Example sentences of "[adv] build up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The saliva dries and hardens quickly and with repeated flights , the bird slowly builds up the line into a low wall . |
| 2 | The Acrylix brushes helped me to make broad , glazing strokes , slowly building up a depth of colour . |
| 3 | Having established the undercoat by way of washing and blotting onto damp paper , I now begin to apply very watery paint onto dry paper , slowly building up a series of translucent layers . |
| 4 | Having established the undercoat by way of washing and blotting onto damp paper , I now begin to apply very watery paint onto dry paper , slowly building up a series of translucent layers . |
| 5 | Van Dijk has analysed the language of racism , thereby building up a picture of modern ideology which pays particular attention to the way that elite messages can be transformed into ordinary discourse ( van Dijk , 1985b , 1987 ) . |
| 6 | Although the rules only allow the purchase of one new free-standing AVC policy a year , it is possible to purchase a different policy every year , so building up a spread of investments . |
| 7 | The claims so built up the expectations for ZETA after the first conference that the subsequent news was perceived as ‘ failure ’ . |
| 8 | You have been fortunate enough to build up a reserve of savings over the years , or you may find yourself in receipt of an inheritance . |
| 9 | Except in a few cases , formal inspections will not have been frequent enough to build up the kind of collective experience that HMIs have . |
| 10 | We were soon building up the idea of productivity … |
| 11 | One relatively manageable task would be to use the computers currently employed to sort out lists and marks for item analyses of marks scored in individual questions , thus building up a profile of strengths and weaknesses in the subject analysed . |
| 12 | People who spend much of their time in this type of activity will probably have already built up a reputation in the area . |
| 13 | It was also planned that wherever possible these local workers should be employed to work with a specific elderly person , and thus to build up a relationship between the two . |
| 14 | Once the tank is more mature I would gradually build up the stocking over several months aiming for shoals of fish , rather than odd pairs and trios . |
| 15 | ‘ They showed great maturity and care , quickly building up a relationship with the children . ’ |
| 16 | He quickly built up a reputation for his dry wit . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | These were innovated in the United States , where the innovating exchanges quickly built up a form of " first mover advantage " via endogenous economies of scale , which gave them an impregnable position in the market for their respective instruments within a very short span of time . |
| 20 | She rode out most afternoons and gradually built up a familiarity with most parts of the Lassiter lands . |
| 21 | Your doctor and midwife will also build up a picture of your pregnancy in a ‘ hands on ’ style . |
| 22 | Kozlowski said that the new service would be independent of the Soviet Union , would co-operate with North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) countries over issues such as drug trafficking and terrorism , and would also build up a bank of information on Western economic factors as a source of advice for Polish entrepreneurs . |
| 23 | The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies , already mentioned , is also building up a library of American law . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , he was also building up a store of resentment which might be inconvenient in a crisis . |
| 25 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 26 | Thus there build up a series of steps with sharp , cliff-like fronts ( Plate 10 ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I began the basic structure of the rose leaves in the bottom left of the picture and then built up the shape with the larger open roses , tucking the asparagus fern and gypsophila behind them , and finally put the buds into position . |
| 29 | Then built up a lead of fifty metres . |
| 30 | Its basis appears to have been that , although himself a master of one building trade only , like other leading master builders of the period he was prepared to build a whole house ‘ by the great ’ , performing the masonry himself and subcontracting the work of the other trades ; and he evidently built up a team of craftsman associates — joiners , carpenters , painters , plasterers — whom he called upon regularly in these circumstances . |