Example sentences of "to build up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her present to Harry was to be a pair of racing binoculars in a fine leather case with his initials stamped on it ; Wendell 's , a handsome cheque , since he was aware that Harry had opened an account at the bank and was trying to build up a reserve of cash . |
| 2 | The watercolour sketch I have started here Gulls Feeding ( Figure 8 ) is a compilation and uses repetition of the shapes in the sketches to build up a sense of activity . |
| 3 | The numbers may partly be due to the reputation Switchboard enjoys as a good training ground for employment , mainly in the voluntary social services ( every time the organization manages to build up a core of daytime volunteers , half of them find jobs ) but the largest group of prospective volunteers are past callers , people who , having found the service useful , want to contribute to its continued existence . |
| 4 | It is in the company 's interest to build up a relationship with Fund Managers in order that a position of trust and goodwill is created . |
| 5 | Goodman , and a combination of luck and good defending/ goalkeeping was sufficient to keep out Leeds when we managed to build up a head of steam . |
| 6 | The way ahead for paleontologists trying to build up a knowledge of evolution has been spurred on by the revolution in plate tectonics , which has provided a better understanding of the stratigraphic record and fossilized data . |
| 7 | As you do so , try to build up a system of classification , explaining your basis for making distinctions . |
| 8 | Because older people often relate events to " When I was six " rather than to a given date , there is a need to build up a framework of background dates and information ( a time-line ) about the person interviewed and his family , and the places he or she has lived in . |
| 9 | It is planning to build up a portfolio of property and leisure-related developments across Europe . |
| 10 | So one tries to build up a kind of agenda of all the things that different people involved think might be important , before one tries to produce a plan as to how one 's going to , to work . |
| 11 | So one tries to build up a kind of agenda of all the things that different people involved think might be important before one tries to produce a plan as to how one 's going to work , and even then there may be a chance for you actually to discuss the plan with various people as well . |
| 12 | Not surprisingly princes were concerned to build up a position of strength during their fathers ' lifetimes . |
| 13 | J. B. Watson in 1914 and other behaviourist thinkers ( Hull , Skinner ) believed that an acquired behaviour element , the conditioned reflex for example , could be made to account for all behaviour , because such an element could be treated as a ‘ building block in theory much in the same way that nineteenth-century physicists used ‘ atoms ’ to build up a theory of matter . |
| 14 | It is because Britain will resist that idea in Malaysia that Whitehall is so anxious to build up a record of consultation , commitment and sympathy towards the majority in South Africa . |
| 15 | Members receive dozens of eggsciting goodies , including regular issues of Eggbert 's Eggspress , a full colour comic , a special egg cookery booklet , the code to help you ‘ crack ’ Eggbert 's messages , and the chance to build up a collection of enamel badges . |
| 16 | The routine sample is a monitor of the state of a watercourse or a particular effluent , intended to build up a profile of water and effluent quality . |
| 17 | In fact , the CEGB only began to build up a fund for decommissioning in 1976 . |
| 18 | However , using this facility , it is possible to build up a library of machine code utilities for use by a number of programs . |
| 19 | Video is being used to build up a library of training films to keep new employees at Thatcher Tubes in Washington Court House , Ohio , USA , informed about process techniques . |
| 20 | ‘ A climb on Snowdon is the perfect way to build up an appetite for Christmas dinner , ’ said organiser Mandy Whitehead . |
| 21 | Even before the final settlement was reached , Montgomerie , disillusioned by William 's stalling tactics and by the fact that his own personal political ambitions had been frustrated , turned to plotting , attempting to build up an alliance of Club members and Jacobites who would be able to " bring home King James in a Parliamentary way " . |
| 22 | I prefer to build up an image of character , personality and surroundings before establishing such details as name , date and so on . |