Example sentences of "have been building up [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure .
2 Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure .
3 Fortunately , some experience had been building up on the European continent , in Holland in particular , with DMUs which had very reliable and cost-effective engines and transmissions .
4 The two of them had been at daggers drawn ever since 1183 , and in recent months , as incident followed incident , tension had been building up to a new peak .
5 With the tent flap closed , the heat had been building up under the canvas .
6 Towards the end of the 19th century , a crisis had been building up over the names of organic compounds .
7 While his loving note helped to sooth her misgivings , it was difficult to control the inner turmoil which had been building up over the months .
8 These were Wilson and Castle 's response to the ‘ unofficial strike problem ’ which had been building up over the '60s but had acquired particular prominence in 1968 with the publication of the Donovan Commission 's report .
9 For Alfred Watkins , it was not a sudden flash of inspiration from the beyond but something which had been building up within the deeper levels of his being throughout a lifetime of contact with his native countryside .
10 Pressures for change had been building up within the legislature for some time and these were to be given added impetus by the events surrounding the resignation of President Nixon .
11 It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy .
12 ‘ It was heat-of-the-moment stuff but it 's been building up over a little while .
13 Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’
14 The pressure — it 's been building up like a head of steam … ’
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