Example sentences of "to build [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alternative start to block play is to build along a flat surface either in a line like a roadway or as a tabloid . |
| 2 | The attempt to build up a separate National Labour Party proved a dismal failure , while the Liberal Nationals continued as pensioners of the Conservative party until finally merging with them — as the Liberal Unionists had done previously — in 1966 . |
| 3 | As it cooks , neaten the sides with a spatula to build up a deep , straight edge . |
| 4 | British Gas has been swiftly building up its interests in the new developments to build up a new earnings stream and gain access to supplies . |
| 5 | This is another reason for you to maintain your own social life , or to build up a new network of friends , if necessary . |
| 6 | They may have lost touch with their friends and have to start again to build up a new social circle . |
| 7 | It takes great patience to build up a new technological business . |
| 8 | George III employed Barnard as chief agent in his lifelong endeavour to build up a new collection , which later came to be known as the King 's Library . |
| 9 | The Labour Party officially viewed the Convention as " an attempt to build up a new Political Party " , and indeed it is not improbable that the Communists , fearing illegality , were preparing a new organization on United Front lines into which they could merge if necessary . |
| 10 | And while research continues to build up a clearer picture of the distribution of radon across the country , environmental health officers are hoping that the new results will encourage local authorities to enforce strict building regulations . |
| 11 | Only some Suwaya were interested in this exercise of reconstruction , and the attempt to build up a rounded picture of life under Arab government exposed a certain impatience . |
| 12 | The human being ( a far more complex creature inhabiting a far more complex world ) needs to be highly adaptive and has a long period of play in which to build up a vast repertoire of behaviours . |
| 13 | Chevron 's swift counter-attack came a day after Pennzoil announced it had spent $2.1 billion to build up a nine per cent share stake in Chevron and said it planned to continue investing in the oil giant as a passive shareholder . |
| 14 | Amanullah had been influenced by what he saw as the modernising reforms introduced in Turkey and Iran : he tried to build up a central army , organised a parliament , and decreed that women should wear western dress : the final straw for the tribes came when he made their leaders listen to a five-day speech . |
| 15 | A vote can be forced at any time so there is little effort to build up a better and better solution , as in the consensus method . |
| 16 | ‘ I like to build up a good bed of hops . |
| 17 | Although pressed flowers are basically only two-dimensional because they have been flattened , it is quite possible to use several of the thicker ones to build up a good three-dimensional effect . |
| 18 | Effectively all MAS professionals have a duty to build up a good working knowledge of corporate finance theory and practice ( particularly M&A and valuations ) and maintain this knowledge through regular but selective reading . |
| 19 | They are also proud they have managed to build up a good trade but after 15 years service at the Travellers Rest , Cockerton , the couple plan to quit in June . |
| 20 | The historian 's job is to judge the reliability and value of each source its turn , and by consulting all available sources , to build up a complete picture . |
| 21 | The major contribution to the promotion of community languages which these courses have made has been to discover significant numbers of good classroom practitioners , good analysts , good coordinators and good teacher trainers , so as to build up a genuine national resource in terms of expertise . |
| 22 | ABOVE TOP Typology is the study of the development of artefacts of the same type to build up a dated sequence . |
| 23 | The new scheme offered from today by EIGA is open to any European company or EC subsidiary of a foreign firm aiming to build up a Russian business empire . |
| 24 | It takes 16 days for Landsat 's instruments to build up a global picture . |
| 25 | There were many subsequent raids , carried out by small patrols , and it is difficult to build up a comprehensive picture of exactly what took place . |
| 26 | The aim is to build up a comprehensive database on the Gault of the United Kingdom . |
| 27 | Close study of applications and their results , including objections , enable the developer to build up a comprehensive survey of the current attitudes of the local planning authority to development proposals , and those sites likely to receive favourable consideration . |
| 28 | Scotland , on the other hand , open the World Cup against Costa Rica in Genoa — shades of Dortmund in 1974 when they sauntered to a 2-0 win over Zaire and did not realise that this was the game to build up a healthy balance of goals . |
| 29 | ‘ There is now a big push on to build up a healthy youth policy . |
| 30 | In this chapter some of the ways in which palaeontologists determine the way fossil animals lived are described , reanimating the dead fragments to build up a living creature . |