Example sentences of "accumulated [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The causes of high blood pressure , or hypertension , and of clotting , or thrombosis , are still obscure , in spite of the mountains of evidence accumulated about the mechanisms by which the blood pressure may be raised or the blood may clot .
2 This awakened , in many , a burning desire to cleanse the Church from all the superstitious beliefs and ceremonies accumulated during the centuries of Papal domination .
3 Production declined and exports were made at the expense of reserves accumulated in the warehouses .
4 All four studies concluded unequivocally that Opren accumulated in the bodies of patients with ‘ below par ’ kidneys .
5 Holdings of unit trusts plainly are not holdings of money , neither are the periodic bonuses accumulated on a with-profits life assurance policy .
6 Treatment has concentrated on the removal of dirt accumulated over the centuries and conservation of areas of the bronze affected by acid rain and pigeon droppings .
7 With the fury that had accumulated over the years I pulled up some onions and flung them at him .
8 Lines of enquiry suggested themselves from reported material which had accumulated over the years on possible energy effects at ancient sites .
9 Rufus had been astonished by the quantities of junk in that house , the ornaments and knick-knacks and stuff like vases and candlesticks and ashtrays and glass and brass that Hilbert Verne-Smith and his wife had accumulated over the years .
10 Among the weird and wacky weather facts he has accumulated over the years : IN the severe winter of 1814 the Thames froze over for nine weeks .
11 They have already made a start on collating and indexing all the paraphernalia that has accumulated over the years .
12 As a pointed representative introduces of Allied Dunbar , their resident representative will look at the mortgage , pension and insurance you 've accumulated over the years and sniff out the costs , sneezes and snivels that could be costly .
13 The oxygen they produced accumulated over the millennia to form the kind of oxygen-rich atmosphere that we know today .
14 If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions .
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