Example sentences of "[noun] still make " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was some way from the lodging , and Paul 's attentions still made walking difficult ; it would not do to arrive dishevelled and swaying , and she had to use some of Mrs Gracie 's money on a cab . |
| 2 | It was many years since Selwyn 's wife had persuaded him that it was not good manners to pick his teeth in company , but his lips still made the motions of mouthing a toothpick . |
| 3 | The Duchess had sworn in a very mild tone , but her words still made Lord John bridle . |
| 4 | However , in 1913 foreign investment still made up 25% of the money invested in Russian industry . |
| 5 | The tiff between John and Edward still made itself felt . |
| 6 | Zimbabwe 's traditional agricultural and mining sectors still make up the major portion of exports and are vulnerable to price changes . |
| 7 | Specialist , outside manufacturers still make some component parts for Caterham , such as the chassis and the suspension , but the cars ' aluminium bodies are produced at Dartford . |
| 8 | And why do manufacturers still make them ? |
| 9 | But John and Veronica Saunders still make time to decorate their home from top to toe . |
| 10 | Though petroleum still makes up four-fifths of export earnings , he has made the country less dependent on oil . |
| 11 | From that time , his anti-Semitism grew so shrill and scurrilous that its virulence still makes one wince . |
| 12 | In those days many housewives still made their doorsteps shining white each morning . |
| 13 | You have one on each leg erm and one erm on the bridle and apparently they use special tools that er hobble the mare and stop her moving , so she has n't got any choice and when they lead the stallion in , they got these five guys there erm with these various tools and they make , hold the mare still to make sure the stallion can mount , because apparently very often the mares wo n't have it and th they kick or they walk away . |
| 14 | To what extent do the differences between these three patterns still make educational sense ? |
| 15 | It will of course still make one : a mirror-image again of the American claim that Vietnam has left one million settlers behind , and that the Cambodian government is communist . |
| 16 | In contrast , most nomadic and tribal groups still make rugs in the time-honoured dark reds and primary hues of their ancestors , while Persian workshop groups employ both pastel and rich shades . |
| 17 | The creed still makes sense but , as both Mr Gandhi and Mr Singh began dimly to realise in the 1980s , the doctrine does not . |
| 18 | The album sold by the skipful and , production faults aside , Morrissey 's sentiments still made that vital connection with the thinking patterns of the nation 's youth . |
| 19 | The mistake that the social Darwinists like Herbert Spencer made , and that popular opinion still makes about evolution , is the kind of mistake that aliens might make if they landed in a Safeway supermarket car park . |
| 20 | In times like these , insuring your mortgage still makes sense even with tougher conditions imposed — but you need to know exactly what those conditions are . |
| 21 | Spent , his lower body still made one last involuntary thrusting movement like a reminder or a promise of more , and then he was withdrawing , moving away from her immediately , levering himself to his feet and standing with his back to her . |
| 22 | However , since Brezhnev 's proposals for the Gulf were linked to the broader issue of the Indian Ocean ‘ zone of peace ’ Soviet officials still made an effort to gain support for them from the Indian Ocean Third World states and the non-aligned nations in general . |
| 23 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 24 | The new operating systems have n't been recompiled for Intel 's Pentium — SCO says it 'd have to support two product lines otherwise — and sales on 80386 platforms still make up half its business . |
| 25 | A couple of firms still make traditional garages in treated softwood or Western red cedar ; note that these will generally have to be sited at least 1m from property boundaries to satisfy the requirements of the Building Regulations . |
| 26 | In spite of William 's immediate miss that allowed Hudson his second escape , the West Indies still made up some ground when Kenneth Benjamin and Jimmy Adams acquired their first Test wickets just before tea through cut shots that were edged to Lara at first slip ; Peter Kirsten off Benjamin , a powerfully-built fast bowler with a method not unlike Colin Croft 's in the wide angle of delivery , and Hansie Cronje to the fourth ball from Adams , whose left-arm spin had been restricted to seven wicketless overs all season . |
| 27 | straight and erm a lot of people make that , very experienced sales people still make that mistake cost they 're not used to it . |
| 28 | The manager still makes all the decisions , but believes that subordinates need to be motivated to accept them before they will do what he wants them to . |
| 29 | Indeed , dog still makes up about 3½ per cent of the diet of Italian wolves . |
| 30 | The weakness of the economy still makes it harder for companies to service their debt . |