I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bird builds a nest
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By March many birds have already built nests.
a building programme
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We will continue with our hospital building programme.
a building/construction boom (= a sudden increase in building work )
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There’s been a recent construction boom in the Gulf.
a building/construction site
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He has worked on various building sites.
a farm building
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The farmhouse is separated by hedges from other farm buildings.
a recording/building etc contract
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The band was soon offered a recording contract with Columbia Records.
an apartment building ( also an apartment block British English apartment house American English )
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a five-storey apartment block
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Our apartment building is the last block on the right, opposite the bank.
an engineering/building/electronics etc firm
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Fred worked for an electronics firm.
body building
build a base
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By concentrating on our core businesses we will build a strong base from which to exploit future opportunities.
build a bridge ( also erect a bridge formal )
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Finally a new bridge was erected over the road.
build a career (= make it develop )
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She built her literary career by writing about crime.
build a consensus (= gradually achieve a consensus )
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Canada worked on building a consensus among national governments.
build a house
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They’re building a house on land overlooking Galway Bay.
build a tunnel
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The contractors will start building the tunnel next month.
build on/capitalize on a strength (= use it as a basis for further achievement )
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The organization must move forward and capitalize on its strengths.
build up a collection
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He gradually built up a collection of plants from all over the world.
build (up) an empire
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She built her clothing empire from one small shop to an international chain.
build up sb’s confidence (= gradually increase it )
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When you’ve had an accident, it takes a while to build up your confidence again.
build (up) support (= increase it )
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Now he needs to build his support by explaining what he believes in.
build up to a climax
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The music was getting louder and building up to a climax.
build up your strength (= make yourself stronger )
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You need to build up your strength.
build (up)/develop a business
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He spent years trying to build a business in Antigua.
build up/establish a circle
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Michael built up a wide circle of customers and friends worldwide.
build up/form a picture (= gradually get an idea of what something is like )
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Detectives are still trying to build up a picture of what happened.
build/develop a reputation
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Our business has built a reputation for reliable service.
building block
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Amino acids are the building blocks of protein.
building contractor
building materials
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a supply of building materials
building regulations (= relating to the structure of buildings )
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The Building Regulations no longer specify minimum ceiling heights.
building site
building society
building up...stock
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The country has been building up its stock of weapons.
build/make a nest
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Swallows build their nests out of mud.
build/manufacture/produce sth to ... specifications
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The airport building had been constructed to FAA specifications.
built environment
built...from scratch
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He had built the business up from scratch .
confidence building (= making it develop )
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Training for a big match is all about confidence building.
develop/form/build a relationship
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By that age, children start developing relationships outside the family.
erect/build/put up barriers
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Some kids have erected emotional barriers that stop them from learning.
establish/build up/develop (a) rapport
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He built up a good rapport with the children.
gain/gather/build up momentum (= become more and more successful )
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The show gathered momentum over the next few months and became a huge hit.
heavy build (= a large broad body )
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Kyle is a tall man with a heavy build .
housing/building land British English (= land where houses can be built )
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The shortage of housing land is a problem in the south-east.
in the building/retail etc line
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She’s keen to do something in the fashion line.
make/build a fire
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He found wood to make a fire.
(of) medium height/length/build
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She’s of medium height.
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hair of medium length
office building
raise/build (up)/boost sb’s self-esteem
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Playing a sport can boost a girl’s self-esteem.
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students’ sense of self-esteem
sick building syndrome
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A common household fungus can contribute to sick building syndrome.
specially designed/built/made etc
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The boats are specially built for the disabled.
stocky build
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a stocky build
strengthen/build up your muscles (= make them stronger )
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If you strengthen the muscles in your back you are less likely to have back problems.
tenement building/house/block
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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Christmas dinner is built around horsd'oeuvres, various kinds of pasta, capon and turkey.
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See how an economy designed around building more houses for new people benefits existing residents?
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But get your orders in fast; they only plan to build around fifteen each year.
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They are built around speed, not size, at a time when mastodons rule the earth.
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For the prosperous merchants, substantial timber-framed houses were built around the gates of the Castle and Priory.
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He own every other building around here.
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Voice over Border Oak builds around 30 timber framed homes a year from manor houses to small cottages.
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He loved to fly, and his mission was to develop a business built around flying.
on
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New breakthroughs build on past discoveries.
