Example sentences of "take up [prep] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , these can only be taken up by larger farmers with access to credit , with a lower vulnerability to the risk that the innovations imply , and with the economic and local political power to assemble all the necessary physical inputs together in time . |
| 2 | This type of choreography was taken up by later music-hall acts whose very eccentric soft shoe , sand dances before a background of pyramids and palm trees aroused much laughter . |
| 3 | The discussion is relevant not only to the main topic of this first Part , but to many other issues taken up by later articles in the collection . |
| 4 | Early on he makes a general point , one taken up by later writers , that there is a relativity about identity . |
| 5 | Something like a third of the increase has been taken up in higher prices , with the prices of some capital goods , such as houses , actually doubling . |
| 6 | Around a fifth of the increase was taken up in greater activity , which resulted in a sharp fall in unemployment . |
| 7 | ‘ This is not just becoming more common , it 's actually expected of older , successful businessmen to take up with younger wives . |