Example sentences of "[prep] build up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the problem for the Labour leadership is even more difficult for there is no constitutional issue about building up a separate organization within the party . |
| 2 | Mr Cohen said there was ‘ great scope for building up a British-based group hand tools business over the next few years . ’ |
| 3 | Although there are few certainties in the headhunting business , those firms which survived the 1970s are largely still in existence , and will probably continue to prosper , through building up a loyal client base . |
| 4 | England conceded two goals in the last quarter of an hour after building up a 3–1 lead . |
| 5 | The Old Testament may give these few hints of a Creator Spirit , and certainly this thought is found in the intertestamental period — where the parallelism between Wisdom , Word and Spirit is important — but the paucity of instances that can be adduced , and the plausibility of taking them in another sense , does make one very cautious of building up a great doctrine of co-operating with the Holy Spirit in his on-going work of creation . |
| 6 | This he believed would meet the political need without incurring the cost of building up a new fleet of surface ships and perpetrating the military nonsense of mixed manning . |
| 7 | Skiing in November is not unheard of in Scotland : last year it snowed heavily in the west Highlands in October but the warmer weather in December and January put paid to any hopes of building up a decent depth of snow pack . |
| 8 | This partnership is part of our strategy of building up a long-term international profile by bilateral relationships with leading players in the major international markets for business education . ’ |
| 9 | Sam realized that , for the first time , Clare was yelling at him instead of building up a silent volcano of resentment . |
| 10 | It should be added that for the sake of building up a realistic scenario for the exercise , incidents involving ‘ enemy ’ forces are interjected . |
| 11 | In the household , we may find ourselves acting as ‘ memory ’ to the whole family , both in the prosaic sense of keeping lists of jobs and obligations in mind , and also in the sense of building up an extended record of family life with photos , souvenirs and diaries . |
| 12 | Secondly , on defence , the Foreign Secretary made it clear that , although Europe has an increasing role in respect of threats outside the NATO area , the movements towards building up a European defence identity must not weaken NATO or confront the Americans with a single European view . |
| 13 | Well everybody 's conversations for to build up the new Lo , Longman 's dictionary with the new words and things . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , London University 's proposal that the Witt should become self-financing comes just as the Getty computer programme is ending its support of the Witt Computer Index because it has changed its policy from building up a vast database of its own to producing systems for accessing other databases . |
| 15 | In spite of the social dislocation and consumer privations that Stalinism wrought , it must be said that the ruthless and heavy-handed mobilisation of human and economic resources did succeed in achieving impressive growth rates and in building up a solid industrial infrastructure in what , with the exceptions of Germany and Czechoslovakia , had been largely agrarian countries . |
| 16 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 17 | The local church also plays a strategic role in building up a regional and national picture , the accuracy of which will depend upon the quality of the data which churches have amassed and are willing to divulge . |
| 18 | Even if you succeed in building up a good practice as a junior your troubles will not be at an end , because at that point in your career you will have to decide whether to apply for silk . |
| 19 | But I did n't think that order was the most important thing in building up a huge nightclub and casino empire , in a world full of sharks all wanting a slice of the action . |
| 20 | The narrower role of school liaison officers to some extent diminishes the usefulness of the police in building up a cross-community view . |
| 21 | The government , indeed , had made careful preparations , both in conserving fuel stocks and protecting the power network with the aid of other European nations , and also in building up the co-ordinating powers of the police nationally to deal with mass picketing . |
| 22 | The Company devoted itself to building up a substantial trade in pepper which , while not as valuable as the most expensive products of the Spice Islands like nutmeg and cloves , still commanded a very steady market in Europe . |
| 23 | He had provided merely skimpy further details of the first two pilots , dedicating his greatest effort to building up a detailed profile of Mikhail Vologsky . |
| 24 | Since building up a 10 per cent stake Continental has tried to arrange trading pacts . |
| 25 | The work undertaken is concentrated on building up a unique collection and source of information on the economy of Norwich and the surrounding area , with particular reference to the changing structure of employment , which will continue to accumulate and grow , after this project is completed , with minimal input . |
| 26 | John Stork , until recently also an entirely British-owned search firm , has established a significant niche in the British headhunting business but , unlike GKR , it has concentrated less on building up a large volume of business in London and more on expanding into Europe . |
| 27 | Every month during the reproductive years , the uterus prepares to receive a fertilized ovum by building up a velvety , blood-rich lining . |
| 28 | Elena knew instinctively that by building up a separate cult of herself — in many ways more spurious and grotesque than anything created for her husband — she was laying the foundations for her own take-over in the event of Nicolae 's death . |
| 29 | By building up a good soil structure and providing conditions where all the natural soil flora and fauna can thrive , it is possible to realize the full potential of any piece of land , and to grow on it vigorous , healthy crops and livestock . |
| 30 | Eagles , with the elements in their favour in the opening half took full advantage , killing the game by building up a 20–0 advantage with the help of two tries from Price and six goals from eight attempts from Aston . |