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The remaining 7. 8 acres that Gregory hopes to build on also became available as a result of a bankruptcy.
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Indeed, on some lines, bridges were built on almost all occasions.
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For the United States was built on at least two basic structures, the old capitalism and the new.
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We're focusing on rights of way and trying to find out if there's any kind of consensus to build on.
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They thus built on the momentum they had gained in convention by moving about among the people.
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Her memories of him were very faint and she needed something concrete to build on .
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For one thing, they built on and created yet more separate, woman-only organizations.
up
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It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy.
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A: Fertilizers can contain salts that build up , creating white marks on containers.
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The pressure which had been building up all weekend was nearing some sort of explosion.
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I have continued to build up alliances with organisations prepared to pursue quality in architecture.
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This is the best way to build up your confidence.
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Flights took place sporadically throughout the month in a desperate attempt to build up stockpiles of supplies before the winter.
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The Protec filters which can be built up by modules, feature brushes, foam cartridges and flocor.
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I didn't even feel the hotness building up behind my eyeballs.
■ NOUN
apartment
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It was the address of an apartment building in Hollywood that I had lived in.
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The apartments were built only two years ago, and are spacious and attractively furnished.
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All the doors in our apartment building were, again, closed.
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We have empty apartments in every building of this project.
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Confronting two young men outside a Vista apartment building , 18-year-old Lane pulled a gun.
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It had not been easy taking care of the apartment building while I was away.
block
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Briefing box 1.1 Making classifications: Aristotle and Finer Description and classification are the building blocks of comparative politics.
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As such, shortcuts are key building blocks of Windows 95.
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The building blocks of these polymers are often exactly the same as those used to make saturated fats.
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How does a person not lose him or herself when he or she dissipates such a powerful building block of humanity?
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Analysts consider an effective land code to be one of the essential building blocks of a true Western-style market economy.
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When my children draw, as when they build with Legos or blocks , they are usually devising worlds and stories.
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That second child may have spent her preschool years catching and studying dragonflies or building castles out of blocks .
bridge
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Why, long ago, did the local people decide to build their bridges with such high arches?
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Serrell was given a contract to build a highway suspension bridge over the Niagara between Lewiston and Queenston.
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Patrick was right, she must build bridges now with Lizzy.
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She could picture her feelings and build bridges between different emotional ideas as a basis for reality testing and impulse control.
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If a holiday falls on a Thursday, they build a bridge between it and the weekend.
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Do we believe we ought build a bridge big enough and wide enough for all of us to walk across.
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In the old days before we started building the bridge they used to fetch up on a bend about two miles down.
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I think men are just more interested in building buildings and bridges and cars.
business
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People build a business for their families.
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Rocco Forte will concentrate and focus on building the businesses .
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Verisign has already built a tidy business selling two types of digital signatures: personal and site certificates.
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About 400 people work in the building on a normal business day, he said.
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Through word of mouth and demand from customers, they've built up a sizable business with five drivers.
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Knowing where you are every day can be the difference between building a successful business and going out of business.
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But she made certain that her great concern for environmental issues were built into her business philosophy.
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Helping him build the business , she found she had a talent for it.
church
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A large Family Centre being built next to the church will cater for various activities.
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They built churches , hospices, monasteries, and convents.
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The Ecclesiological Society wanted to build a model church .
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He built a church , then resuscitated the faith in Rheims.
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And plans are already afoot to to build a church there called the Cathedral On Spilt Blood.
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She asked him to build a church to her memory and per-formed the first miracle in the New WoAd.
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He built churches and converted thousands.
city
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The bowl of righteousness was shattered long ago, when Tsao Ch'un built his City .
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Several times they started to build a city , but they were always driven away by misfortunes or bad omens.
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Large new stations designed to do just that were built in these three cities after the Second World War.
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The new owners briefly toyed with selling the building to the city last summer for conversion into a new central library.
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He built new cities and was responsible for the building of the new Temple in Jerusalem.
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Whoever blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City deserves to be drawn and quartered as cheering throngs watch.
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Or the men who built the ancient city of Pompeii and constructed gardens inside and out 2000 years ago?
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Put it this way: You gon na have a city , you got ta build a city hall.
confidence
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Timid children need gentle handling to build up their confidence .
