Example sentences of "[noun] take up [art] [noun] " 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 | Er and seek good qualified er Consultants to carry out the work which could be deliberated on by the various Committees of the County Council and the District and that work has been done and I think if I saw anything Chairman from the meeting on the twenty second of December at St Albans , it was that form very first time three political parties took up the policy and they started to address particular issues er er er we believe less measures partaken . |
| 5 | Edward took up a position at the door-post . |
| 6 | The only disturbance to its surface happened in the nineteenth century when the architect Gilbert Scott took up the edges in order to install a heating system . |
| 7 | The departmental appraisals took up the bulk of the self-evaluation report . |
| 8 | A dozen books took up the space of three dozen nomes , and while Grimma privately thought that some of the books were more useful than many of the nomes , she 'd accepted Dorcas 's promise that they would come back , one day , and try to retrieve them from their hiding place under the floor . |
| 9 | The Kay brothers took up the design , made further improvements to it , and produced their stones uniformly on Andrew 's machine . |
| 10 | Majella took up the fiddle , I got an accordion and Mary got a banjo . |
| 11 | Devon and Cornwall police last Friday took up the case of Pipe 's Her Honour , found to have been doped when flopping at Kempton in January . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A tack room and hay loft took up the north side ; on the south side were grooms ' and coachman 's quarters . |
| 14 | She did not leave as Corbett took up the pewter spoon and began to eat . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Perhaps the greatest triumph was that of Susanne Bobzien , originally a Somervillian , who moved from Balliol to Queen 's College to take up a Philosophy Fellowship . |
| 17 | This is also the best advertisement for encouraging kids to take up the game . |
| 18 | Realising that the Australians were not so foolish as to engage in pitched battles , whatever their masters decreed , the Japanese sent a picked force of guerrilla fighters to take up the chase where the major columns left off . |
| 19 | The Chandleresque tones on the promotional tape take up the tale : ‘ … downtown Cheltenham , gee , what a place . ’ |
| 20 | Duncan , at six feet eight inches , has a devastating service , and is now off to Texas to take up a tennis scholarship . |
| 21 | Commentators have seen this as an acknowledgement of the slowness of the French-speaking nations to take up the challenge of an international role . |
| 22 | If branches take up the suggestions made in this paper they may find themselves having to increase annual expenditure . |
| 23 | It would require suicidal altruism to take up the cudgels for the Palestinians . |
| 24 | He stated that he had informed President César Gaviria Trujillo " a long time ago " of his intention to take up a post in the Higher Council for the Administration of Justice . |
| 25 | A policyholder who called at Croydon branch recalled an occasion years earlier when he was summoned to appear before the Board of Directors at London Office because he notified the Society of his intention to take up an appointment in Singapore . |
| 26 | Tenderly : A 1953 jam session takes up the whole of one side . |
| 27 | And as a little extra , the whole family is remembered through the generosity of the school 's industrial ‘ twin ’ — Triton plc , Britain 's leading shower manufacturer — which offers £10 cash back for every Triton shower purchased at Payless DIY , Nuneaton when your child takes up a place at Manor Park . |
| 28 | The problem was that we were firefighting not just for ourselves but for so many of our clients , and firefighting takes up a lot of time and emotionally is a strain . |
| 29 | Under that scheme , owners who face being made homeless due to mortgage arrears are allowed to stay in their homes as tenants for 12 months as the council takes up a head lease . |
| 30 | The bruiser took up the carpet-bag , at which point every ear caught the sounds of slow , measured footsteps and a man 's voice . |