Example sentences of "build up [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The robot business began to look brighter as we built up experience in putting the machines to work . |
| 2 | On this morning however , they dallied somewhat so that each might have the off-chance of that little bit of news that other people call gossip , which the other might add to the jigsaw of seemingly useless information built up bit by bit in small minds . |
| 3 | There were layers of Gaily 's patience , built up grain by grain over the years like geological strata . |
| 4 | He assured me they never put dogs down and they would try to help her build up trust in humans again before finding her a home . |
| 5 | Fish build up resistance to nitrates as nitrates build-up in your tank . |
| 6 | Build up exposure in early mornings and late afternoons , when the sun is weaker . |
| 7 | You can not guarantee what the resulting shade will be , though — you build up depth with subsequent layers — and you can get tell-tale streaking if you are not very careful with application . |
| 8 | I know there , there was quite a lot of encouragement to actually leave your dividend in and build up interest on it . |
| 9 | It was largely due to her that Fred had been able to secure the leasehold of the cafe and build up trade by extending the seating arrangement and brightening up the fare on offer . |
| 10 | Dr Hamish Inglis says : ‘ Once you have had a cold you build up immunity to that particular virus . |
| 11 | Erm , now what you do with this , these sections is of course you build up information over time . |
| 12 | Draughting machines build up information about components in the computer memory . |
| 13 | Well you 're , you 're saying that you build up information about so you 're actually writing that information on these |
| 14 | Such issues grew out of my reflections upon the images of school which were built up incident by incident , interview by interview , comment by comment . |
| 15 | This applies where two companies have used identical or similar marks for at least five years or more in all honesty and have built up goodwill in ignorance of the use of the mark by the other company . |
| 16 | Ray Reynolds has lived in the area all his life , both his bungalow home and the 250 acre farm he 's built up bit by bit would disappear under the reservoir . |
| 17 | There could be no greater indication of the contrast between me two friends ' approach to their craft than a comparison between The Lost Road , tentatively built up stage by stage , with an infinite number of backward glances at the whole mythology that has gone before , and Lewis 's self-confident brush strokes as he dashed off Out of the Silent Planet . |
| 18 | The police operation codenamed Lightbulb was targeted at drug pushers who have built up trade worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and who attract dealers from all over the North-west . |
| 19 | Because of these complexities , friendships with the Willses tend to be built up step by step and to become all the more valued because their qualities are seldom revealed all at one time . |
| 20 | What you yo were trying to achieve is the expansion of the built up area towards the ring road , and thereby having built development hard up er as it is at the moment the ring road goes through for the most part open countryside on either side of it . |
| 21 | Travel less than half-a-mile in a built up area without finding a fast food restaurant — yet travel west for 600 miles and not see anything but grass . |
| 22 | Our job is to help build up trust between the smaller companies and their banks . ’ |
| 23 | Certain types of bacteria , by genetic mutation , can build up resistance to disinfectants that act in the latter way to the extent that they can become totally immune to normal concentrations even utilising the disinfectant as a food source . |
| 24 | We will build up pride in individual schools on the back of the influence of parents in what those schools are doing . |
| 25 | This lesson cost 7 Dons , but no actual money is exchanged — Nara builds up credit by offering other scheme members skills of her own . |
| 26 | This builds up confidence in their own abilities . ’ |
| 27 | This method of cultivation protects the growing plants from late frosts and builds up heat in the soil so that the potatoes are ready to be lifted 2–3 weeks earlier than if they had been grown conventionally . |
| 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 | Alien is primarily a mood piece as well as a visual display — there are slow passages in which little happens , building up suspense for the main action scenes , the deaths of six crew members . |
| 30 | The reform of the national insurance system advocated here will also lead to all workers building up entitlement to national insurance benefits . |