Example sentences of "take up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rolls up small so takes up little space in a rucksack . |
| 2 | While precise indicators of the numbers of laws depend upon more precise definition of what are considered as laws ( there is a variety of different types of order , statute and regulation ) , one crude indicator for the expansion of legislation in the United States is that the Federal Register grew from 2,355 pages in 1936 to 60,221 pages in 1975 ; another indicator for Britain is found in the Index to the Statutes — the index listing legislation for , the period from 1235 to 1935 takes up 788 pages , while that for 1936 to 1982 takes up 978 pages . |
| 3 | To conduct it is a devastating experience : it takes up all your mind and it will take you two or three days to recover from it . |
| 4 | It just takes up all your life really . |
| 5 | It just takes up all your life , really . |
| 6 | Plastic only takes up one-fifth of landfill space generally in western Europe , a figure that reduces to approximately 12 to 15 per cent when the waste is crushed . |
| 7 | Brand B sells at £75 per month and takes up 7 metres of space . |
| 8 | TV takes up vast chunks mainly in the 470MHz-850MHz range . |
| 9 | This is particularly true of libraries and archives in which valuable information is stored in a manner that takes up vast amounts of space , is prone to decay , and may not be easily accessible . |
| 10 | But the nucleus of a pre-malignant cell takes up two to three times more dye than a normal cell , the researchers find . |
| 11 | The equipment for funnelling off the carbon-12 takes up two sides of a workshop the size of a church hall . |
| 12 | The CAP still takes up two thirds of the EC budget , but only £1 in every £3 gets through to the farmers . |
| 13 | While precise indicators of the numbers of laws depend upon more precise definition of what are considered as laws ( there is a variety of different types of order , statute and regulation ) , one crude indicator for the expansion of legislation in the United States is that the Federal Register grew from 2,355 pages in 1936 to 60,221 pages in 1975 ; another indicator for Britain is found in the Index to the Statutes — the index listing legislation for , the period from 1235 to 1935 takes up 788 pages , while that for 1936 to 1982 takes up 978 pages . |
| 14 | Brenda Denvir takes up one of the most pressing contemporary issues , that of the multiple roles of assessment in schools , by looking at the intimately-related questions of ‘ what are we assessing ? ’ and , ‘ what are we assessing for ? ’ |
| 15 | If Kendall takes up that offer , he may appoint the former England midfielder Peter Reid , currently at QPR , as his player-coach . |
| 16 | If Kendall takes up that offer , he may appoint the former England midfielder Peter Reid , currently at QPR , as his player-coach . |
| 17 | Not every woman takes up that challenge . |
| 18 | Perhaps the book of lamentation is not the book you normally turn to , to find words of encouragement , but there are tremendous encouragements to be found in it , listen what the profits says there , in the third chapter , he says this I recall to my mind , and he 's talking about the time of his own affliction , the time when he is going through it , the time when nobody loves him , the time when everybody 's against him , when he 's suffering and he 's in pain the time when life is full of bitterness for him , he says this I recall to my mind , therefore I have hope , the lords loving kindness indeed never ceases for his compassion 's never fail and here Jesus is demonstrating that , he 's compassion 's never fail , he 's loving kindnesses they never cease , here in his dying hour Jesus is showing that in reaching out to this man but as we said the other week the , the deepest , the most important significance of what Jesus did then , of what Jesus said then , its not just of the historical account , but that he is able and willing to say and to do exactly the same today in your experience and in mine , what he did for that man on the cross he 's ready and willing to do for every one of us the incident may of happened nineteen hundred years ago , but there 's the old hymn , the verse reminds us , picks out that very story and it says the dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day and there may I , though via us he wash all my sins away , and that verse from William Cowper 's hymn , it takes up that great historical event , that tremendous happening in that man 's life and he links it with a present and it applies it to you and to me and says this can be our experience as well . |
| 19 | And that verse from William Cooper 's hymn , it takes up that great historical event . |
| 20 | Takes , this song takes up that theme that Jesus introduces to his disciples about a harvest being ready . |
| 21 | the spaghetti takes up 10 metres of shelf space |
| 22 | Brand A sells at £150 per month and takes up 10 feet of shelf space . |
| 23 | Brand C sells at £39 per month and takes up 13 metres of space . |
| 24 | Howell ( this volume ) takes up some of these issues in her paper where she argues against the interpretation of ritual as catharsis among the Chewong . |
| 25 | The fact that the collection takes up some 8M of disk space may also be regarded as something of a stumbling block … |
| 26 | He does not , however , explain why the causal influence of the forces of production is always , and necessarily , greater than that of individuals , and only takes up this point in a second argument , in which he shifts from the discussion of character traits to consider the role played by individuals of extraordinary talent . |
| 27 | The section on measurement ( p.67 ) where the difficulties with decimal place value are very apparent , takes up this point further . |
| 28 | Isaiah 61 : takes up this theme , and the prophet cries : |
| 29 | Well , the first book in which Freud explicitly takes up this question in the opening pages , is his book of nineteen twenty seven , er The Future of an Illusion , and his begins , by posing the Hobbesian question , although it does n't mention Hobbes , but , it 's the fundamental point he makes , that civilization goes against the grain of human nature , and the question he asks himself is , how does er , order , morality . |
| 30 | Eliminating the ‘ barrier of speed ’ would lead to slower travel which is quieter , safer , takes up less space , greater ease of crossing the road , better air , less stress and less arrogance . |