Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] take up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Executives from over 300 North West firms have taken up the Challenge this year |
| 2 | Many subsequent critics have taken up the point made by radical blacks at the time that this was a romantic and pastoral view of the rural South , but several early critics hailed the film as a brilliantly realistic depiction of a whole section of American society . |
| 3 | Far from feeling second best , the Mexicans have taken up the challenge with vigour : ‘ We aim to be a cultural invasion of Frankfurt and the rest of Germany ’ , said the Mexican commissioner , Eugenia Meyer . |
| 4 | The 210 children have taken up the panto 's challenge and sought the advice of professional builders so they can construct Wendy 's house in brick in their school yard . |
| 5 | ‘ The major chains have taken up the promotion in a big way , but so have many independents , which is terrific because the promotion was n't designed just for the chains ; we wanted everyone to get involved . ’ |
| 6 | More than 4,500 Ford employees have taken up the company 's new education scheme to encourage them to learn a foreign language . |