Example sentences of "[noun sg] takes up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In words like ‘ potato ’ , ‘ tomato ’ , ‘ canary ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , ‘ today ’ , the vowel in the first syllable may disappear ; the aspiration of the initial plosive takes up the whole of the middle portion of the syllable , resulting in these pronunciations ( where indicates aspiration ) : ; ; ; ; |
| 2 | This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 . |
| 3 | Tenderly : A 1953 jam session takes up the whole of one side . |
| 4 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 5 | If mum takes up the game again , then why not her children in future years ? |
| 6 | Marcuse takes up the theme of domination through the ideological form of technological reason and shows how it is legitimized by the widespread consumption enabled by increased production . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The man of wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ; |
| 9 | To lift the patient off the bed onto a chair or commode , one carer takes up the position already described , while the other stands behind the patient on the bed and guides the patient 's seat up and round onto the chair . |
| 10 | Spry takes up the attack . |
| 11 | A more general argument takes up the reference by Gramsci to the ‘ semi-colonial market ’ and develops the concept of ‘ internal colonialism ’ , which has had widespread application to areas as different from one another as the peripheral regions of Great Britain , the black homelands in South Africa , Alaska and the Amerindian areas of Central and South America . |
| 12 | The son of the present owner takes up the story . ’ |
| 13 | Peter Dew takes up the story : ‘ Throughout the weekend we worked in our teams to complete a whole range of physical and mental challenges from negotiating the longest assault course in Britain , going on night manoeuvres to rifle shooting . |
| 14 | I 'm surprised that one did n't work because I mean they 're usually hot on it , you know they know where to go and and usually there 's action taken if a councillor takes up the cause . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I ca n't imagine that a little thing like a little torpedo takes up the sound ! |
| 17 | The article in the Evening Standard takes up the issue in the same vein . |
| 18 | That and the odd bit of gardening takes up the time . ’ |
| 19 | The Department of Ecclesiastical History takes up the story of the emerging ‘ Jesus movement ’ and carries it forward through twenty centuries to the present day . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Kaohsiung Yamaha covers over 235,000 sq ft of space and houses 800 staff ; electric guitar production takes up the ground floor while acoustics are built upstairs . |
| 22 | However , when the first violin takes up the theme of the lullaby high up in its register , he plays with a pure sweetness that makes him sound like a luminous voice in the distance . |