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This year they have a chance to build some much-needed early confidence .
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The first step needed for building confidence is for the regime to release all political prisoners.
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Employees should be prepared for the change in order to reduce scepticism and to build their confidence . 5.
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George W.. Bush could do much to build confidence and a mandate for his leadership, both abroad and at home.
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Major said holding local elections is the best immediate way to build confidence in the stalled peace process.
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Again, this is a very friendly area ideal for building up muscles and confidence .
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As you expand the dialogue, without being intrusive, you begin to build his confidence in you.
empire
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Chaps like Penny had once built empires .
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Don Robey built an empire worth millions in a city far removed from the main line of entertainment.
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Other crops can not sustain the increased population, but you can build empires on maize.
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What happened was we took a look at the company and found that some areas had built up little empires .
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We're going to build an empire .
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Meanwhile, opponents build their empires , and eventually the civilizations bump into each other.
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A computer whiz-kid, he had built up an electronics empire that rivalled the best in the world.
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The leaders build small empires on their armies of peddlers.
fire
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How to build a fire First make sure you've got enough dry timber of varying sizes to keep your fire going.
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You ever seen a face built out of fire , underwater?
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Here I built a small fire , and putting my back to the rock lit a cigarette.
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We built a great fire in the outdoor fireplace and roasted the steak, drank the beer, and talked.
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At Kaliro the hunters would build a small fire on a hill to show they were safe.
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She was built like a fire hydrant.
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Whilst the Technology was being built there was a fire at the school which meant an extra classroom had to be built.
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That evening before dinner, he built a fire .
home
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They find it difficult to build a home for their babies in a Dimmock water feature or a teak pergola.
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My parents had built a pleasant little home for $ 6, 000 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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The homes they would build together.
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Farrakhan, upon his return, said he would accept the money to build homes , factories and schools.
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Community leaders decided to build homes for rent to help young people brought up in the village stay in the area.
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Neswood-Gishey and her husband are building a new home in a village about 50 miles away.
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But women you want to keep a hold of, to share and build a home with, these are not allowed.
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But he held on to his interest in the surrounding property, on which he eventually built a vacation home .
house
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There are enough bricks to build a house .
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Final phase of the approval process to build 212 town houses on 25.82 acres.
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Council officers are also backing plans to build 35 new houses on adjoining farmland by Flint-based construction group David McLean.
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The one-story adobe structure was built in 1905 to house miners.
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As the little piggy said, when he built his house made out of bricks.
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In 1977 I took a year off from farming and built a house farther up the hollow.
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They built these houses on to the back of the park which became the golf course.
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The sky had darkened by the time they pulled into the clearing where Kingsley had built his two-story house .
line
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The saliva dries and hardens quickly and with repeated flights, the bird slowly builds up the line into a low wall.
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Beck was not proposing public ownership of the generating plants, but he did want the province to build the transmission lines .
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We want to build a line which will connect Seatown with the big cities.
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In Crete Vincent Scully found a repeating pattern of palaces and towns built in line with horned mountains.
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The Stadio Olimpico, a stone's throw from the Tiber, is built on gladiatorial lines .
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We go up to Loc Ninh, then we build a line to Phnom Penh.
nest
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The females who were played the reduced repertories turned out to build nests at a lower rate.
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They, too, are getting close to the time when they start to build their nests .
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Birds have an instinct to build nests .
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Little by little the bird builds its nest .
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In a month the indigo bunting will sing and build its nest in the brambles.
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The females build nests , give birth to their blind and hairless young after a gestation of thirty days.
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These birds all sing at intervals, as does the phoebe that has built its nest over my window.
network
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San Diego officials are encouraging the building of fiber-optic networks through the City of the Future program, announced earlier this month.
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H., a market leader in building computer networks , closed down 6 3 / 8 at 70 5 / 8.
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Little attention has been paid to building a road network .
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The first two criteria have to do with setting agendas and the others with building networks .
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Many researchers are investigating ways to build neural networks directly in integrated circuits.
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Secrets build their own networks , Win believed.
office
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Behind this colonnade shops and offices were built against the rear wall.
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Today, Sensable Technologies occupies a suite of offices in a sleek office building in Cambridge.
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This would feature a 20-storey office building linked to a separate seven-storey block.
