Example sentences of "[modal v] take up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He convinced himself that speaking Italian to Franco presented a good opportunity to learn and therefore he should take up the challenge . |
| 2 | David Whitehouse believes scientists should take up the cudgels |
| 3 | Presumably Hurd and Baker do not mean by this that Hamas , the Gaza-based fundamentalist movement dedicated to destroying Israel ( unlike the PLO ) , should take up the official torch of Palestinian independence ! |
| 4 | If Dave has no joy with the local highway authority , he could try enlisting the help of a local councillor , or a local branch of the Ramblers ' Association might take up the case . |
| 5 | It had n't occurred to her that I might take up the blackmail where Jack Mahoney had left off . |
| 6 | My school grades would plummet , I 'd become virtually anorexic and I 'd take up the oddest hobbies to please my loved one . |
| 7 | But in this case , Everett argued , Guinness Mahon could take up the slack as the company fully expected other investors who had been too slow to meet the deadline to come in . |
| 8 | To this end he reintroduced a school of industrial design , sacked the Professor of Painting , Gilbert Spencer , who had advised students not to visit the 1945–6 Picasso and Matisse exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum , appointed the former fashion editor of Vogue , Madge Garland , as the first ever Professor of Fashion and invited Allan Walton , who died before he could take up the post , to head the textile department . |
| 9 | We are just completing two major jobs and Conoco 's could take up the slack , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ Do let's take up the offer . |
| 11 | A subject may take up the hypnotic suggestion that he is unable to bend his arm : ‘ He is actively , deliberately , voluntarily keeping his elbow stiff while simultaneously orchestrating for himself the illusion that he is really trying his best to bend it . ’ |
| 12 | You do need some space to work , though ; the AccuCard needs clearance of around two inches , which may take up the adjacent slot . |
| 13 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 14 | ‘ The Castles of Edward the First ’ and ‘ Medieval Festivals ’ would take up the afternoon . |
| 15 | And then — then they would take up the hoe and become farmers . |
| 16 | But the day was saved by Everett , who agreed — after pressurizing his boss , Alastair Morton — that Guinness Mahon would take up the remaining shares . |
| 17 | They would sing Welsh songs together , she would take up the descant , he would make up verses with just a little edge to them . |
| 18 | Such was the popularity of film and such was the reforming zeal of that first decade or so of the twentieth century that there must have been every possibility that other agencies would take up the chance of producing , distributing , and exhibiting films in their own halls . |
| 19 | As far as William was concerned , seizing the English throne was just one move in his struggle to resist the growing power of France that had already lasted twenty years and would take up the whole of the rest of his life . |
| 20 | To do the line justice , it would take up the next six issues , so I intend to show you only some of the more interesting such as the First Class blank Privilege Ticket . |
| 21 | NatWest Securities analysts said : ‘ Good management deserves the support of shareholders : we would take up the rights . ’ |
| 22 | Many people would take up the opportunity to train in a completely new craft . |
| 23 | However , now back in London and feeling more adventurous , I shall take up the wooden spoon once again and brave the kitchen . |
| 24 | I shall take up the individual cases that the hon. Gentleman has brought to my attention and give as detailed an answer on them as possible . |
| 25 | I shall take up the matter more fully later in my remarks . |
| 26 | Optimists say that fast-multiplying electronic equipment rather than people will take up the space . |
| 27 | In just over two weeks , the four will take up the pins and the microphone for the benefit of Telegraph readers . |
| 28 | Premature camshaft wear , even at 26,000 miles , is not unknown and this will result in poor performance — often there will be no tell-tale noise as the hydraulic cam followers will take up the slack . |
| 29 | He will take up the £51,000 a year job as soon as possible and is expected to have to give up his chairmanship of the all-party defence select committee . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose all the sorting out at the flat will take up the spare time for quite a while . |