Example sentences of "[verb] taken up " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche 's garden . |
| 2 | Simon Martin has taken up the new post of Membership Officer based at Malvern . |
| 3 | Ken Hollands has taken up the appointment of North Western Area Director from David MacInnes . |
| 4 | It is a hobby he has taken up with two main aims in mind : ‘ Firstly , it keeps my hand in as far as manufacturing is concerned and secondly I like to see this small bit of entrepreneuralism on my doorstep . |
| 5 | Since losing her sight , Philippa Bastable has taken up competitive swimming and has a new career , too |
| 6 | He has taken up the challenge to lead . |
| 7 | So far nobody has taken up the suggestion that since goalkeepers have become bigger , scoring would be made easier if the goals themselves were enlarged . |
| 8 | For the Christian who is living in the shadow of Advent , this life is no longer a ‘ cul-de-sac ’ but a road of hope , because God has taken up residence here . |
| 9 | Although it is clear that he is committed to making changes , he has taken up fluent corporation-speak surprisingly quickly . |
| 10 | Howell has taken up a job in Aberdeen and feels he may no longer be able to spare the time to travel back to Edinburgh each weekend . |
| 11 | There have always been fires on Earth , from volcanoes and lightning ; and when a plant is burnt it gives out only the carbon dioxide that it itself has taken up in life , so the net effect of burning biomass , at least on atmospheric CO 2 , is probably zero . |
| 12 | In addition to the Audit Commission and the CBI , Business in the Community ( BIC ) has taken up the theme of ‘ partnership ’ . |
| 13 | Increased nuclear power production has taken up part of the electricity generation market lost by oil but the expansion of nuclear power has been far less significant than was planned for and predicted throughout the 1970s . |
| 14 | Prof J. Bremner , CChem , FRSC , has taken up his appointment as professor or organic chemistry at the University of Wollongong , Australia . |
| 15 | This is only true when the fish has taken up all the slack of the link and has met considerable resistance from the lead . |
| 16 | The research , entirely funded by a charity , Quest for a Test for Cancer , has come up with a way of determining exactly how much stain the DNA has taken up . |
| 17 | Rumour has it that he has taken up residence in the port of Leith , near enough to Edinburgh but , should matters go wrong , the best place for his departure by land or sea . |
| 18 | Barlow , who helped Freed State win the Nissan Shield for the first time during the past season , has taken up his appointment in time to lead Transvaal in partnership with captain Jimmy Cook on the short tour of England in July . |
| 19 | Wait until a ferret fitted with a transmitter has taken up a fixed position down a burrow . |
| 20 | In fact , Mr Shiratori has been one of Japan 's representative 's on the IASC since 1984 and is well versed in all the issues ; he is also well aware that he has taken up the reins of office at a critical time for the IASC . |
| 21 | In his last year as President , Woodward is desperately keen to give Essex their first senior national title and has taken up the role of joint-manager to that end . |
| 22 | Now Janet , recently linked with rap star Tone Loc , has taken up with millionaire singer Freedom Williams . |
| 23 | IN THE wake of his suspension , French prop GREGOIRE LASCUBE has taken up refereeing in the hope that his six months ' ban will be reduced . |
| 24 | Intel Corp has been less than enthusiastic about the future of its i860 — getting the 80586 into battle readiness in such a short space of time has taken up much of the company 's research and development resources in any case . |
| 25 | USL has taken up the baton of Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format technology from OSF , and has signed with the UK 's Defence Research Agency — the originator of the ANDF technology — to commercialise it for release with SVR4.2 . |
| 26 | Christine Hoogenkamp has taken up an appointment as Editor with the press office of the Netherlands Reformed Church in Leidschendam . |
| 27 | A new director has taken up his post at the State Hermitage . |
| 28 | During the war she worked as a translator , and at the time of the action of the novel she has taken up this trade again recently . |
| 29 | To reach this point Johnson has taken up a third of his Journey to the Western Islands , and one can now sense the lift of excitement in him , a man about to broach the exotic . |
| 30 | Sixty-two years later Charles Black , Adam 's grandson and current chairman , has been sent the same manuscript ( which incidentally has survived a direct hit by a flying bomb in the Second World War ) by a descendant of the colonel who has taken up the search for a publisher . |