Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] take up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier expeditions , in the wars against Louis XIV , had twice failed to make any progress up the narrow estuary of the St. Lawrence ; the new expedition under Wolfe sailed up the river and established itself outside Quebec , the capital of New France : British troops took up positions east of the city and also on the south side of the river , but there was no attempt at a seige and the routes north and west of the city remained open . |
| 2 | Reports in early September said that the government had also urged southern tribal leaders to take up arms against Shia dissidents . |
| 3 | Marine bacteria take up DNA floating freely in seawater and dismantle it , experiments off the coast of Florida have shown . |
| 4 | Because of her international success and recognition , Meyer is one of the personalities South Africa is using to encourage more and more youngsters from the townships and under-developed areas to take up sport . |
| 5 | Then a short blast and six monitors took up position at the top of the lower playground . |
| 6 | Yet Punk was betrayed by its libertarian roots : despite the rhetoric and the packaging , the Sex Pistols were utopian , and their obvious pleasure in and mastery of the pop form inspired countless others to take up instruments and make meaning through music . |
| 7 | Brett and Masala flanked the back door and the other three bodyguards took up positions on the other side of the car , facing the photographers . |
| 8 | Until human beings take up roles in an enterprise , it is merely a collection of buildings and plant . |
| 9 | Forbes says nurses have a role in motivating their elderly clients to take up exercise by reassuring them of its safety — as long as proper precautions are taken and an appropriate activity is selected . |
| 10 | Nurses should encourage their elderly clients to take up sports and activities that develop skill and coordination , rather than strength , speed and endurance . |
| 11 | Nurses , particularly health visitors , have an important role to play in encouraging parents to take up immunisation and there is concern about falling rates of acceptance . |
| 12 | There may have been a few villages abandoned in the aftermath of the plague , particularly those on poorer soil , as their inhabitants moved to better lands to take up holdings which had fallen vacant . |
| 13 | By attracting famous names BPT hopes to create a snowball effect , boosting confidence and encouraging smaller retailers to take up space . |
| 14 | Ladies Day — All activities in the Festival area are aimed at encouraging more ladies to take up tennis . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's important to get more children to take up school dinners . |
| 16 | As more women take up exercise , there is an urgent need to know about its effects on the outcome of pregnancy . |
| 17 | More policemen took up station on the river walk . |
| 18 | The FA is to examine ways of encouraging more professional players to take up refereeing after they retire . |
| 19 | The FA is to examine ways of encouraging more professional players to take up refereeing after they retire . |
| 20 | However , the inequalities in higher education have rarely been the subject of close and critical attention ; far from arguing that higher education serves to reproduce inequalities , commentators ( e.g. Wolpe 1977 ) have argued merely that higher education functions to train middle-class students to take up positions of status and responsibility in society , such as civil servants , managers , teachers and doctors . |
| 21 | Two hundred thousand American women took up golf in 1981 bringing the total of female golfers to 3.4 million in the United States . |
| 22 | It had rained for a fortnight when he , his wife and two children took up residence in the 12 room Ben Alder Lodge . |
| 23 | Several young couples took up residence in a neighbouring parish at the start of their married lives but returned later to inherit the family property . |
| 24 | Other boys took up duties in the ARP , with many of the older ones gaining qualifications in the organization . |
| 25 | Major financiers and industrialists , notably those in St Petersburg , were made acutely conscious of their dependence on ministerial goodwill and it became increasingly common for senior officials to take up directorships on the boards of leading companies . |
| 26 | The promoters of the Club would like to see more of the local tradesmen take up bonds , feeling convinced that in doing so they would confer indirect benefit upon themselves . ’ |