Example sentences of "they have built up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This rule , still in existence while Visa and Mastercard fight a rearguard action with the Office of Fair Trading , prevents banks from processing card transactions until they have built up a large base of card-holders . |
| 2 | They copy each other 's institutions ; and , to strengthen their common interests , they have built up a series of common institutions — international unions to govern postal , railway and tele-graphic communication , conferences and conventions to regulate affairs both of property ( such as copyright ) and labour ; international law courts ( at the Hague and elsewhere ) supported by a network of Arbitration and other treaties ; a sort of World-Duma , in the periodical Peace Conferences at the Hague ; and last but not least , the growing international organisation of the Labour and Socialist movements . |
| 3 | However , the evaluators are not satisfied that they have built up a picture of library use which permits them to be confident in drawing firm conclusions about the project 's success in these terms . |
| 4 | We know that people do not drift away from their main sources of financial help , social support and continuing treatment , particularly if they have built up a relationship with someone in the service they trust . |
| 5 | What they do find difficult is filling their day once they have actually come off drugs because they have built up a kind of lifestyle that has already been said |
| 6 | In that time they have built up a force of one hundred and fifty vehicles and three hundred and forty staff . |
| 7 | They have built up a list of people all over the world who have been sending them football songs and now send Beatles covers as well . |