Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] a [adj] picture " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was thinking about life , the universe and how much I liked Kim Carnes 's voice ( a voice that makes you regret moving to filter cigarettes ) on the tape-deck when I began to conjure up a mental picture of Billy Tuckett . |
| 2 | On balance , it is probably helpful to think firstly in terms of the three broad categories , so as to separate the main production options available , and secondly in terms of the more detailed breakdown in order to draw up a truer picture of what may be possible in practice . |
| 3 | And while research continues to build up a clearer picture of the distribution of radon across the country , environmental health officers are hoping that the new results will encourage local authorities to enforce strict building regulations . |
| 4 | Only some Suwaya were interested in this exercise of reconstruction , and the attempt to build up a rounded picture of life under Arab government exposed a certain impatience . |
| 5 | The historian 's job is to judge the reliability and value of each source its turn , and by consulting all available sources , to build up a complete picture . |
| 6 | It takes 16 days for Landsat 's instruments to build up a global picture . |
| 7 | There were many subsequent raids , carried out by small patrols , and it is difficult to build up a comprehensive picture of exactly what took place . |
| 8 | From the response of these waves as they travel through the Earth it is possible to build up a general picture of the properties of its interior . |
| 9 | I 'm beginning to build up a vague picture of this man . |
| 10 | Often we have only fragments of bones to build up a mental picture of the final complete skeleton . |
| 11 | One way round this problem that has been suggested is to complement our village-centred studies of micro-process with studies of institutional or bureaucratic micro-process ; to do , for example , ethnographies of the planners as well as the planned , and so to build up a composite picture of the social realities of people in different social niches . |
| 12 | Examining a number of artefacts of the same period can help to build up a composite picture of a society and culture . |
| 13 | However , they respond to other stimuli as well as electricity in order to build up a fuller picture of their environment . |
| 14 | ‘ What lenders are looking for is comprehensive , accurate and relevant information , upfront , to build up a fuller picture of the credit applicant , before making a decision to grant credit ’ , confirmed Mr McKiernan . |
| 15 | The expedient adopted by Trudgill is to deal with each component of soil and vegetation in turn and then to build up a sequential picture of the whole system . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the general approach is broadly the same , working with small groups of data and finding links between them in an attempt to build up a coherent picture of the past . |
| 17 | Performance monitoring is particularly important , and indicators need to be established to enable both risk and risk management system performance to be monitored , using both actual records of loss and ‘ near misses ’ to build up a true picture . |
| 18 | As the JMU random visit programme goes into its second year we need to find better ways of isolating the representative results from those of the reactive , com-plaint-led , visits , and learn to interpret them statistically to build up a reliable picture of the auditing profession , its strengths and weaknesses . |
| 19 | In addition , the researchers are using The Mercury 's coverage of national events and events outside Leicestershire in order to build up a national picture . |
| 20 | On the basis of the pilot , we are starting to build up a clear picture of how general SVQs are working in practice . |
| 21 | We children gave no presents to one another or to our parents : we were content to send out a few picture cards paid for by our parents , to people who would send us cards . |