Example sentences of "the [noun sg] build up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The successive rounds of the game give us the opportunity to build up trust or mistrust , to reciprocate or placate , forgive or avenge . |
| 2 | Layering suspense element upon suspense element , the episode builds up tension almost to breaking point as audiences ponder the big question : ‘ What lives in that city ? ’ |
| 3 | The move to build up stockpiles in the US is a result , at least partly , of such fears . |
| 4 | A few years at work in a friendly tax climate might give you the chance to build up capital , and to keep it somewhere out of harm 's way . |
| 5 | If the paddler builds up speed and then stops paddling , the boat will drift on in a straight line . |
| 6 | In colonial Ruanda-Burundi , several weeks of free labour had to be given each year by the commune to build up terraces , bunds and other erosion works . |