Example sentences of "we [modal v] build up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As the band were good enough live , we could build up a ground swell of interest at a local level which then translated into national success . |
2 | By patiently watching and recording hits we can build up a probability profile which will indicate how likely it is for a bullet to hit any particular point on the detector . |
3 | ‘ If we can map the isotopic composition of lead in the region we are looking at , ie the Mediterranean , ’ said Gail , ‘ then we can build up a database of trade movement ’ . |
4 | In this way , we can build up a profile for expected three month interest rates , shown in the right hand column of Table 6.6 . |
5 | From evidence such as this we can build up a picture of a society in which child mortality was common ; in which many of the children who survived their first year none the less died before they were twenty , as was still the case down to the early nineteenth century ; in which a serious famine or an outbreak of disease might rapidly depopulate a whole region — and yet in which the expectation of life of those who passed twenty was probably not sensationally lower than it is today . |
6 | I collect money for the IRA so we can build up an army and fight the bastards at their own game . |