelessly … |
| 16 | But from time to time sinister relics from the past still turn up . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the dominant female still ends up with most eggs . |
| 18 | MOVIES that are a smash hit at the box-office still end up losing millions . |
| 19 | erm yes , we , we have problems in this country in relation to cleanliness and erm litter free areas and various other factors , but in genuine terms our English hotel still stands up well in comparison with our European and American colleagues . |
| 20 | The CAP still takes up two thirds of the EC budget , but only £1 in every £3 gets through to the farmers . |
| 21 | There are many other more common causes of aortic incompetence , including rheumatic fever , but cases of syphilitic aortic-valve disease still turn up from time to time in this country , albeit rarely . |
| 22 | So , is Chinese art still collectable , can a dealer still set up with stock of quality ? |