Example sentences of "build up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer can fight on the behalf of both boxers and the outcome is based upon the fighters statistics that they built up during numerous bouts . |
| 2 | During this period the spit suffered erosion on its south-west facing portion , the shingle being transported round the Ness itself and built up into new ridges on the east-facing side , where the dominant waves come from an east or north-east direction . |
| 3 | The wipers began to wheeze as the snowflakes built up into hard wedges of ice , and some of the men in the back were stamping feet on the floor of the van trying to improve their circulation . |
| 4 | Even their footsteps were silent on the thick carpet of pine needles built up over countless years . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ The two systems , an Alpha Drum Monitor and a Neutron Coincidence Counter , are results of development and design expertise from both Risley and Sellafield built up over recent years . |
| 6 | As I have indicated , the requirements for competition are slightly different , but we can use the fitness built up through normal training to provide a platform upon which to establish more specialised requirements . |
| 7 | Reading involves the recognition of printed or written symbols which serve as stimuli for recall of meanings built up through past experience , and the construction of new meanings through manipulation of concepts already possessed by the reader . |
| 8 | One point at issue for Yugoslav leaders was the extent to which current developments were damaging the relationship built up at federal level with the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 9 | JOHN Armstrong 's paintings , ‘ built up of remembered things which in my case have been miscalled surrealist ’ , have a poetic appeal which often beats Dali , Magritte et al at their own game . |
| 10 | There would be opportunities here for a cross-European sharing of expertise built up around bilingual skills . |
| 11 | The controversy built up around particular decisions to turn down planning applications , with angry scenes in the planning office , complaints to councillors , the involvement of community councils , letters to the local newspaper and the circulation of comment and condemnation by disappointed would-be house-builders . |
| 12 | Any goodwill built up by careful diplomacy and treaties was swept away by Scapula 's savage reprisals , and any shreds left with the Trinovantes by the brutal contempt displayed by the veterans at Camulodunon . |
| 13 | These often show a winter profile combed down into a series of bars and troughs caused by the destructive waves of winter storms and a steeper summer profile with a large inshore berm built up by swell waves of constructive type . |
| 14 | Figure 10 Crystal forms built up from spheroidal atoms from A. Ure , Dictionary of Chemistry , third edition , London , 1828 , after W. H. Wollaston whose models are in the Science Museum , London . |
| 15 | The court will have regard to the general mercantile structure within which a relationship arises , a structure of relationship and expectation built up from accepted custom and methods of dealing . |
| 16 | The outline of your notes should be based on the syllabus or programme of the subjects and built up from key words abstracted from textbooks and other writings on the topics concerned . |
| 17 | The enormous edifice of presumed relationships built up from careful study of homologous structures , ( the supreme example is the study of bones in the skulls of reptiles ) may have to be re-examined , and if necessary dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up . |
| 18 | After April 1988 , they will have to increase GMP built up in future years by 3 per cent a year , once it starts being paid . |
| 19 | In consequence , police modes of thought build up into classifiable systems of praxis which are the product of dealing with the extremes of social experience . |
| 20 | After planting they quickly build up into permanent perennial clumps and nothing looks finer in summer than to see them planted in association with a garden pool or other water garden feature . |
| 21 | The event was part of the build up to Forbidden Britain Day on Sept 29 , when the ramblers plan mass trespasses at dozens of locations . |
| 22 | After running the filter for a few days , stock with just a couple of fish to begin with , and gradually build up to full stocking . |
| 23 | Of course , there is nothing to guarantee that the authorities will stick by the same decision rules : they could become so agitated by public concern over the build up of inflationary pressure that they could jettison their employment objective and opt for contractionary demand management policies . |
| 24 | Good synthetic brushes deliver high performance , but cost less , so if there is a build up of acrylic paint at the ferrule ( the base of the bristles ) and performance is impaired , they can be replaced more cheaply . |
| 25 | The build up of cytosolic calcium inhibits further release through its inhibitory effect on the release channel and the cytosolic calcium is removed by being pumped back into the stores or out of the cell ( Fig. 4 d ) . |
| 26 | With increased capital expenditure and a build up of working capital , there was an outflow of cash in the year following two years of strong positive cash flow . |
| 27 | Feed little and often thus preventing a build up of uneaten food on the base of the tank . |
| 28 | Overlays can aid the build up of complex subjects . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , early efforts are likely to lead to the model charging backwards towards the pilot followed by a large application of forward stick causing an uncontrollable build up of forward speed . |
| 30 | Ozone is itself a form of greenhouse gas — helping to retain the sun 's reflected heat in the atmosphere - , and its destruction may be allowing more heat to escape than was hitherto thought , compensating for the increased heat retention caused by the build up of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other " greenhouse gases " . |