Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] take up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our unequal arms might well take up the difference in line lengths when flying one way ; but the perverse nature of our natural reactions does n't allow the same correction when flying the other way . |
| 2 | The main argument seems to be whether he could morally take up the titles of Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith . |
| 3 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 4 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 5 | We need not take up the argument here : let us , instead , turn to the more interesting subject of the explanations offered by the Ndembu themselves for certain key symbolic motifs . |
| 6 | She would not take up the cudgels of such a battle . |
| 7 | I shall not take up the argument of the hon. Member for Durham , North ( Mr. Radice ) ; it would be unwise to do so . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But in the bad times the market for second and retirement homes disappeared , and the local market ca n't take up the slack . |
| 10 | I shall certainly take up the point that the hon. Gentleman has raised about London docklands . |
| 11 | Banks will not take up the slack . |
| 12 | ‘ Certain highly technical factors , intelligible only to the expert and with which I will not take up the time of this inquest , have led me to conclude that Subject A had been dead for more than nine years and less than twelve . |
| 13 | John Hartley will shortly take up the position of Deputy Secretary General following a restructuring of responsibilities within CHQ . |
| 14 | Erm I wo n't take up the point in relation to the particular site er Mr La Laycock was referring to but in general terms , car showrooms and people who work in car sho showrooms are taken into account in the calculation of employment needs , |
| 15 | They may therefore take up the offer more speedily than they otherwise would , or be more reluctant to leave their existing job to search for another job . |
| 16 | I have details here of scores of cases , but as I can not take up the time of the House in referring to all of them , I will pick one or two examples . |