Example sentences of "[conj] take up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women & children were set free from slavery & the men unemployed from farming could move to mines & take up jobs which the women & children had previously filled . |
| 2 | They may not have information about users ' success ( or lack of it ) in searching for particular books , or for books on particular subjects , or the extent to which users locate substitutes for their original choices , or the extent to which users browse or take up materials on impulse , or the manner in which impulse choices are taken up . |
| 3 | In order not to obstruct gangways or take up rack space , dry powder systems would have to be designed with extensive pipework feeding nozzles located in the racks or gangways from a centralised , pressurised storage unit . |
| 4 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 5 | Contaminated soils can be cleaned by plants that take up metals as nutrients , a process known as green remediation , according to scientists from the Institute of Arable Crops Research . |
| 6 | ‘ We had been escorting a convoy from Halifax to the UK and were ordered to leave the convoy , refuel in Reykjavik and take up patrol of the Denmark Strait , 150 miles west of Iceland . |
| 7 | I run to the house , creep back up to the Roombed , and take up position at the window . |
| 8 | When soaked , this allows stems and branches to be positioned securely and take up water . |
| 9 | That form of life , with reason as a constitutive part , brings with it a larger transformation in the way individuals approach , view and take up stances towards all their experiences . |
| 10 | Cissie had been most reluctant to surrender her independence and take up employment in Moll Sutton 's flower shop . |
| 11 | I remind the House that multiple questions lead to multiple answers and take up time . |
| 12 | She was only disturbed by the fact that , once the funeral was over , her mother-in-law made no attempt to leave the Manor and take up residence in the dower house . |
| 13 | Joan had accepted without reservation her half-sister 's suggestion that she go with Prince Richard and take up residence in the Tower . |
| 14 | Paradoxically however the demand for better films saw the American film industry move away from its natural habitat and take up residence in a suburban section of what was essentially a southern Californian oasis . |
| 15 | The general effect must have been a serious breaking-up of the great landed estates of Britain and their redistribution to absentee landlords , apart from those who preferred to move to Britain and take up residence . |
| 16 | He can come within us , and take up residence within our very beings . |
| 17 | That is the time to get the thing out of the house and take up evening classes in deep-sea diving . |