Example sentences of "[vb mod] build [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surfaces that come into contact with hands , such as light switches , telephone handsets , door handles , drawers , refrigerator panels and machine controls , may build up levels of contamination that can temporarily overcome skin defences and so cause the transfer of potentially harmful microorganisms to food . |
| 2 | A librarian may build up sections of the stock that he feels are important even though there is no immediate response in terms of issues . |
| 3 | Bone assemblages may build up in such cases because of the favoured use of particular parts of the cave for year after year , and similar large accumulations of bat skeletons may also build up beneath favoured roosting sites in caves or hollow trees . |
| 4 | Such bonds may build up before either party is fully aware of the connection , for they can be formed through a process of initiative and response at a very deep level . |
| 5 | If you listen carefully , over two or three interviews you may build up an understanding of the themes and patterns of what the person is trying to say , through watching out for repetition . |
| 6 | For example , a designer may build up a sequence of actions which an operator must follow in order to cause his product to function properly — he has synthesised the task from a knowledge of how the machine or other product was designed to function . |
| 7 | They may build up to several hundred after arrival in September/October . |
| 8 | Hence linkage disequilibrium may build up , and may substantially affect the equilibrium mutational load . |
| 9 | After a long period of such government , an accumulation of demands for reform may build up , creating the possibility of a crisis based on unrealizable expectations . |
| 10 | It is thought that the defence is most relevant in the context of take-overs where a merchant bank may build up a stake in a target company for a prospective bidder . |
| 11 | Freud seems to give too much weight to the belief in Christ , and too little to the actual people in the church structures and the emotional ties that may build up between the ‘ secondary leader ’ and the believers . |
| 12 | When you get to work after Christmas the pressure will be on — and while a lot of tension may build up , it wo n't necessarily be negative . |
| 13 | This is what we must build on . |
| 14 | It goes on : ’ ( 2 ) The CAP negotiations must build on reasonably broad agreement on the principle of resource withdrawal in the shape of arable set-aside. ( 3 ) The negotiations must also develop constructively the common thread of agreement on the environment , and on the need for permanent measures to compensate for the disadvantages of farming in Less Favoured Areas . |
| 15 | In his column in the Scottish edition of the Sun newspaper today , Mr Sillars says : ‘ It is that position of political integrity the party must build on , even if it means a new collective leadership sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 16 | Any company that has plans for international marketing must build up or have access to marketing information about a large number of different countries . |
| 17 | In addition , the foetus needs nourishment via the mother 's blood supply and the maternal body must build up sufficient material and energy for this . |
| 18 | You must build up a small library of your own : one or two books will not be enough ; you should , ideally , have at least two on each topic . |
| 19 | And people are quite happy to do that , and there 's te the the the stress and the the tension must build up inside . |
| 20 | We must contact these people , we must build back the confidence to the unemployed , we 've given these people who are unemployed our good training , we need their expertise to come back and fight again if we 're gon na have any hope for the future . |
| 21 | The government had concluded ‘ that it is quite wrong that we should build up artificial hopes ’ by allowing boat people to remain in the colony in the belief that they would be resettled . |
| 22 | Those over forty should build up slowly over several months before arriving at a suggested target of half an hour three times a week of vigorous exercise , which can include dancing , squash , tennis , running , or energetic swimming . |
| 23 | The fund should build up tax-free over the years so there will be enough in the kitty for the grandchild to buy his or first property between the ages of 20 and 30 with an interest-only mortgage . |
| 24 | The initial effort concentrated on the applicability gap , where the working party recommended : ( i ) that there should be a programme of collaborative research between the IT research community and the other engineering communities supported by the Engineering Board , ( ii ) that the research projects should be jointly funded by ITAB and the Engineering Board , and , ( iii ) that funding should build up to a total of £10 million per annum over five years . |
| 25 | We should build up the Western European Union as the defence pillar of the European union , but the treaty embodies the view set out in the Anglo-Italian proposal two months ago , and endorsed at last month 's summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation that whatever we do at European level must be compatible with NATO . |
| 26 | We 'll build up until I know exactly what diseases all the kids have had , who has been vaccinated , and what home conditions are like . ’ |
| 27 | It could be a hazard only where it might build up in poorly ventilated buildings . |
| 28 | You might build up the fire a little . ’ |
| 29 | We could build on . |
| 30 | Overall , we can see groups moving out from Selsey — Chichester , along the Ouse valley from Lewes and out from Hastings , in search of the more fertile areas , creating at least a parish , village and hamlet pattern that later men could build on . |