Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] take up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shrewsbury and Borough Council have taken up the flagpole , have decided to spend a considerable amount of money on providing a visitor attraction in those buildings , around those buildings . |
| 2 | Liberate , pacemaker for Alphabatim , took the field along at a strong gallop as far as the straight , a good half mile from home , where he fell back and allowed Commanche Run to take up the running . |
| 3 | Yeah I think it just depends whether the local group want to take up the option or not . |
| 4 | Executives from over 300 North West firms have taken up the Challenge this year |
| 5 | But if the FA decide to take up the matter , I believe Arsenal will not take action , because they do not want to see Wright punished twice . |
| 6 | Local pupils have taken a great interest in the British Gas work , which is bringing gas supplies for the first time to the Bere Alston and Bere Ferrers communities , where more than a third of the 1042 homes in the area have taken up the offer of gas . |
| 7 | Enticed by a 2 per cent incentive payment on top of the National Insurance rebate , some five million people have taken up the option since it was introduced in July 1988 . |
| 8 | Many elite writers such as Burnham and Weblen have taken up the issue of technological advance and argued that the increasing division of labour and sophistication of the practical instruments of government are associated not with greater participation by the newly enfranchised masses but with concentration of political power in the hands of those who control the technological resources . |
| 9 | Many subsequent critics have taken up the point made by radical blacks at the time that this was a romantic and pastoral view of the rural South , but several early critics hailed the film as a brilliantly realistic depiction of a whole section of American society . |
| 10 | Far from feeling second best , the Mexicans have taken up the challenge with vigour : ‘ We aim to be a cultural invasion of Frankfurt and the rest of Germany ’ , said the Mexican commissioner , Eugenia Meyer . |
| 11 | The 210 children have taken up the panto 's challenge and sought the advice of professional builders so they can construct Wendy 's house in brick in their school yard . |
| 12 | And ethical investors in the City have taken up the SAS cause — some actually turning up to the SAS summer ball and joining in the dancing to Dezzman Devan 's reggae band and London funksters Push . |
| 13 | East Anglian surveyors Bidwells have taken up the cudgels on behalf of farmers not only at the timescale for completion of claim forms for area and set-aside payments and ewe and beef premiums , but also at the fines which could result from late or incorrect returns . |
| 14 | ‘ The major chains have taken up the promotion in a big way , but so have many independents , which is terrific because the promotion was n't designed just for the chains ; we wanted everyone to get involved . ’ |
| 15 | Wheelchair travellers used to cross the track on boards laid down for mail trolleys.But now the disabled are being forced to make an eighty mile detour via Shrewsbury to get to Hereford because British Rail have taken up the boards for safety reasons.We joined the Leominster Disabled Access group on a trip to Hereford . |
| 16 | More than 4,500 Ford employees have taken up the company 's new education scheme to encourage them to learn a foreign language . |