Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] took up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed out that schools which took up the offer would not know in advance how much the discount would save them . |
| 2 | Another critic who took up the moral cudgels against the ‘ spicy ’ jokes and suggestive songs described how ‘ this kind of garbage is part and parcel of the repertoire of nearly every music hall in the kingdom … it puts decency and clean-living at a discount , and it glorifies immorality all round ’ . |
| 3 | The 1970s and 80s saw the development of models which took up the thesis that the mass media were not passive or neutral channels but exerted active influence to the advantage of select social groups . |
| 4 | The assembly instructions were all written to US specification which provided an interesting conversion problem for the youngsters who took up the challenge . |
| 5 | It was Dr. Joseph Thackeray , the newly appointed physician to the infirmary who took up the burden . |
| 6 | It is a fascinating story of a turnaround , of the value of sectorisation and of the quality of the managers who took up the challenge of ‘ Other Provincial Services , . |
| 7 | It was Owen who took up the challenge of modernizing the argument from design in a way that would allow it to incorporate the innovative aspects of transcendental anatomy . |
| 8 | The following day we took up the problem again . |
| 9 | Those centres which took up the offer helped SCOTVEC plan the deployment of its resources more effectively , while at the same time benefiting from earlier candidate certification . |
| 10 | Sometimes it appeared that the police and the media were christening subsequent sex beasts as variants of The Fox , while , much more rarely , on other occasions it seemed to be the offender who took up the mantle . |
| 11 | His days in London were crowded with what were essentially business appointments — the regular book committee meeting at Faber and Faber on Wednesday itself took up the whole of the lunchtime and afternoon . |
| 12 | Despite the opposition of his father he took up the study of medicine , first at Leipzig University and then in Vienna , where his funds ran out , forcing him to take employment for a time with the Governor of Transylvania until he had accumulated sufficient money to continue his studies . |
| 13 | In their progress they took up the whole width of the footpath . |
| 14 | Ca n't someone bring some sense into this ridiculous situation before the governors who took up the challenge after the Government 's much-advertised campaign to persuade people to do the work , and those who served faithfully for many long years , resign en masse ? |
| 15 | The gentle old men who took up the presidency of Lebanon had about them a streak of cold savagery that stunned even the Palestinians . |
| 16 | Having lost the Conservative party leadership contest to John Major he took up the position of President of the Board of Trade after the last election … |
| 17 | It was the Press which took up the Andrew Morton book on Princess Diana and the state of her marriage . |
| 18 | It was the Press which took up the cause of the miners when British Coal wanted to sack 30,000 of them . |
| 19 | Vuk himself took up the task , and his first effort appeared in October 1814 . |
| 20 | The couple who took up the challenge have no grandchildren of their own . |
| 21 | I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’ |
| 22 | At the time we took up the , the secretary took took up the matter and I got him to send us er a copy of the reply , and it , it appears that , as you know it 's all voluntary and , and it relies charity for individuals , but I noticed , I only got this from Ron yesterday , paragraph here says , where the community demonstrates it 's active support for such adventure , then there is an increase likelihood of the establish of a service , although it has to be said that there already exists a waiting list of communities eager to re receive P D S A support . |
| 23 | It is time we took up the second of my headings , language as screen . |