Example sentences of "been [verb] up by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ever since punk brought fetishwear on to the street , S&M imagery has been taken up by the mainstream . |
| 32 | Of £50 million that the government then made available to encourage mining companies , only about £10 million had been taken up by the middle of last year ( see above ) . |
| 33 | With the almost total demise of these courses , the running has been taken up by the education sector with an increasingly comprehensive variety of accredited programmes . |
| 34 | The cause of recovering Greenham Common for the people has been taken up by the author of Watership Down , Mr Richard Adams , who knew the area before it was requisitioned during the second world war . |
| 35 | This problem has been cleared up by the setting of a new standard called DPMI which defines exactly how a pair of enhanced mode programs are to work together . |
| 36 | Such has been the success of the piece on a short provincial tour , that it has been snapped up by The Globe in the centre of London 's theatreland . |
| 37 | ‘ Remember , ’ I reminded him , ‘ that his foot has only been held up by the pressure of that piece of wood . |
| 38 | It is understood that the deal had been held up by the Bank of England which had been seeking some form of ‘ comfort ’ from Bank of Edinburgh 's largest minority shareholder , Scottish Amicable , with 39.2 per cent , effectively asking it to stand behind depositors and take a more active role . |
| 39 | The renewal of the annual licence has been held up by the Department of Technical Services ‘ Electrical Engineer and the Fire Brigade . |
| 40 | The adoption of land reform had been held up by the opposition of recalcitrant landlords . |