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

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1 Depending on the evolution of management during the early 1990s , the confusions building up in the Training Authority 's role may need to be unravelled : either it is strengthened as an effective arm of central policy , or it is abolished so that the market — created by itself — can have freer play .
2 And did you ever hear of tensions building up amongst the men ?
3 Oh yes very often tensions building up among the men .
4 He spent 1990 watching his paymasters demolish the investment bank that he had spent the previous seven years building up for the Pru 's assault on Wall Street .
5 The volcano became active on 28 March last year with a series of eruptions building up to the major explosion on 4 April .
6 Starting from Birkdale Summit , an initial detour may be made to look into the open shaft of Jingling Pot nearby , after which a pathless course must be steered south-west across tedious grass to reach and climb the rough slopes building up to the Edge .
7 Author Alan , who was with the unit throughout its operational career , has collected and researched a series of fascinating contributions from unit members building up to a comprehensive and highly readable work .
8 The years passed and each winter the starlings returned , numbers building up to a peak in March .
9 The mood of Bank Holiday reflects that of a nation knowing that war must come , but other films dealt more directly with the storm clouds building up on the other side of the Channel .
10 The dawn was breaking as the cars rolled off the ferry at North Wall ; there was a sullen , red-streaked sky , with banks of threatening clouds building up on the horizon .
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