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I walked back to my office building and retrieved my car from the parking lot without going upstairs.
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It will overtake Commerce as the second-biggest federal office building in the land.
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Despite problems filling up the office building , the entire deal is already generating a positive return.
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His law offices in a small building on the southwestern edge of the city were deluged with calls and visits by reporters.
picture
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How do you build up the picture in a regression session?
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In Vera Cruz, a mob gathered in front of the government building and demanded a picture of Santa Anna.
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These shapes are built into moving pictures which are inspired by those drawn by Blake to illustrate stories from the Bible.
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Time spent building a complete picture of your ideal position will be well spent.
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It helps management build a complete picture of various types of absence, and to identify potential abuses.
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Often we have only fragments of bones to build up a mental picture of the final complete skeleton.
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You might argue that such an investigation, though time-consuming, would enable you to build up the picture you want.
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This permits them to build up a picture of how the weather is changing virtually anywhere on Earth.
plan
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It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy.
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Our whole plan is to build towards that new arena.
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A PLAN to build executive-style houses in an upmarket suburb of Middlesbrough has been refused for the second time.
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Today, there are four, with plans to build an additional one in Chandler.
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Local mineral plans will build on this framework with more site-specific proposals.
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Together they forged a plan built on that feedback.
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Hiatt had come to oppose Shames and his plan to build a $ 30 million high-tech distribution center in Louisville, Ky.
plant
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Mr Bondevik wanted to postpone building gas plants until emissions of environmental-damaging carbon dioxide can be cut.
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The government simply went out and built the plants itself.
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They then build the plants required to generate the energy.
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In the late seventies we conducted a pilot evaluation of video tele-conferencing for a group of engineers building a new manufacturing plant .
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The price range reflects the uncertainty involved in the novel technology that will be needed to build large syn-gas plants .
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San Diego pulled out of that project last fall, saying it would build its own treatment plant in the valley.
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The company wanting to build the plant has reported massive pre-tax losses.
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More than forty team rooms have been built in the plant for team meetings, briefings and debriefings, and work breaks.
road
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There simply isn't enough money in the world to build enough roads to soak up that kind of demand.
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When Brown built a plank road from his hotel to the Falls, Forsyth ripped it up.
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Another government department could build the road .
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My family was not built for the road .
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Battlefield Engineers build bridges, clear obstacles, build roads or destroy them.
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The firm is headquartered in a plush $ 2. 5 million office building on Woodside Road .
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We will investigate ways of speeding up, within the Department of Transport, the procedures for building new roads .
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During the occupation, the army trained a military, built roads , and opened schools.
site
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Empty building sites have been reclaimed and replanted.
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And I read that many cathedrals were built on ancient pagan sites , which in turn were built over underground streams.
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The first chapel of the Independents was built on the site in 1705.
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Another 40 units are in the process of being built on the 12-acre site .
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He took me from the station to one of the new building sites at Ruchill.
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She might inspect a building as a possible site for a new house.
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A superstore and retail warehousing will be built on another site due for closure.
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Both were built at its Winfrith site in Dorset.
system
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Into this would be built an early warning system to keep the business on the right financial track.
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Third, two-year institutions have shown the most willingness to become involved in building school-to-work systems .
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They built hub-and-spoke route systems based on a few large airports, rather than a web of direct, non-stop flights.
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But that was built into the revised system regardless of who got the contract.
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As you do so, try to build up a system of classification, explaining your basis for making distinctions.
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There is very little slack built into the system and usually not much tolerance for errors.
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The development could have other applications such as traffic monitoring, building system technology and automation.
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Inherently, there are two performance dangers built into the system .
wall
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My brackish water tank is built into a wall .
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There were storage bins built into the back wall .
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You helped them build the Wall .
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We build walls around ourselves and cut ourselves off from those who would empathize with and even help us.
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You can do everything from digging the foundations building the walls and putting in the plumbing and electrics.
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And forces can be transmitted only by the solid elements of the building: the walls , columns, and beams.
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The second half of the day was building a wall .
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To build the curtain wall , they needed the bricks on site.
■ VERB
begin
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BCaltrans hopes to begin building in 2005.
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Even Cockerton could not escape progress and in 1860 John Prior began building the street of houses that still bear his name.
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But his record of failure began to build , and so did the feelings of discomfort toward him.
