Example sentences of "[adv] to take up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Sadly the ex England Captain is n't fit enough to take up the offer of a first division runabout before the Japanese season gets underway . |
2 | Sadly the ex England Captain is n't fit enough to take up the offer of a first division runabout before the Japanese season gets underway . |
3 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
4 | Eventually , the polyps bud in a different way and produce miniature medusae which detach themselves and wriggle away to take up the swimming life once more . |
5 | Assistant Chief Constable David Mellor , aged 52 , who is shortly to take up a post as deputy chief constable of South Wales , had just gone to bed when a device planted below the window of a living room exploded at 1.20am . |
6 | Fletcher , who , as captain , guided Essex to their first eight trophies between 1979 and 1985 , is widely expected to replace Micky Stewart at the end of this season when he retires , probably to take up a role with the TCCB . |
7 | Deciding now to take up the practice of law again , Herbert thought that the best opening would be to build up a country practice . |
8 | He had come to Salzburg from his parental home in Augsburg in 1737 to study at the University with the intention of becoming a priest , but his love of music had led him instead to take up an appointment initially with the Canon of Salzburg before joining the Archbishop 's household . |
9 | However , he decided instead to take up the post he had been offered of Captain and Governor of the Isle of Wight . |