Example sentences of "[noun sg] take up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In words like ‘ potato ’ , ‘ tomato ’ , ‘ canary ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , ‘ today ’ , the vowel in the first syllable may disappear ; the aspiration of the initial plosive takes up the whole of the middle portion of the syllable , resulting in these pronunciations ( where indicates aspiration ) : ; ; ; ; |
| 2 | This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 . |
| 3 | Lawyer took up the pen first , followed by Old Looking Glass , Old Joseph , Old James and Timothy , until fifty-eight Nez Perce chiefs were recorded . |
| 4 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 5 | Share options are more attractive than outright share purchases because there is no risk of a loss being made by the employee taking up the option if share prices fall . |
| 6 | A tack room and hay loft took up the north side ; on the south side were grooms ' and coachman 's quarters . |
| 7 | Shetland Bird Club took up the issue and have appealed to the government to curb the fishery , even presenting a petition to the Prime Minister . |
| 8 | The Chandleresque tones on the promotional tape take up the tale : ‘ … downtown Cheltenham , gee , what a place . ’ |
| 9 | It would require suicidal altruism to take up the cudgels for the Palestinians . |
| 10 | Tenderly : A 1953 jam session takes up the whole of one side . |
| 11 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 12 | Her impression of a bleak , high-ceilinged room was confirmed when she entered : the hall took up the top two storeys of the three-storey building . |
| 13 | The bruiser took up the carpet-bag , at which point every ear caught the sounds of slow , measured footsteps and a man 's voice . |
| 14 | Using their favoured analogy in which the complexities of a nation-state were reduced to the simplicities of a corner shop balance sheet , the newly appointed boss of the Institute took up the cudgels again in February 1990 . |
| 15 | The Morning Post joined in when the First Sea Lord , Sir Francis Bridgeman , resigned in 1912 and Bonar Law took up the issue too , suggesting that Bridgeman had been " brutally ill-used " by Churchill . |
| 16 | The next day the front page of the Sun took up the theme with enthusiasm : PORN LUST OF THE FOX ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 17 | In any case , it was open to the Education Committee to take up the question of Village school again , deliberating whether a new closure order could be justified on educational grounds . |
| 18 | He attributed his gaining ten ‘ O ’ levels , four ‘ A ’ levels , a psychology degree and ( in process ) a Masters degree to his own ‘ determination to take up the challenge of the idea of the black kid who 's got no brains . ’ |
| 19 | Restructuring of the Atomic Energy Authority would have to be done , but there was concern whether it would be able to find enough non-nuclear work to take up the slack . |
| 20 | The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it . |
| 21 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 22 | The teacher took up the remaining bangle and , throwing it into the water , said , ‘ It is there . ’ ’ |
| 23 | Whatever Jenny was involved in at any given moment took up the whole of her . |
| 24 | 3–11–1898 The Moderator read the following extract minute of Presbytery ; " The presbytery took up the report of the committee on union with the United Presbyterian Church as sent down by last General Assembly , and as Instructed by the Assembly , agreed to transmit the said report to the Kirk Session within their bounds for their information . " |
| 25 | The house itself had one big comfortable room taking up the front with a glassed-in porch that caught the sun , and would have been called a conservatory in a grander house . |
| 26 | Their apparatus was primitive and they could not control the reaction , so it was another two years before a different team took up the work again . |
| 27 | The team took up the gauntlet thrown down by the Health and Safety Executive and came up with a thorough checklist for the city 's 7 homes . |
| 28 | In 1850 he resigned his curatorship to take up the post of mineral surveyor for New South Wales , an appointment that provoked the hostility of W. B. Clarke [ q.v . ] . |
| 29 | One of the problems with the dominant Fabianism of UK social policy is its failure to take up the epistemological implications of this commitment to change . |
| 30 | Depending on the status of the borrower , fees may be charged by the lender for arranging the loan , managing the loan throughout the period of the loan , early payment and failure to take up the loan . |