Example sentences of "to build [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have been fortunate enough to build up a reserve of savings over the years , or you may find yourself in receipt of an inheritance . |
| 2 | But Palmer 's connection with the Union enabled him to build up a link with leaders of the advanced wing of the high church party . |
| 3 | Over time , more complex social routines may be established as adult and infant begin to build up a set of expectancies or joint understandings regarding the meanings of particular behaviours . |
| 4 | She knew that she could put economic pressure on her neighbours to build up a bloc of states aligned to herself . |
| 5 | But once one lineage had begun to build up a team of genes for dealing with meat rather than grass , the process was self-reinforcing . |
| 6 | And once the other lineage had begun to build up a team of genes for dealing with grass rather than meat , that process was self-reinforcing in the other direction . |
| 7 | Most PR executives will need to build up a repertoire of photographers who are skilled in the various areas covered by the media relations programme . |
| 8 | And a leading surgeon is hoping to build up a stock of frames to help other people with similar problems . |
| 9 | One way to reduce the problem of waiting for elusive components to arrive is to build up a stock of components . |
| 10 | What is definitely not the right way to build up a stock of components is to buy sets of components for projects , and to never quite get around to building them . |
| 11 | I do n't know , maybe they erm a , they 'll listen to the tapes and they probably sample some of the words into a computer to build up a database of words that probably like you said , oh he 's getting a lot of jip from his boss , you know , is probably not in the dictionary but if a lot of people said that word then they would . |
| 12 | As early as March or April 1330 Edward III was attempting to assert his independence of the regime at court and to build up a body of supporters loyal to him rather than to Mortimer and Isabella . |
| 13 | It was important for him to build up a body of allies to ensure his succession on his father 's death , but he overreached himself , was regarded as a rebel and was killed , after being defeated in battle by Chlothar . |
| 14 | It could also be argued that this would help to build up a body of men with substantial diplomatic experience from which the diplomats of the future might be drawn . |