Example sentences of "build up the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing to note is that a chase should be built up in exactly the way you built up the whole of your book . |
| 2 | The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ( d. 1190 ) had established the German monarchy and built up the power of the emperor in the north to a hitherto unparalleled degree . |
| 3 | Hence some kinds of reading lead to more intellectually-demanding thought , challenging ideas , concepts and structures that build up the skills of critical observation , bodies of knowledge , and , at a further stage , wisdom . |
| 4 | We must take heart from our experience in Hyde Park , we must nurture that support and build up the confidence of our members . |
| 5 | ‘ We had built up the kind of company my father could leave to go off and direct a film for five months without worrying , ’ says Brian . |
| 6 | Never rinse reusable filter materials in tap water and never use detergents or you will damage or totally destroy the beneficial bacteria that have built up the efficiency of the filter unit . |
| 7 | Patient , firm and strong riding will help build up the confidence of a spooky horse . |
| 8 | He could overrule , as it were , by sending " public " preachers , for example to preach a crusade and , most important , he could build up the power of the monasteries by granting or confirming exemption from the diocesan . |
| 9 | It builds up the foundations of the grammar system and essential vocabulary , as appropriate to the learner 's needs at this level . |
| 10 | As a counterpoint to the dramatic formation of major fault lines and tectonic intrusions , which are major focuses for the occurrence of Earth Lights phenomena , the slow deposition of sedimentary rocks builds up the character of an area in its own way . |
| 11 | The constructive theory builds up the set of achievable patterns while the destructive theory reduces the set of possible patterns . |
| 12 | It is by tiny touches such as these — though only a stylometrist would consciously notice them — that Jane Austen builds up the picture of one character 's clubbability , and the other 's insolence of rank . |
| 13 | Yet mercenaries seem still to have formed only a small part of the German army ; the fief-rente was almost exclusively used to supply garrisons for castles and fortified towns ; and as the Church and its ministeriales became a less reliable source of troops , the twelfth-century emperors resorted to the practice of strengthening feudal bonds and building up the resources of their own domains . |
| 14 | It is important that Chinese managers also have a similar understanding of British management methods and therefore the project places considerable emphasis on building up the knowledge of managers from both sides . |
| 15 | Perhaps the best way of illustrating just how this operates in practice and how far-reaching its effects can be in terms of building up the involvement of an entire school community in a philosophy and policy for the future is to show what has happened in one Lincolnshire school . |
| 16 | It is the duty of the community to provide through its social and welfare services the advice and support which such parents and children need … such help should always be directed towards building up the responsibility of the parents whenever this is at all possible ( Home Office , 1960 ) . |
| 17 | We were soon building up the idea of productivity … |
| 18 | ‘ The hardest part of the whole technique is building up the independence of the finger that holds the bottleneck . |
| 19 | Brandt was determined to develop co-operation with eastern Europe in the hope of reducing tension in Europe and building up the independence of eastern states , and he believed that East Germany 's existence must be treated as a reality . |
| 20 | Among those who do not , many are not interested in building up the sort of long-term relationship characterised by mutual obligations which a system built upon rights implies ; some are " voluntary " temporary workers only wanting occasional work , others are " involuntary " ones regarding their current job as , at best , " stop-gap " employment . |
| 21 | The Church has not always recognised their rights to spiritual growth nor the contribution that they can make to building up the body of Christ . |
| 22 | Rhee was concerned with consolidating his own power base , building up the strength of his regime , securing American economic and military assistance , and with achieving the unification of Korea under his leadership : this would be the crowning attainment of his long struggle . |
| 23 | Uniformity of policy throughout Europe would have prevented us from building up the strength of the City of London . |
| 24 | The process of building up the strength of shared commitment can seldom be consciously managed in a schools . |
| 25 | Group rewards of a symbolic kind like a group photograph or company shield with the group 's name on it are important devices used to build up the sense of practical ideological community . |
| 26 | Except in a few cases , formal inspections will not have been frequent enough to build up the kind of collective experience that HMIs have . |
| 27 | It is difficult to see this changing dramatically in spite of attempts to build up the position of the NHS Management Executive and timely clarifications of its role and relationships with the Policy Board , chaired by the Secretary of State . |
| 28 | With the aid of the transcript of radio communications , which includes time injections that can enable every word spoken to be timed within one fifth of a second , the investigator begins to build up the history of the flight . |
| 29 | He made a similar reply to another member who insisted that radio should give better publicity to what MPs said in the House : it was not , he said , the job of his Ministry to build up the reputation of individual MPs . |
| 30 | His remarks follow a media campaign to build up the prestige of Mr Jiang , who was party boss in Shanghai before moving to Peking to replace his disgraced predecessor , Zhao Ziyang . |