Example sentences of "built up [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has built up a solid reputation amongst user education practitioners in the USA and is now the undisputed national clearinghouse for that country . |
| 2 | ‘ Granny 's little extortion racket must have built up a small fortune for you . ’ |
| 3 | Although they have worked as a duo since 1987 and have built up a great following throughout these islands and abroad , their respective musical experiences go back much further . |
| 4 | He , too , had risen from humble origins , from a tenement on New York 's east side , and had built up a great reputation as a reformer . |
| 5 | We have built up a great deal of knowledge about the historical side of the palaces but that has not been presented to the public . ’ |
| 6 | For years she 'd built up a protective shell around herself , a barrier against which the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune had bounced and fallen harmlessly to the ground . |
| 7 | AN Asian family who have built up a thriving business in one of Scotland 's jobless blackspots are being kicked out of Britain . |
| 8 | Over the years , Michael has built up a wide circle of customers and friends worldwide , who visit whenever in London . |
| 9 | The questionnaire has built up a socio-economic background to the financial and physical environment that family and part-time farmers have to live in . |
| 10 | The general issue of reconciling with his academic interests the feeling of social commitment to an underprivileged group with whom the researcher has built up a strong feeling of empathy is discussed by Labov ( 1982b ) ; this discussion forms a preliminary to his account of the use made of linguistic evidence by the defendants in the famous Black English Trial in Michigan . |
| 11 | The Samaritans — or at least those of them who were not entirely Hellenized — had built up a religious centre of their own on Mount Garizim in circumstances which contradictory legends have rendered unrecognizable . |
| 12 | If you have difficult or embarrassing questions to ask — about an unfavourable response to a reference , for example — leave it until the latter part of the interview when you have built up a reasonable rapport with the interviewee . |
| 13 | The game was effectively over by the interval , with Celtic having built up a four-goal lead through Graham Nichols ( 2 ) , Kevin Messenger and Tom Shepherd . |
| 14 | This was vintage Glenavon , recovering from a rocky start to take apart a team who had built up a fearsome reputation in a 26-match unbeaten run locally . |
| 15 | This was vintage Glenavon , recovering from a rocky start to take apart a team who had built up a fearsome reputation in a 26-match unbeaten run locally . |
| 16 | In addition to his father 's considerable herds , he had built up a sizable flock of his own and dreaded the thought of a harsh winter . |
| 17 | Through word of mouth and demand from customers , they 've built up a sizable business with five drivers . |
| 18 | Around this linear framework is built up a complex system of open and interacting planes , which sometimes seem to represent the forms of the body but which are often quite arbitrary compositional elements . |
| 19 | The gallery has built up a well-balanced programme of work offering an annual arrangement of exhibitions clearly influenced by a strong equal opportunities policy . |
| 20 | While acknowledging that there were some schools which had built up a good range of resources and had successfully integrated their school library with the teaching and learning taking place in the school , it appeared at this time that many demonstrated one or all of the following basic problems : |
| 21 | His style was light and friendly ; in no time he had built up a big following among the viewers . |
| 22 | For borrowers who have built up a sizeable stake in their property , she points out that the Cheltenham & Gloucester ( 0452 372372 ) has reversed the usual lender 's practice of offering bigger discounts on larger loans . |
| 23 | The two countries had built up a clandestine network of military links , with Israel frequently accused of breaking the UN Security Council arms embargo . |
| 24 | The first was that the market was too young to have built up a proper record of likely default rates , especially during a recession . |
| 25 | This rule , still in existence while Visa and Mastercard fight a rearguard action with the Office of Fair Trading , prevents banks from processing card transactions until they have built up a large base of card-holders . |
| 26 | Josselin gradually built up a large farm in Earls Colne , starting with a land purchase in 1646 . |
| 27 | Over the centuries , these conditions had built up a large population with a high level of energy . |
| 28 | One of the most important limitations on statutory safeguards is the insistence that , to qualify for most rights , you must have built up a specified period of continuous employment . |
| 29 | One suspects that Arsenal and Norwich are facing disrepute charges partly because of TV coverage at home and abroad and partly because between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning various sections of the media had built up a fine head of steam in demanding that the FA take action . |
| 30 | These schemes have been designed for the elderly who have built up a significant amount of equity in their homes , but who have no means ( or no desire ) to service a new loan . |