Example sentences of "the [noun sg] take up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 2 | Share options are more attractive than outright share purchases because there is no risk of a loss being made by the employee taking up the option if share prices fall . |
| 3 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 4 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 5 | Her impression of a bleak , high-ceilinged room was confirmed when she entered : the hall took up the top two storeys of the three-storey building . |
| 6 | The next day the front page of the Sun took up the theme with enthusiasm : PORN LUST OF THE FOX ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 7 | The bruiser took up the carpet-bag , at which point every ear caught the sounds of slow , measured footsteps and a man 's voice . |
| 8 | Using their favoured analogy in which the complexities of a nation-state were reduced to the simplicities of a corner shop balance sheet , the newly appointed boss of the Institute took up the cudgels again in February 1990 . |
| 9 | The teacher took up the remaining bangle and , throwing it into the water , said , ‘ It is there . ’ ’ |
| 10 | and so divided it that the remainder went to the husband to take up the one thousand one hundred and sixty five . |
| 11 | The team took up the gauntlet thrown down by the Health and Safety Executive and came up with a thorough checklist for the city 's 7 homes . |
| 12 | 3–11–1898 The Moderator read the following extract minute of Presbytery ; " The presbytery took up the report of the committee on union with the United Presbyterian Church as sent down by last General Assembly , and as Instructed by the Assembly , agreed to transmit the said report to the Kirk Session within their bounds for their information . " |
| 13 | Note that the net 's top line runs across the back of the head to take up the slack . |
| 14 | They were invited to Hollywood parties together and they left together : when one broke into song , the other took up the harmonising line . |
| 15 | The video takes up the story of two of the characters from A Weekend Away whom we now meet on holiday on the south coast of England . |
| 16 | The Government takes up the financial burden through the Public Service Obligation grant , but economies are still expected . |
| 17 | The centre took up the case and now we have got the cheque . |
| 18 | The biggest concern of the executioner , a man named Billington , was that the now quivering bulk of a fifteen stone woman would snap her head off as the rope took up the slack on the trip through the trapdoor . |
| 19 | Moreover the novel takes up the remark to Katkov that the criminal ‘ himself morally demands ’ his punishment ( which on its own might mean no more than that Dostoevsky had been reading Hegel or popularized Hegel ) , and builds some marvellous effects upon it . |
| 20 | As the orchestra took up the refrain once more , she came to take her mother 's hand at centre stage , and sang as if it was the most natural thing in the world . |
| 21 | I 've asked the union to take up the case for me . ’ |
| 22 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 23 | The couple took up the hobby almost five years ago and since then have completed around 50 tapestries of various sizes , some of which decorate their home . |
| 24 | The second characteristic of the corporatist vision of the company takes up the theme of the obliteration of the distinction between state and society and between public and private to supply a normative vision of the role of corporate management . |
| 25 | If the guest took up the booking , the deposit was part payment of the full price . |
| 26 | This resolution was taken up through the United Nations , and the declaration of 1968 as the ‘ International Year of Human Rights ’ provided the impetus to take up the question of human rights in armed conflicts . |
| 27 | In addition , where the landlord pays an inducement to the tenant in order to persuade the tenant to take up the lease , that is a payment on which the tenant must account for VAT ( Nevile Russell v Commissioners of Customs & Excise [ 1987 ] VATTR 194 ) . |
| 28 | On 23 February 1972 , the DUP took a major step towards establishing its own political identity when the four MPs crossed the floor of the house to take up the position left vacant by the withdrawal of the Catholic SDLP as Her Majesty 's Loyal Opposition at Stormont . |
| 29 | The comedian took up the offer . |