Example sentences of "[adj] to take up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm tired and depressed and afraid to take up a good job offer . |
| 2 | WHEN LASMO Pakistan 's Mujadid Ali arrived in London in September 1991 to take up a place at London University , his first priority was concerned with degrees Fahrenheit rather than degrees academic . |
| 3 | I am sure Lennie Lawrence , Steve Gritt and Allan Curbishley would be delighted to take up a teaching post . |
| 4 | How could she tell him that Peter 's ‘ intervention ’ had only been supposed to take up a week of her time ? |
| 5 | No bogus student who 's slipped through the system is likely to take up a polytechnic place ; the paperwork is what they 're after , not the course work . |
| 6 | The early running was made by the 100–1 outsider City Scandal , who after two furlongs conceded the lead to Shikampur , with Pinza in about sixth place and Aureole unable to take up a handy position . |
| 7 | He remained there for about two years before returning to England in July 1657 to take up a position as mathematics tutor to Joscelyne Percy , son of Algernon Percy , tenth Earl of Northumberland [ q.v. ] , at Petworth , an appointment which seems to have been due to the influence of the Puritan reformer Samuel Hartlib [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | They are also due to take up a similar request by Macedonia and discuss whether Serbia and Montenegro alone can inherit Yugoslavia 's international status . |
| 9 | Using a polyester line without sleeving allows easy adjustment by re-tying the knot after shortening a line or , in the case of minor differences , adding an overhand knot or two to take up a couple of centimetres . |
| 10 | Baroness Hooper 's letter states on the first page with regard to student loans : ‘ Students are not obliged to take up a loan if they do not need to do so and indeed Jeffrey has not availed himself of the facility . ’ |
| 11 | He held rival services until his return to Britain in 1852 to take up a stipend at Lee in Lincoln , when he was succeeded at the Beco Chapel by a Mr Hossmer . |
| 12 | It also includes those who prefer to remain unemployed , believing that their incomes from social security benefits do not make it worthwhile to take up a job . |
| 13 | This and similar instances stayed in my mind , because I believe that I am a competitor in every sense of the word , always ready to take up a challenge . |
| 14 | And despite his public utterances Law too was ready to take up a more pragmatic attitude when negotiating ; if Ulster could be excluded , he was quite prepared to abandon the rest of Ireland to Home Rule ; Carson shared Law 's view and was kept in touch with the negotiations throughout . |
| 15 | David came back to Scotland in 1968 to take up a post as an assistant to the director of education with the City of Edinburgh Corporation . |