Example sentences of "[prep] take up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But in all seriousness , we understand from the clerks that Quatt is dissatisfied with his reception here — as well he might be ! — and has the intention of taking up a post as archdeacon somewhere in Worcestershire , where he was living before . |
| 2 | With Cardiff City considering taking up the League of Wales challenge , perhaps the South 's domination is only just beginning . |
| 3 | Drifting into the Colonial Office because deafness prevented him from taking up a career in the regular army , he brought with him a romantic conception of empire stimulated in the first instance by Kitchener 's Omdurman campaign and encouraged with appropriate reading matter by his father . |
| 4 | In Washington , the administration has now let it be known that it will work for the softening of the amendment 's consequences , provided — and forgetting Kosovo for the moment — that Stipe Mesic , a Croat , is no longer obstructed by the Serbs from taking up the post of chairman ( for one year ) of Yugoslavia 's eight-member presidency . |
| 5 | He then became registrar at Leeds General Infirmary , before taking up a fellowship at Harvard Medical School , where he did research into organ transplants . |
| 6 | He refused to comply and left Oxford after the first year to join the Guardian where he remained for seven years before taking up a post as an investigative journalist with a left-wing French newspaper . |
| 7 | Coun. Mrs Kirkham , who is married with two teenage children , is a seasoned county councillor and was elected to represent Victoria ward in Thornaby in 1985 before taking up a seat on the borough council in 1987 . |
| 8 | We could possibly arrange sub-contractors if anyone was interested in taking up the job in a given area . |
| 9 | He was a master stylist , a sharp , satirical observer of the social scene with an unfailing capacity for taking up a variety of interests , and the ability to persuade his readers to share his enthusiasms , however out-of-the-way . |
| 10 | I apologise for taking up the time of the House . |
| 11 | Few are likely to be enthusiastic about taking up the burdens of having to compete . |
| 12 | This is a process 114 The Computer-Based Design Process that enables the chief designer to communicate design concepts through to his team without taking up the role of a detail draughtsman , giving very effective utilization of design skills . |
| 13 | Manager Dave Bassett has brought Gayle straight back in alongside Paul Beesley and allowed Alan McLeary to return to Millwall without taking up the option of buying him . |
| 14 | Indeed when I was at the police college in 1987 and Jones was on the Senior Command Course prior to taking up a position as assistant chief constable , I took a straw poll among my immediate colleagues to see what influence such books achieve . |