Example sentences of "taken up [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major Buckley had a colourful career as manager of Wolves in the 1930s , but it was not until Sir Matt Busby 's brilliant reign at Manchester United that the commanding role of manager after Chapman 's example was firmly taken up outside the bounds of Highbury . |
| 2 | A large part of its small area is taken up by the grounds of The Crystal Palace and by a residential school . |
| 3 | A critical factor appears to be the enhanced influx of external calcium which is taken up by the stores with two consequences . |
| 4 | The £56 ( for fitting an Alfasud seat ) included a metal bar to reduce the space taken up by the safety-straps in the boot . |
| 5 | The remainder were taken up in the amalgamations of 1974 , which coincided with the creation of the Metropolitan Councils , and today 's amalgamated forces often seem to owe as much to local and national political opportunity than to any operational logic ; and even two decades after the first melding together of the small forces , attempts to standardize uniform and systems of operation has consistently failed to dislodge many localized , small-scale beliefs and practices . |
| 6 | Most of these options have been taken up in the days of the controversies over Christology . |