Example sentences of "took up the theme " in BNC.
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| 1 | This switch to feature films inevitably led to a new preoccupation with fiction and with developing screen fictions that took up the themes and conventions of respectable literary and theatrical tastes . |
| 2 | As the Conservatives themselves hesitantly took up the theme of citizenship in response to opposition challenge , it was argued that only a more flexible , compassionate style of Toryism could be their route to safety . |
| 3 | He , too , took up the theme that it was unfair to encourage a person , who could be dying with each drink he took , to take more . |
| 4 | The next day the front page of the Sun took up the theme with enthusiasm : PORN LUST OF THE FOX ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 5 | The writer Jean-Philippe Domecq took up the theme , maintaining that as many as 95% of contemporary works are no more than boring illustrations of even more boring theoretical points . |
| 6 | Mr Sproat was followed by Sir Roger Moate , who took up the theme , objecting ‘ to money being distributed under this scheme to those who do not need it and to giving tiny sums to the many who do need it . |
| 7 | Beverly Anderson took up the theme of new media . |