Example sentences of "build up the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	Between them Locke and Newton built up the mental picture of the universe which the educated classes in the eighteenth century absorbed as incontrovertible truth .
2	I built up the same sort of profile about the shipbuilder .
3	We must not only abide by a precise form , but also build up the right waves of emotion to give it full human significance .
4	This had built up the present balance to what it now was .
5	Male bees , over many generations of cumulative orchid evolution , have built up the bee-like shape through trying to copulate with flowers , and hence carrying pollen .
6	‘ I believe we could build up the parliamentary group to more than 100 members . ’
7	Consistently good water quality and a stress-free environment builds up the natural resistance of your fish , so they can shrug off minor ailments .
8	The government , indeed , had made careful preparations , both in conserving fuel stocks and protecting the power network with the aid of other European nations , and also in building up the co-ordinating powers of the police nationally to deal with mass picketing .
9	Demand on the system grew faster than expected ( thus building up the economic usage of the Supergrid rapidly and increasing the efficiency gains ) .
10	The Carlists had been building up the paramilitary Requeté since the early days of the Republic and seriously preparing for a rising since 1934 .
11	The rest of the melted material reaches the surface and is erupted as lava and ashes , building up the narrow chain of volcanoes that runs the whole way up the South American continent .
12	This was the context in which the Shah determined to do as his father had done — to destroy all possible Iranian opposition , and to build up the armed forces as the basis of his power .
13	We 're checking on every person who spent the night under this roof , in order to build up the fullest picture of events .

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