Example sentences of "the [noun sg] to take up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 2 | Note that the net 's top line runs across the back of the head to take up the slack . |
| 3 | I 've asked the union to take up the case for me . ’ |
| 4 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 5 | This resolution was taken up through the United Nations , and the declaration of 1968 as the ‘ International Year of Human Rights ’ provided the impetus to take up the question of human rights in armed conflicts . |
| 6 | In addition , where the landlord pays an inducement to the tenant in order to persuade the tenant to take up the lease , that is a payment on which the tenant must account for VAT ( Nevile Russell v Commissioners of Customs & Excise [ 1987 ] VATTR 194 ) . |
| 7 | On 23 February 1972 , the DUP took a major step towards establishing its own political identity when the four MPs crossed the floor of the house to take up the position left vacant by the withdrawal of the Catholic SDLP as Her Majesty 's Loyal Opposition at Stormont . |