Example sentences of "[verb] to take up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a floorboard is difficult to lift or when you only want to take up a short piece , a floorboard saw is helpful . |
| 2 | NORMAN Riddell , the chief executive of Capital House , the fund management arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland , has resigned to take up a similar position at Invesco-MIM . |
| 3 | At the same time it was announced Leckpatick chief executive Malcolm Woods had resigned to take up a new position as managing director of John Kelly , Belfast . |
| 4 | When the chief executive wants to take up a new product , he selects one of them as ‘ project engineer ’ . |
| 5 | You seem to take up an awful lot of energy and time . |
| 6 | Sub-headings seem to take up an inordinate amount of space ; do we really need separate headings for ‘ What is Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to use Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to carry Tincture of Benzoin ’ , and ‘ Where to buy Tincture of Benzoin ’ ? |
| 7 | This was necessary to me as part of my approach to socialism , for before you can be sure whether you are genuinely in favour of socialism , you have got to decide whether things at present are tolerable or not tolerable , and you have got to take up a definite attitude on the terribly difficult question of class … |
| 8 | I 've got to take up a new attitude with him . |
| 9 | Anderson studied at George Watson 's Hospital , Edinburgh , from 1841 to 1848 , leaving to take up a legal apprenticeship for four years . |