Example sentences of "[noun pl] to build [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This enables schools to build up a flexible resource which teachers can adapt to the varying needs of classes . |
| 3 | Over the past two months Mr Steinhardt has juggled positions in banks , drugs and oil-service companies to build up a short portfolio of $640m . |
| 4 | Often we have only fragments of bones to build up a mental picture of the final complete skeleton . |
| 5 | Interviews with Spinelli and other ‘ elite opinion leaders will be used together with documentation from EC institutions to build up a developmental profile of key federal ideas and influences in the context of European Union . |
| 6 | This means exploring Celtic and Norse myths to build up an indigenous mythology to balance those of Indian and African origin imported via the United States . |
| 7 | The information obtained will enable the offeror and its advisers to build up a public profile of the target . |
| 8 | Oral history can be a means of helping pupils to build up a meaningful framework of chronology for the last 80 years . |
| 9 | Electroreceptors along the fish 's body continually monitor the field and detect any distortions to build up an electric pattern of the surroundings . |
| 10 | Plain white tiles are the cheapest : brighten them up with coloured grouting , or mix them with other plain tiles to build up an eye-catching pattern |
| 11 | It takes 16 days for Landsat 's instruments to build up a global picture . |
| 12 | Opponents of sales see them as reducing a vital social resource built up at the ratepayers ' expense , while proponents see sales to long-standing tenants as almost a recourse to ‘ natural justice ’ , although there are also the political overtones of the desire of Conservative politicians to build up a property-owning base to their vote . |
| 13 | Later high grain prices , at a time of excellent harvests , allowed the treasurers to build up a substantial surplus . |