Example sentences of "[not/n't] take up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Banks will not take up the slack . |
| 2 | Only 600 schools did not take up the offer of half-price computers . |
| 3 | If the profession does not take up the challenge others will , and an opportunity will have been missed . |
| 4 | ‘ Certain highly technical factors , intelligible only to the expert and with which I will not take up the time of this inquest , have led me to conclude that Subject A had been dead for more than nine years and less than twelve . |
| 5 | She would not take up the cudgels of such a battle . |
| 6 | Before yesterday 's hearing Mr McTear , gasping for breath , said his goal was to ensure youngsters did not take up the habit and go through his ordeal . |
| 7 | We need not take up the argument here : let us , instead , turn to the more interesting subject of the explanations offered by the Ndembu themselves for certain key symbolic motifs . |
| 8 | When he returned to England from Calcutta , which he did as soon as he was well enough to travel , he did not take up the glorious and interesting life that was waiting for him there , as one would have expected . |
| 9 | To use the ‘ negotiation ’ metaphor , we can say that speaker M offers elements in her personal topic ( in her second contribution ) as possible elements to be included in the conversational business , but speaker L does not take up the offer . |
| 10 | He did not take up the point . |
| 11 | If students do not take up the publicly provided loans that are available for them , they are neglecting an important element of the student support system . |
| 12 | I do not envisage a long-lasting solution to the problem of Yugoslavia that does not take up the issue of minority rights and seek to entrench them , perhaps by international action . |
| 13 | I have details here of scores of cases , but as I can not take up the time of the House in referring to all of them , I will pick one or two examples . |
| 14 | I shall not take up the argument of the hon. Member for Durham , North ( Mr. Radice ) ; it would be unwise to do so . |
| 15 | Third , when the provincial gentry still did not take up the cause of reform with alacrity the tsar bypassed them by appointing a majority of keen reformers to the Editing Commissions . |
| 16 | I am concerned that many young people with learning difficulties are not taking up the assessment offered in their final year of education . |
| 17 | The UK , which already allows freedom to provide services into its territory , is not taking up the option to require authorisation . |
| 18 | Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ? |
| 19 | The export market has not taken up the slack , so redundancies are coming thick and fast . |
| 20 | Meanwhile New Scientist understands that ministers have not taken up the offer of the Greenfield committee to hold further meetings to consider the issues of generic drugs further . |
| 21 | So far — perhaps because of difficulty in finding a sufficiently masochistic emissary — the Americans have not taken up the suggestion . |
| 22 | She was grateful that Sylvie had not taken up the Princesse 's invitation to join them for the holidays and , a little guiltily , that Leo had n't either . |
| 23 | Eight years ago , the council gave Burton Property Trust permission to build a multi-storey car park as part of the Cornmill but it has not taken up the option . |
| 24 | In October 1966 , however , one year after the decision not to take up the option on the book , David V. Picker at UA bought the movie rights . |
| 25 | ‘ Originally he decided not to take up the option because he thought it would upset me , ’ Miranda said lamely . |
| 26 | I have alerted the Director of Education to the likelihood that a decision on whether or not to take up the school site might need to be taken sooner than originally thought . |
| 27 | Miss Kyte chose not to take up the challenge . |
| 28 | But in the bad times the market for second and retirement homes disappeared , and the local market ca n't take up the slack . |
| 29 | Erm I wo n't take up the point in relation to the particular site er Mr La Laycock was referring to but in general terms , car showrooms and people who work in car sho showrooms are taken into account in the calculation of employment needs , |
| 30 | The song is , it appears , about the lack of sex education in schools , a subject which we at Public NME feel is indeed worthy of airing , and what a shame more of our nation 's pop stars have n't taken up the musical cudgel , so to speak . |