Example sentences of "[vb -s] build [adv prt] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since its establishment in 1959 it has built up an international reputation as a centre of excellence in its fields . |
| 2 | During this period it has built up an impressive reputation for its concerts , broadcasts and recordings , having given over 1000 concerts in Britain , played in almost 50 countries spanning four continents and broadcast over 100 times for the BBC alone . |
| 3 | Miss Muir , 59 , who with her husband Harry Leuckert has built up an impressive collection of art pieces , declines to discuss the gift , but stresses that her donation was a private gesture . |
| 4 | He has built up an extensive wine list in close co-operation with Peter Davenport , and is knowledgeable and enthusiastic about it . |
| 5 | Since the 1930s , the Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute has built up an extensive collection of material relating to the Soviet Arctic . |
| 6 | Whitehead Mann has built up an enviable concentration in the top end of the market , attracting some particularly senior and thus highly remunerative assignments . |
| 7 | At Oxford University , their chap-lain has built up an active programme of events , getting speakers as varied as heart transplant pioneer Dr Christian Barnard , actor Jon Voigt and Israeli cabinet minister Ariel Sharon . |
| 8 | Over the past 50 years , PPP has built up an excellent reputation for its prompt and caring service . |
| 9 | Over the past decade it 's built up an international reputation for the quality of its scientific and technological research . |