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Muriel Spark began to build the case for the defence in her ground-breaking study of 1951.
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A child may begin by building a block boat and constructing the story behind that boat.
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The paratroop officer failed and spent two years in prison, then slowly began to build his platform for government.
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Shortly thereafter they began building about it the cathedral and an adjoining monastery.
help
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For some megapodes, two brothers cooperate to help a female build her mound.
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You can hire great people with high energy who can help you build your business.
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It helps management build a complete picture of various types of absence, and to identify potential abuses.
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I helped to build that place.
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In Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, private money is also being used to help build new airports.
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Her job was to refIne him, to help him build his practice.
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Of course, Tam and Richie hadn't helped matters by building a fence that went slack.
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It would help to build her up, they said.
hope
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Mr MacGregor hopes to build more roads.
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Next year they hope to build on that success.
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Now we hope to build a data base to analyse why one last is more successful than another.
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The remaining 7. 8 acres that Gregory hopes to build on also became available as a result of a bankruptcy.
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BCaltrans hopes to begin building in 2005.
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Those leaders then communicate the decision as broadly as possible, hoping to build awareness and buy-in.
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It hopes to build its membership up to between 100 and 300 companies in the medium term.
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He eventually hopes to build an entire nervous system of silicon and to create artificial neural networks that never stop adapting.
try
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And in the Karoo desert, in the northwestern Cape, a group of whites is trying to build its own homeland.
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If it demurred, the Corps might waste no time in trying to build it instead.
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There is no reason, however, to suppose that Isabella had deliberately tried to build up a party amongst the bishops.
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Diller reportedly is trying to build a national network of television stations that would offer sports and entertainment programming.
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Are you trying to build a wall against me, Spatz?
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As governor, the 50-year-old Bush is trying to build an image as a doer.
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Know what you have to offer-write it down-\#try the confidence building skills audit on page 37. 2.
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Let it out and cry. Try not to build up the pain inside you.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Rome wasn't built in a day
building blocks
get/build up a head of steam
get/pick/build up steam
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But Dehlavi takes his time getting up steam , leaving a good 20 minutes of surplus slack in these two hours.
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Cons: Just when the bobsled builds up steam , brakes on the track slow it down.
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If the economy is picking up steam , the recovery may be nipped in the bud by renewed Fed tightening.
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Indications the economy may be picking up steam hurt bonds by sparking concern inflation may accelerate, eroding bonds' fixed payments.
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Millionaire publisher Steve Forbes, who is suddenly picking up steam ?
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The black-out protest is expected to pick up steam after the president signs the bill.
heavily built
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A heavily built man in a corduroy jacket edged closer to him on his left.
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Angus is heavily built and fair.
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Constantine was tall, heavily built and had a commanding presence.
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He was certainly a heavily built man, but a lot of it was fat.
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In a rough kind of way he was good-looking, but he was heavily built and looked an aggressive type.
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Luckily, my shield was heavily built.
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Shorter than Carver - five foot seven - he was heavily built with wide shoulders and stocky legs.
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To his left was a heavily built grey-haired man, who looked straight ahead.
slightly-built
turn a room/building etc inside out
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Are they going to build on this land?
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Every single car is built by hand at the company's headquarters near Turin.
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He built his political career on anti-Communism.
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His ambition is to build his own house.
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John and his father built the cabin themselves.
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One of Jim's hobbies is building model airplanes.
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Only about 3% of houses in the US are built of concrete.
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Tension is building between the two countries.
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The cost of building the new football stadium was over $40 million.
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The PTA is working to build support for the school in the community.
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The road was originally built by the Romans.
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They're going to build another runway at the airport.
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Ukraine wanted to build its own independent army.
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We're planning to build near the lake.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alfoxden had been built by the St Albyns early in the eighteenth century close to the centre of their ancient park.
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Many people have studied languages in the past in school or elsewhere and this knowledge can be built upon.
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On what one commandment or value should I build my goals?
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The Company has built strong audiences in key markets and believes these communities can be extended and developed online.
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The Planetarium was built in 1929 in the style of a classical temple.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
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Both the attackers are dark skinned and of average build .
medium
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He was about thirty-five and of medium build but beginning to fill out.
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He is of slim to medium build and was wearing a dark ski mask.
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Of medium height and build , he crouched behind the car, perched elbows on the roof, focused the binoculars.
