Example sentences of "been take up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ms McGinley has turned down two reasonable offers , which have subsequently been taken up by other tenants . |
| 2 | In a previous book I suggested that it might be parasitic , freeloading on the efforts of the 1 per cent , a theory that has more recently been taken up by molecular biologists under the name of ‘ selfish DNA ’ . |
| 3 | In what represents a text book case of technology transfer , it has been taken up by major operators in the pharmaceutical and general chemical industries such as SmithKline Beecham , Foster Wheeler and Monsanto . |
| 4 | ‘ Folk ’ tunes , especially of Scottish origin , had long had a strong presence in the North-East regional culture ; and , as in other areas of the country , they had also been taken up by middle-class circles . |
| 5 | The suggestion that the second person of the trinity , the Logos , is ‘ male ’ , but the Spirit should be seen as ‘ female ’ would appear to be common among more conservative Christians , Catholic , Anglican and Orthodox , and has been taken up by Christian feminists . |
| 6 | It survives in some remaining large-scale engineering plants and in the pits and has also been taken up in public sector employment in the National Civil Service ( particularly at the Longbenton Head Office of the DHSS ) , the Health Service and Local Authorities . |
| 7 | As we shall see , both options have been taken up in subsequent thinking . |