Example sentences of "to take up the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As the age-structure changed older spectators tended to leave the terraces to take up the increasing amount of seated accommodation ; the ‘ ends ’ were left to ‘ the lads ’ . |
| 2 | After surviving the acquisition by SunSoft Inc of the greater part of his former employer — Eastman Kodak Co 's Interactive Systems Corp — where he was European director , before going to become manager of Northern Europe for Sun Microsystems Inc 's software subsidiary , industry veteran Doug Miller last week resigned from the company ‘ to pursue other interests ’ after Peter Watkins was moved from SunSoft 's Mountain View , California headquarters to take up the newly-created position of general manager for SunSoft in Europe ; Watkins is also responsible for Northern Europe ( which includes the UK ) until a replacement for Miller is found . |
| 3 | Indeed , one of the main sources of growth of the small SLF union following its foundation in 1981 was its willingness to take up the individual grievances of the workforce , very much in the tradition of the vertical union of the Franco era . |
| 4 | Carmen Callil is to take up the new role of Publisher at Large of the Random House Group , continuing to work in particular with Chatto & Windus in London and Random House Australia , and she will assume the additional role of Editor at Large for the Knopf Publishing Group in the US ( Vintage , Pantheon and Alfred A Knopf ) . |
| 5 | Mr Reid will not be available to take up the full-time post until next October , although he becomes chairman-designate on January 1 . |
| 6 | In his press release the Secretary of State says : ’ Many of the new measures are designed to protect children from being influenced to take up the deadly habit of smoking . ’ |
| 7 | One of the problems with the dominant Fabianism of UK social policy is its failure to take up the epistemological implications of this commitment to change . |
| 8 | Do n't forget to take up the READY position after signalling each word . |
| 9 | You will need three separately numbered tokens to take up the special offer at Butlin 's Holiday Worlds . |
| 10 | After some agonizing over whether they were confident enough to do their respective jobs , ex-Big Flame member Tony Hodgson became Production Manager and Liz Cooper gave up her job as Circulation Manager of the New Statesman to take up the same position on the new paper . |
| 11 | However , according to Dave Ball — who was European Marketing Director for Artisoft at the time but has now switched camps to take up the same role at Performance — the deal fell through at the end of last year . |