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The robber's described as a white male, in his early to mid twenties and of medium build .
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Police are looking for a man who's five feet eleven inches tall and of medium build .
muscular
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I agree with points raised in the correspondence regarding muscular build raising suspicion of abuse.
new
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In some new build areas groundwater infiltration to existing sewers is as high as 20 times the dry weather flows.
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To make matters just a bit more confusing, developers sometimes release a new build of the same program.
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Suitable applications range from new build to restoration projects.
slight
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Take a lady of slight build who is not too strong in the hands.
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He was younger than they and shorter and of slighter build .
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Mark Garland was slight of build , very fair, good looking in a feminine way.
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The attacker was described as 30 years old with short dark hair, slight build and a Cockney accent.
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He was a short man, slight in build , and was curled up in the foetal position.
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Winnicott was of slight and spare build , with an angular expressive face that was from early on deeply lined.
slim
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He is of slim to medium build and was wearing a dark ski mask.
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She's described as five foot three, with blonde permed hair, slim build and green eyes.
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She had specified fair hair, slim build , regular features, smooth skin.
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You have such a lovely slim build .
stocky
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He's in his late twenties, about five feet ten and of a stocky build .
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The missing man is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 170 pounds with a stocky build .
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Witnesses described the running man as about 5', of stocky build , and with an extremely florid complexion.
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A homely man of stocky build he sported an untidy moustache.
■ NOUN
body
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Briant Bodies Alpha and Beta carry physical characteristics including hair, skin and eye color, and body build .
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Social systems build up defenses against change like the body builds up defenses against diseases.
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Negative comments about mannerisms, body build , appearance, interests, and personality traits should be avoided.
quality
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Superb build quality and a good specification are bonus points and 100,000 miles or more can be expected from well-maintained examples.
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We were impressed by the build quality of the micro adjustable guide.
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So I have no reason, other than build quality , task suitability and performance, for purchasing components made by specific companies.
■ VERB
help
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The next morning Brian Gore shows me round the church complex he helped build .
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The Republican senator established the task force to help build consensus and draft legislation on issues facing rural areas of the state.
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Over the last 30 years the Trust has helped build 26 village schools, two hospitals and 12 medical centres.
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Those resources are expected to help build 5, 000 new homes and generate 23, 000 temporary jobs.
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Triclosan interferes with an enzyme that plants need to make fatty acids-molecules that help build cell membranes.
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Exercise also helps control weight and builds bone mass, muscles and joints, the report said.
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Wagner plans to use the technology to help build sites for third parties.
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He helped build an era in which public service was honorable.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Elvis/sb/sth has left the building
Rome wasn't built in a day
get/build up a head of steam
get/pick/build up steam
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But Dehlavi takes his time getting up steam , leaving a good 20 minutes of surplus slack in these two hours.
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Cons: Just when the bobsled builds up steam , brakes on the track slow it down.
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If the economy is picking up steam , the recovery may be nipped in the bud by renewed Fed tightening.
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Indications the economy may be picking up steam hurt bonds by sparking concern inflation may accelerate, eroding bonds' fixed payments.
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Millionaire publisher Steve Forbes, who is suddenly picking up steam ?
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The black-out protest is expected to pick up steam after the president signs the bill.
heavily built
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A heavily built man in a corduroy jacket edged closer to him on his left.
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Angus is heavily built and fair.
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Constantine was tall, heavily built and had a commanding presence.
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He was certainly a heavily built man, but a lot of it was fat.
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In a rough kind of way he was good-looking, but he was heavily built and looked an aggressive type.
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Luckily, my shield was heavily built.
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Shorter than Carver - five foot seven - he was heavily built with wide shoulders and stocky legs.
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To his left was a heavily built grey-haired man, who looked straight ahead.
slightly-built
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Builders say that new home construction is slowing down.
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a powerful build
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He looks rather like me -- we both have the same build .
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The man the police are looking for is about thirty years old, blond, and of medium build .
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You're exactly the right build for a rugby player -- you've got good strong broad shoulders.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And he was about the same build as her husband.
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He was good at climbing; it was a sport in which his small, sinewy build was on his side.
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Same sort of features, though, same build .
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This machine is no exception, and the quality of the build is better than you might expect for a bog-standard clone.