Example sentences of "build up [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who built up a right to a state pension by virtue of their contributions were only awarded the pension following formal retirement from employment . |
| 2 | Dr Kinlen says children in densely populated urban areas are likely to have been exposed to the infectious agent and built up an immunity to it . |
| 3 | If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose . |
| 4 | Have you built up a debt to the bank ? |
| 5 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 6 | It commented in the same year that , ‘ while recognizing the considerable contribution that Mr Hornby has made in building up the Council to its present position of eminence within the colleges , it was now time for the CNAA 's influence to be more widely felt ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science , because if we carry on like the Tories are , Britain will be pushed down to the second or third division of industrial nations . |
| 8 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science because if we carry on like the Tories are , our country is going to be shoved down to the second or third division of modern industrial nations ’ . |