Example sentences of "to take up [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the inequalities in higher education have rarely been the subject of close and critical attention ; far from arguing that higher education serves to reproduce inequalities , commentators ( e.g. Wolpe 1977 ) have argued merely that higher education functions to train middle-class students to take up positions of status and responsibility in society , such as civil servants , managers , teachers and doctors . |
| 2 | In the United Kingdom , for example , the peerage began seriously to take up directorships of commercial companies in the 1880s : by 1896 directorships were held by 167 members of the House of Lords . |
| 3 | I just , it 's just a sort of an idea at this stage , I 'm not wanting to take up ogres of time on this , but |
| 4 | This feels wholesome and gives me the confidence to take up issues of racism and sexism in the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group and issues of sexism and heterosexism in the Black Workers ' Group , within the organization we work for . |
| 5 | This is the position taken by Acker ( 1984b ) and by Rich ( 1979a ) who argues that the university is ‘ a system that prepares men to take up roles of power in a man-centred society ’ . |