Example sentences of "[vb base] up [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 2 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
| 3 | Some build up a sense of foreboding that is either confirmed or denied , some make us laugh all the way through , some seem written only to outrage . |
| 4 | The age-old method of casting bells was to make a clay mould of the inside shape of the bell , then build up a layer of beeswax round it to the shape and thickness of the finished bell . |
| 5 | Thus there build up a series of steps with sharp , cliff-like fronts ( Plate 10 ) . |
| 6 | They circle the Earth repetitively and , as the Earth rotates eastwards below their orbital path , their instruments build up a picture of land and sea-surface conditions and the state of the atmosphere . |
| 7 | Science is a collective enterprise ; over time , researchers build up a body of wisdom which tells them which are the important variables to include when modelling a particular process , and which must be controlled . |
| 8 | As you build up a number of scenarios , you can identify the cells that best show the results of your what-if constructions , and have the results of the various scenarios displayed side by side onscreen or printed . |
| 9 | From their experiences children build up a set of explanations and beliefs which enable them to make sense of what happens around them . |
| 10 | Draw a cross-section along the line by noting where the contours cross and gradually build up a profile of the ley on a separate piece of paper . |
| 11 | You 've worked out a program or a system for acute erm stomach pains — are you planning to move onto other areas and gradually build up a catalogue of aches and pains in the body , or what ? |
| 12 | Hence some kinds of reading lead to more intellectually-demanding thought , challenging ideas , concepts and structures that build up the skills of critical observation , bodies of knowledge , and , at a further stage , wisdom . |
| 13 | We must take heart from our experience in Hyde Park , we must nurture that support and build up the confidence of our members . |
| 14 | The other isotopes mess up the workings of the nuclear reaction . |
| 15 | Line up a row of pretty jam jars on the kitchen windowsill and fill them with daffodils , for example . |
| 16 | Using a ruler , line up the sets of marks and draw across the folded fabric with a pencil or chalk ( illustration 2 ) . |
| 17 | Using a ruler , line up the sets of marks and draw across the folded fabric with a pencil or chalk . |
| 18 | Badlands surfers in reflective mood as lumberjack shirt-clad friend summons up the spirits of The Pit ( left ) ; the SAS tighten up ( above ) |
| 19 | Show up the folly of I feel this so I do that . |
| 20 | Rogue regimes show up the shortcomings of law Experts agree the US breached international conventions . |
| 21 | These show up the lies of the society clearer . |
| 22 | Show up the vagaries of causality , he wrote , the banalities of style . |
| 23 | PROP up a bed of floppy flowers with steel in plastic Link-Stakes , which link to follow the contours of the plants . |
| 24 | the shifting legs prop up the hundredweights of dark . |
| 25 | Clearly no one person could get round five parishes , control five PCCs , prop up the fabric of five buildings , look to a couple of church school governing bodies , visit , bury and comfort the sick , dead and bereaved , let alone baptise , prepare for confirmation and marry five sets of parishioners and at the same time keep up a life of prayer . |
| 26 | Pausing long enough at Bingen to have a coffee and look at maps , I decide it is time to abandon the Rhine for a while and cut up the valley of the river Nahe towards Idar-Oberstein and the Palatinate Forest . |
| 27 | This leaves a nice little ladder which I zig zag down on both sides with my sewing machine , then cut up the centre of the ladder . |
| 28 | Mix up a couple of wash colours of varying intensity . |
| 29 | Mix up a batch of colour and apply a wash to several different watercolour sheets ( Not surface ) . |
| 30 | Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me . |