Example sentences of "[noun sg] takes up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basic research takes up a tiny percentage of that life sciences budget . |
| 2 | The defender takes up a left fighting stance ( all combinations are best practised from the fighting stance , as this allows a greater amount of protection and freedom of movement ) and faces the attacker , who executes a front kick to the defender 's mid-section . |
| 3 | In words like ‘ potato ’ , ‘ tomato ’ , ‘ canary ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , ‘ today ’ , the vowel in the first syllable may disappear ; the aspiration of the initial plosive takes up the whole of the middle portion of the syllable , resulting in these pronunciations ( where indicates aspiration ) : ; ; ; ; |
| 4 | The next chapter takes up a particular , rather special case of explosive , runaway evolution , the case that Darwin called sexual selection . |
| 5 | This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 . |
| 6 | Tenderly : A 1953 jam session takes up the whole of one side . |
| 7 | And as a little extra , the whole family is remembered through the generosity of the school 's industrial ‘ twin ’ — Triton plc , Britain 's leading shower manufacturer — which offers £10 cash back for every Triton shower purchased at Payless DIY , Nuneaton when your child takes up a place at Manor Park . |
| 8 | The problem was that we were firefighting not just for ourselves but for so many of our clients , and firefighting takes up a lot of time and emotionally is a strain . |
| 9 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 10 | Under that scheme , owners who face being made homeless due to mortgage arrears are allowed to stay in their homes as tenants for 12 months as the council takes up a head lease . |
| 11 | The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it . |
| 12 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 13 | Your opponent takes up a left fighting stance , that is with the left leg leading . |
| 14 | If mum takes up the game again , then why not her children in future years ? |
| 15 | Once egg laying is complete , the female retires to a safe distance and the male takes up a guard position under the nest . |
| 16 | New chairman takes up the reins |
| 17 | Marcuse takes up the theme of domination through the ideological form of technological reason and shows how it is legitimized by the widespread consumption enabled by increased production . |
| 18 | In a section on Italian music in La Borde 's compendious Essai sur la musique the writer takes up a position against those of ‘ the opinion that the woodchopper ( nickname for the Maître applied by critics of this practice ) should be banished , and the tempo be guided by ear alone ’ The reason was that |
| 19 | Although the intensive system of subject assessment takes up a good deal of time , it has been well received by these two centres . |
| 20 | The video takes up the story of two of the characters from A Weekend Away whom we now meet on holiday on the south coast of England . |
| 21 | When drawing children , you will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 22 | When drawing children , your will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 23 | When drawing children , you will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 24 | When drawing children , your will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 25 | The man of wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ; |
| 26 | To lift the patient off the bed onto a chair or commode , one carer takes up the position already described , while the other stands behind the patient on the bed and guides the patient 's seat up and round onto the chair . |
| 27 | Spry takes up the attack . |
| 28 | Left : Storing water at room temperature and aerating takes up a lot of space but may be worthwhile — the bucket on the right may have had salt added , but the SG tester also incorporates a thermometer . |
| 29 | A more general argument takes up the reference by Gramsci to the ‘ semi-colonial market ’ and develops the concept of ‘ internal colonialism ’ , which has had widespread application to areas as different from one another as the peripheral regions of Great Britain , the black homelands in South Africa , Alaska and the Amerindian areas of Central and South America . |
| 30 | The son of the present owner takes up the story . ’ |