Example sentences of "[adv] take up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Chairman erm I would like personally take up a suggestion that was in The Star about the possibility of a regional company being based at the playhouse in other words for a few months I would see it as people getting to know this company and rather like a repertory theatre of old then people would want to come and see these people in different roles and I think that would add to the you know repetitive . |
| 2 | The Bishop , who only took up the post last march , was advised by the Archbishop of Canterbury to take a rest from his official duties . |
| 3 | As was only to be expected , the Tory press eagerly took up the cry . |
| 4 | For the diminutive Andy — people often wonder how he hauls around the pro bags that stand as high as him — the triumphs he has shared with Nick Faldo are something of a fulfilment of his own ambition of winning the titles himself : he started as a tournament professional with dreams of a major championship before realizing he would not make the grade as a pro , and so took up the bag instead of the club . |
| 5 | These avenues have not only taken up a lot of the time and energy of the present generation of activists but they have also reduced the reliance on the politics of the street demonstration by presenting alternative means of expression and action . |
| 6 | Sadly the ex England Captain is n't fit enough to take up the offer of a first division runabout before the Japanese season gets underway . |
| 7 | Sadly the ex England Captain is n't fit enough to take up the offer of a first division runabout before the Japanese season gets underway . |
| 8 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
| 9 | John Hartley will shortly take up the position of Deputy Secretary General following a restructuring of responsibilities within CHQ . |
| 10 | I think , I 'd like to just take up the point about secrecy because I am involved in talking to couples where the , there is a basic problem of male infertility where th the husband of the couple , or the partner of the couple is unable to father a child because he 's not producing any sperm , or not producing enough sperm and that couple come to us for help and advice |
| 11 | Under the guise of outrage , the Daily Post self-righteously took up the story , forcing the other Fleet Street newspapers to follow suit . |
| 12 | When Richard finally took up the scrip and staff of a pilgrim , the latter broke under him . |
| 13 | Samantha Ward Tadman , 10 , of Rhyl , has just taken up the cello , and after only a few months , the prize-winning pianist has passed her first cello exam Picture : PHIL MICHEU |
| 14 | It is typical of British tennis that Annabel Croft , who had not played a serious match for five years , should celebrate a light-hearted comeback by beating one of our brightest prospects who has just taken up the game professionally . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , a second pressure pad has already taken up the tension for the next length of rods . |
| 16 | Eventually , the polyps bud in a different way and produce miniature medusae which detach themselves and wriggle away to take up the swimming life once more . |
| 17 | Assistant Chief Constable David Mellor , aged 52 , who is shortly to take up a post as deputy chief constable of South Wales , had just gone to bed when a device planted below the window of a living room exploded at 1.20am . |
| 18 | However , in their natural laboratory of unchanging day length , the trees ' " year " gradually took up a period slightly different from a true year . |
| 19 | It also takes up a lot of memory for OPEN , remembering all states which might lead to a solution . |
| 20 | If the Church of England , which many preferred to call simply ‘ the Establishment ’ or , copying the Scots , ‘ the Episcopalian Church ’ violated its ‘ contract ’ and failed to provide a Protestant religion for England , then the Nonconformists , cooperating through the Council , would willingly take up the contract and deliver the appropriate religion . |
| 21 | On Dec. 17 Gaidar was made presidential economic adviser and also took up the directorship of the Institute for the Problems of the Transition Period . |
| 22 | As the Conservatives themselves hesitantly took up the theme of citizenship in response to opposition challenge , it was argued that only a more flexible , compassionate style of Toryism could be their route to safety . |
| 23 | St Bartholomew 's Hospital Medical College , London , now insists that all new appointees should attend at least one approved teaching course in the year after taking up a post . |
| 24 | He has also taken up the case for a market-orientated reform , which has been started , but with far less vigour . |
| 25 | I could n't bring myself to believe it , and after I had visited Cooper in Maidstone Prison and McMahon in Long Lartin Prison and spoken to their two solicitors , Gareth Peirce for Cooper and Wendy Mantle for McMahon , as well as to Tom Sargant , the secretary of JUSTICE , who had also taken up the case , I was convinced that they were as innocent of the Luton murder as I was . |
| 26 | The union has also taken up the case of 50 workers who were fired for joining the union . |
| 27 | The NUS and several other student unions have also taken up the campaign and it is hoped that the campaign will extend beyond the student movement to trade unions and women 's groups . |
| 28 | Jenny Maxwell and Dawn Gill both take up the challenge of the presumed cultural and political neutrality of mathematics and , by means of an examination of the common ( and therefore frequently invisible ) setting for mathematical problems , bring to light many ( contentious ) presumptions about acceptable , appropriate and valued uses for mathematics . |
| 29 | Fletcher , who , as captain , guided Essex to their first eight trophies between 1979 and 1985 , is widely expected to replace Micky Stewart at the end of this season when he retires , probably to take up a role with the TCCB . |
| 30 | Phil now takes up the story . |