Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] building up " in BNC.

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1 We have seen how McClellan 's system provides a framework for building up the bookstock at each service point .
2 England conceded two goals in the last quarter of an hour after building up a 3–1 lead .
3 The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great .
4 Secondly , there are two methods of building up the image within the printer .
5 For the first time the new cannon offered relative ease of production , and a greater degree of safety in use , unlike the former practice of building up the guns from iron bands held together with loops .
6 After his initial discovery of the Primary Control , Alexander also noticed that when he was able to prevent tension from building up in his neck muscles , then the hoarseness in his voice decreased accordingly .
7 There is a dilemma in building up modular degrees , whether undergraduate or postgraduate , on a discrete unit basis where the studies should be integrative across subjects .
8 England had probably lost in international importance during the fifteenth century , partly because of her defeat in the Hundred Years War , partly because of the success of the Habsburgs in building up their empire on the basis of dynastic marriages .
9 On the credit side there must be recorded the conscious emphasis on the school as a transmitter of moral values and as an instrument in building up the attitudes necessary for an active citizen : co-operation , integrity , industry and many more .
10 We can create dramatic tension by building up expectations .
11 The National Marriage Guidance Council book Alone Again sees pleasing yourself as an essential part of building up wholeness .
12 ‘ Since then it 's mostly been a case of building up our database .
13 Your learning must be a technique of building up knowledge in small doses , as articulated parts of a whole .
14 The National Insurance contribution complications would be avoided as there would be no need to pay directors ' salaries as the individual partners would rely on their own shares of profit as their source of earnings and the company partner would only be a vehicle for building up capital .
15 Here the problem for the Labour leadership is even more difficult for there is no constitutional issue about building up a separate organization within the party .
16 Secondly , on defence , the Foreign Secretary made it clear that , although Europe has an increasing role in respect of threats outside the NATO area , the movements towards building up a European defence identity must not weaken NATO or confront the Americans with a single European view .
17 Now it would be a question of building up contacts again , putting up a case which would percolate up through the echelons of power , hopefully gathering momentum and authenticity as it did so .
18 He is seeking help in building up a stock of frames .
19 He is seeking help in building up a stock of the frames .
20 Her talents and determination in building up a company , and her love for her family are among Tim 's most cherised memories .
21 This regretfully brought to an abrupt end his continuing work for the Building Employers Confederation as well as destroying a lifetime 's work in building up a family company .
22 Sometimes the salespeople carry out merchandising activities like building up shelf displays , providing window stickers and in-store advertising , although sometimes these duties are carried out by a separate merchandiser or team of merchandisers , particularly when some form of demonstration or product promotion is required .
23 There 's some sort of building up ahead . ’
24 It should be added that for the sake of building up a realistic scenario for the exercise , incidents involving ‘ enemy ’ forces are interjected .
25 A pro-active approach to the job is commercially good sense if you are in the business of building up your client base .
26 I can not see the point of building up your body by eating mountains of food just to pose before an audience .
27 With this coherent team , in many ways bonded to the studio , Balcon set out to make films that mirrored what was happening to British society and fulfilled his aim of building up ‘ a native industry with its roots firmly planted in the soil of this country . ’
28 WFP makes the statement that the RMI will be ‘ extended and accelerated ’ with the aim of building up coverage to those units by the end of 1991/92 , ie March 1992 .
29 Under the scheme natural and historic sites considered by Unesco to be ‘ the patrimony of humanity ’ will be photographed and documented with the aim of building up a reference library of 40,000 photographs and relevant documentation which will be available to researchers .
30 Are the bottom corners bruised and in need of building up ?
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