Example sentences of "take up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beowulf says that he would like to sail for Hrothgar 's land and take up the fight against the monster . |
| 2 | From the point when the water first burst the banks and began to rise up the gardens of the properties it was mainly a battle against he clock to try to stack everything as high as they could and take up the carpets . |
| 3 | So the organisation of personnel , budget , physical specifications of buildings , office equipment , etc. take up the rest of the project document and its appendices . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to defend my European and Commonwealth titles and win the World Championships because every time we are successful , more youngsters take up the sport . |
| 5 | You can , if you like , take up the floor boards and fill underneath with the same granular insulation material used in the loft , but that is a rather difficult job — not one to attempt without help . |
| 6 | All of them knew that this could mean only one thing : Aenarion was going to draw the Sword of Khaine , take up the Widowmaker , to wield the ultimate and deadly weapon . |
| 7 | Many knitters will not often come across patterns that take up the whole working memory . |
| 8 | Yeah , well they 're all erm like er they 're really , the batteries that they use , they take up the whole of the boot |
| 9 | ‘ Now take up the basket , and tell them in the village to send a horse and carriage to me immediately . |
| 10 | Later we take up the case of natural or pure monopoly where huge economies of scale allow only a single producer to survive in an industry . |
| 11 | I 'd like an extended playground , because at lunchtime the boys take up the playground and play football and if we go on the playground just to run around , they say ’ Oi get off , we 're playing football . ’ |
| 12 | The Museum 's displays take up the story of Britain 's canals in 1793 — the height of canal mania — the year when more proposals for the building of canals were put before Parliament than ever before . |
| 13 | Now Alex and Judy take up the story … |
| 14 | We take up the story where Section 17.7 left off . |
| 15 | As I have to get up early , I 'll break off the letter now , and take up the story later . |
| 16 | ‘ Take up the axes . |
| 17 | At this point we take up the experience of those who returned to their former jobs . |
| 18 | Miriam and all the women take up the refrain , and dance for joy . |
| 19 | Those that take up the service , and of course we all know in the school meals service that the take up figures are very low . |
| 20 | Composite work method — oncoming men take up the cycle at the point left by the previous shift . |
| 21 | Some travellers take up the challenge of lone journeys : a test of endurance in Arctic conditions . |
| 22 | Teams who take up the challenge , in the Upper Derwent Valley on Sunday October 20 will be joined by LEPRA 's President , celebrated mountaineer Chris Bonington . |
| 23 | Jenny Maxwell and Dawn Gill both take up the challenge of the presumed cultural and political neutrality of mathematics and , by means of an examination of the common ( and therefore frequently invisible ) setting for mathematical problems , bring to light many ( contentious ) presumptions about acceptable , appropriate and valued uses for mathematics . |
| 24 | Because council officers still fail to enforce council policy and because individuals involved in management are still unwilling to grasp the nettle and take up the argument the child lost the place . |
| 25 | When this bizarre situation had resolved itself , as it must , she would put her Venetian adventure behind her and take up the threads of her life once more . |
| 26 | A sort of low droning chorus of ‘ Conformity good , diversity bad ’ is clearly audible beneath the public pronouncements from Bonn , the Elysee , the Bundesbank and the Commission , and the client states of Europe , the Portugals , the Italys and Greeces , who see themselves as having much to gain , obediently take up the cry . |
| 27 | Apply now for the protection of the Plan and we 'll send you a free First Aid Kit in a neat and practical case , when you take up the policy . |
| 28 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 29 | If branches take up the suggestions made in this paper they may find themselves having to increase annual expenditure . |
| 30 | Take up the cell suspension in a 1 ml syringe without a needle . |