Example sentences of "[prep] build up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We have seen how McClellan 's system provides a framework for building up the bookstock at each service point .
2 Secondly , the firm prided itself on speed and efficiency , both as a profitable practice in itself , and as a means of building up a reputation with estate agents .
3 It was stressed that full time staff were needed for old people , especially in terms of building up a relationship with the old people which would mean that the help would be more efficient and effective .
4 This diary is a method of building up a record of the learning which is taking place through workplace experience , which extends the student 's previous knowledge and skills and which can be used to measure competences in the workplace .
5 Merton itself , as a result of Silverman 's experience in selection , advertising and research , was first conceived as a high-level recruitment consultancy which then evolved into a management consultancy and executive search practice ; he based his approach — ahead of its time in Britain in the mid-1970s — on the concept of building up a profile of ‘ the ideal candidate ’ by using the most sophisticated industrial market research techniques , approaching a recruitment programme in the same way as he had devised and implemented a marketing plan .
6 This remains a good way of doing things , and must be the most pain-free way of building up a stock of components .
7 Perhaps the best way of illustrating just how this operates in practice and how far-reaching its effects can be in terms of building up the involvement of an entire school community in a philosophy and policy for the future is to show what has happened in one Lincolnshire school .
8 For the first time the new cannon offered relative ease of production , and a greater degree of safety in use , unlike the former practice of building up the guns from iron bands held together with loops .
9 Secondly , there are two methods of building up the image within the printer .
10 It is easy to see why : the track is only six lanes wide so that the crowd is closer to the action than usual , and the organizers have the knack of building up the anticipation for the big event so that once it gets under way , emotion bubbles over .
11 The process of building up the strength of shared commitment can seldom be consciously managed in a schools .
12 I use this basic method of building up the design on a bed of leaves , as it gives a good three-dimensional effect , but there are several other ways to achieve an equally pleasing design .
13 It is the duty of the community to provide through its social and welfare services the advice and support which such parents and children need … such help should always be directed towards building up the responsibility of the parents whenever this is at all possible ( Home Office , 1960 ) .
14 Uniformity of policy throughout Europe would have prevented us from building up the strength of the City of London .
15 These events in his native land must have appeared insignificant to Nkrumah , engaged in building up a structure of organisations to develop an awareness of African identity and solidarity .
16 For a growing number of older women , a great support in building up a sense of independence and self-esteem has been the a growth of the feminist movement , and there is more on this in the chapter ‘ Feeling good , looking good ’ .
17 The use of successive pumice or ash deposits in building up a history of the eruptive activity in an area is known as tephrachronology , and this is increasingly being used to add precision to the study of the history of volcanic areas .
18 He is seeking help in building up a stock of frames .
19 He is seeking help in building up a stock of the frames .
20 This meant that what the social scientist was doing in building up a picture of the political society was systematizing people 's conscious perceptions into a system .
21 It commented in the same year that , ‘ while recognizing the considerable contribution that Mr Hornby has made in building up the Council to its present position of eminence within the colleges , it was now time for the CNAA 's influence to be more widely felt ’ .
22 Among those who do not , many are not interested in building up the sort of long-term relationship characterised by mutual obligations which a system built upon rights implies ; some are " voluntary " temporary workers only wanting occasional work , others are " involuntary " ones regarding their current job as , at best , " stop-gap " employment .
23 The Church has not always recognised their rights to spiritual growth nor the contribution that they can make to building up the body of Christ .
24 For the next ten years , Richard II concentrated on building up a reputation with a reputably good government beside him against his powerful uncles .
25 Nearer to Papeete , and within a five minute flight , is the more varied island of Moorea , the sister island of Tahiti , which offers enormous visual variety for photographers intent on building up a library of ‘ tropical island ’ shots .
26 The CNAA 's focus at this point was on building up a picture of institutions that would enable it to relax the rules in some cases : the focus was smoother course approval as a reward for experience .
27 Charles kept the appellants waiting , bribing them from time to time to stop them becoming too impatient ; meanwhile his younger brother Louis Duke of Anjou concentrated on building up a party in Aquitaine , winning over many of the nobility of Pèrigord , Rouergue , Quercy and the Agenais by a judicious mixture of bribes and promises .
28 It is important that Chinese managers also have a similar understanding of British management methods and therefore the project places considerable emphasis on building up the knowledge of managers from both sides .
29 This could be done through questions , by building up a diagram of some kind , by giving a synopsis with gaps in it , or simply by giving a resume in the learner 's native language .
30 Cohesion is maintained by building up a structure of consensual decision-making to make every individual feel an important participant .
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