Example sentences of "[noun] to take up [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would require suicidal altruism to take up the cudgels for the Palestinians . |
| 2 | She was going home to England to take up the threads of her life and forget Alain and her time in France . |
| 3 | Bob Groves insisted there ought to be a public inquiry into the proposal , and called on Chelmsford Tory MP Simon Burns to take up the residents ' cause : they were less than happy with the MP 's response to date . |
| 4 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 5 | Another set of problems at the level of institutional approval was created for the CNAA by the decision of the University of London to run down its external degrees , and the CNAA 's agreement to take up the reins where possible and appropriate . |