Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] build [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you listen carefully , over two or three interviews you may build up an understanding of the themes and patterns of what the person is trying to say , through watching out for repetition . |
| 2 | You must build up a small library of your own : one or two books will not be enough ; you should , ideally , have at least two on each topic . |
| 3 | You might build up the fire a little . ’ |
| 4 | So , for a few pounds a month now , you could build up a very welcome nest-egg for yourself and provide financial protection for your family at the same time . |
| 5 | If you scatter seed on the ground you will build up a substantial clientele of birds such as chaffinches which do not readily come to hanging food and birdtables . |
| 6 | This section discusses these pensions , how they can be increased by additional voluntary contributions , how you can build up a pension if you have no access to an employer 's scheme and how divorce affects your right to your ex-husband 's pension . |
| 7 | For instance , you can build up a design that looks as though it has been pressed as a single spray ( see pp. 98–9 ) , although in fact each flower and leaf should be positioned with care to give a natural effect . |
| 8 | Most important , you can build up a collection of notes as part of your own library of books , newspaper cuttings , essays and other materials that you should find invaluable for tutorials , essays , projects and exam revision . |
| 9 | This statement may seem nonsense , since you have no idea of how the lecturer is to tackle the subject , but by means of a pattern diagram you can build up a picture of what your studies are to contain . |
| 10 | okay it 'll be that so you can eventually you can build up a few tricks that 'll help you sort out a lot of the spelling . |
| 11 | As a Member of The Folio Society , you can build up a collection of superb books that are marvellous to read , beautiful to look at , and available only to Members . |
| 12 | . Or you can build up a tree . |
| 13 | You , you really want something that , with the younger people you can build up a proper relationship |
| 14 | It is just a matter of how you can build up the Kuwaiti nationality to go along with the growing community in the country and we were just a developing country . |
| 15 | We should build up the Western European Union as the defence pillar of the European union , but the treaty embodies the view set out in the Anglo-Italian proposal two months ago , and endorsed at last month 's summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation that whatever we do at European level must be compatible with NATO . |
| 16 | We must contact these people , we must build back the confidence to the unemployed , we 've given these people who are unemployed our good training , we need their expertise to come back and fight again if we 're gon na have any hope for the future . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I believe we could build up the parliamentary group to more than 100 members . ’ |
| 19 | We shall never know exactly the sequence of events in St Pierre on that morning , but we can build up a fairly accurate picture from the physical evidence of the ruins , and the reports of eyewitnesses . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | We always look for a local engineering partner , with whom we can build up a strong working relationship , to provide knowledge of local practices and statutory requirements . |
| 25 | I collect money for the IRA so we can build up an army and fight the bastards at their own game . |
| 26 | By using overlays , one can build up a picture stage by stage . |
| 27 | I , I think he knew about it , I think he was happy with it because I mean as , as , as we 've seen th th one can build up a , quite a convincing rationale for it |
| 28 | One veteran observer of the New York museum scene summarised the insular society 's predicament : ‘ During the 60s , 70s and 80s when all other institutions realised that there was no way that they could build up an endowment without catering to the masses and without appealing to the federal government , museums went with cap in hand ; they saw this was now the game . |
| 29 | Like animals , they are great levellers — not remotely impressed by a string of titles — and he always found he could build up a good rapport with them . |
| 30 | He could build up a knowledge of who he was , piece by piece . |