Example sentences of "to take up [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At 50 kg the device is too heavy to take up Japan 's steep hills — and it can not yet produce on-the-spot pictures . |
| 2 | It soon became apparent that a crucial factor was the readiness of interviewees to take up areas referred to in the questions . |
| 3 | Richmann had found a couple of his men in one of the city 's bars , and dragged them out to take up position around a junction in the northern poor quarter . |
| 4 | It was nearly time for her to take up position at Ludgate Circus , but first she had to get Ruby to leave . |
| 5 | On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island . |
| 6 | En Shao appeared in Liverpool two years ago , shortly before he was due to take up position of principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra where he is now installed . |
| 7 | ‘ I wonder if I ought to take up weight-lifting . ’ |
| 8 | So far as the former are concerned , the Act ( as does the Financial Services Act ) assumes that public issues of debentures will be undertaken by the same methods as issues of shares and it provides that a contract to take up debentures , like one to take up shares , may be enforced by an order for specific performance . |
| 9 | Those that have substantial incomes should not be in a position to take up houses that might otherwise be allocated to those on a lower income and Mr Mayor i as a result of this I feel that that I would urge this council , although I suspect I shall be unsuccessful , in supporting this motion . |
| 10 | In 1656 , Colonel John Washington left England to take up land in Virginia which later became Mount Vernon . |
| 11 | And you decided to take up floristry because you saw a course advertised in a magazine ? ’ |
| 12 | You do not necessarily need to take up space by publishing them with the competition but they must be readily available on request . |
| 13 | By attracting famous names BPT hopes to create a snowball effect , boosting confidence and encouraging smaller retailers to take up space . |
| 14 | On 28 July 1971 the Rhodesia Herald published a letter from me in response to a vitriolic attack by a Rhodesia Front Party MP : When Mr Irvine claims that the university campus is both a hotbed of evil living and orientated to the ‘ unpractical arts ’ subjects , did he visualise arts and social science students abandoning their studies in history , sociology and political science to take up carpentry and plumbing ? |
| 15 | Her incentive to take up painting came after she read an article in the Sunday Telegraph about Brigitte Bardot , and , in particular , a poem titled ‘ Complaint of an abandoned dog ’ . |
| 16 | Later Marie Wassilieff too was to claim that she had persuaded Modigliani to take up painting again . |
| 17 | And a new exhibition of water colours at Oxford 's Old Fire Station , but what inspired the artist to take up painting ? |
| 18 | It is much more important that the student is given an understanding of a conceptual structure , and is able to take up stances within it , to understand something of the fundamental debates taking place within it , to see the difference between sense and nonsense , and to stand back and form critical evaluations of the wider social role of the form of thought . |
| 19 | The student has to be able to take yet a further step , and to be able to take up stances , hold to particular theories , or simply to act . |
| 20 | Stirling ordered the crews to take up formation and , bumping over the rough ground in the moonlight , they headed for the airfield . |
| 21 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 22 | Now the sentinel submarines were under way again , gently manoeuvring to take up positions alongside Taureg . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Officers joined their men , directing them to take up positions in the main access tunnels , while the main group was despatched to keep an eye on the dock area . |
| 25 | Er it ought not to have done in so far that er we were we were we were we were moving , we were going forward to take up positions on er on the river , er and this was being done on the understanding that er a certain bridge had been destroyed , er and it had n't been destroyed er and they were and they were they were already across you see . |
| 26 | Before they went through to the staff room to take up positions when the parents arrived . |
| 27 | The continuing Gulf crisis was characterized during September by ( i ) the progressive strengthening of the military position of the multinational anti-Iraq coalition , as forces arrived to take up positions in the region and further commitments were made ; ( ii ) the tightening of the economic embargo , extended to include interdiction of air traffic from Sept. 25 ; and ( iii ) the growing perception on the diplomatic front that a negotiated solution might only be achievable in the context of a wider consideration of conflicts in the region . |
| 28 | As the Cheshires sped away , soldiers in one of the Land Rovers leaped out at a road block to take up positions in a ditch and provide covering fire with their SA80 automatic rifles . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's important to get more children to take up school dinners . |
| 30 | The larva is then able to take up water from the environment and enlarges to rupture the remaining layers and escape . |