Example sentences of "builds up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead they form squelchy peat , which gradually builds up on the surface . |
| 2 | ‘ It all builds up to the point where it affects your game . |
| 3 | Erm it 's g there now obviously the end of year it builds up over the end of the year partly because it relies on the extra recruitment and the increasing sales per er per capita erm or per capita sales I should say . |
| 4 | The strength of colour that builds up through the summer and autumn gradually disappears and the winter garden is usually left with weak and delicate shades . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the chlorine builds up in the stratosphere , and the ‘ hole ’ over the Antarctic continues to grow . |
| 6 | Among the " quick fix " solutions which have been proposed to counter global warming are : placing thousand of large mirrors in space to reflect sunlight ; making aircraft engines less efficient so that soot builds up in the stratosphere , with similar effect ; dumping iron filings into the oceans to stimulate the growth of plankton , which absorbs carbon dioxide ; using lasers to break up chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere ; and firing a million tons of dust into the upper atmosphere , also with a view to reflecting solar radiation . |
| 7 | As the pressure builds up in the bladder , the bladder neck muscles ca n't contain it and urine is passed . |
| 8 | Highly-viscous lavas are always concerned in Peleean eruptions ; as we saw earlier , a dome or plug of lava often builds up within the crater concerned , blocking the throat of the volcano , so that the pressures building up beneath can only be relieved by vigorous explosions , which may be directed either upwards or sideways , blasting out as nuees ardentes . |
| 9 | Although the walking programme and the diet routine are organised through Day 1 to 30 , we recommend that you begin the programme on a Monday , as the aerobic walking gradually builds up throughout the week , with more aerobic walking on weekends . |
| 10 | If this happens , and gas pressure builds up beneath the plug , a potentially highly-explosive situation develops . |
| 11 | And they , it was a bit frightening because we were in a group of seventeen and see what I mean when , I mean how it starts is like if were starting with me , I have to say I 'm Tony , right , and then you would say I 'm Jackie and this is Tony and then Christine would say I 'm Christine this is Jackie , this is Tony , I was at the end of a group of seventeen and I had heard it sort of , you hear it , it builds up round the room |
| 12 | A spatter cone or spatter ring consisting exclusively of welded cow-pats often builds up around the vent . |