Example sentences of "[noun] take [adv prt] the challenge " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commentators have seen this as an acknowledgement of the slowness of the French-speaking nations to take up the challenge of an international role . |
| 2 | It was on an earlier trip to Germany that Brenda took up the challenge to pass her bike test . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Computer technology was giving rise to a variety of innovative developments , and the field was in general pioneered by the CNAA and its institutions before the universities took up the challenge . |
| 5 | University — and particularly institute of education — suspicion of the entry of the CNAA into the field also spurred the universities to take up the challenge to validate the BEd that Robbins had thrown down . |
| 6 | Paolozzi takes up the challenge with relish , as he deliberately creates hiatuses and breaks in The Wealth of Nations . |
| 7 | RADIO : Billy Butler takes on the challenges offered by Radio City 's Tony Snell and one man celebrating 25 wavelength years John Peel . |
| 8 | Eventually , four non-farmers took up the challenge in the hope of winning a ten thousand pound nest-egg . |
| 9 | Urging firms to take up the challenge of the new markets to safeguard their future , he added : ‘ It is the innovative and proactive oil and gas service companies of Scotland with the vision and drive to explore and capitalise on international markets who will succeed and grow in the next century . ’ |
| 10 | The social sciences took up the challenge and , importantly for the development of International Relations , paraded economics as an exemplary application of scientific method to human affairs . |
| 11 | When the national selectors ' viewpoint was put to him , Watt took up the challenge : ‘ I was happy to give it a real bash . |
| 12 | Fogarty was left to move further and further ahead as Joey Dunlop took up the challenge , then Robert Dunlop made up ground rapidly after being seventh at the end of lap one , and by the end of the second lap it was Joey ahead of Robert to initiate a battle which continued until the end of the race when Robert just squeezed ahead . |
| 13 | Loiseau took on the challenge . |
| 14 | So the chain stores took up the challenge . |
| 15 | Kitty took up the challenge again . |
| 16 | Some travellers take up the challenge of lone journeys : a test of endurance in Arctic conditions . |
| 17 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 18 | Miki and Chris took up the challenge from the Jim Rose Travelling Circus to drink the bile ! |