Example sentences of "take up [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Games , he was cast as British milkman Harry Hayes , who takes up athletics for a joke , is spotted by a former champion runner and ends up in an Olympic Marathon . |
| 2 | The fastest growth has been in other kinds of paper , and particularly paper packaging , which now takes up 19% of the space in landfills . |
| 3 | It is not difficult to think of other examples — the man who takes up golf to be seen with the ‘ right sort of people ’ the competitor more interested in the prize than the process of winning it ; the senior common-room member who can not converse without showing off . |
| 4 | In 1858 a wild rabbit takes up residence in the garden ; Gustave forbids its slaughter . |
| 5 | Initiated by the CBSO under its electrifying young conductor , Simon Rattle , it will soon receive another boost , when Sadler 's Wells Ballet takes up residence in the refurbished Hippodrome under its new name , the Birmingham Royal Ballet . |
| 6 | The Spirit comes and takes up residence in our bodies , which he wants to use as his temple ( Cor. 6:19 ) . |
| 7 | The Spirit comes and takes up residence in a man once he is invited in . |
| 8 | She plays Isobel Hetherington — a young woman with three daughters — who takes up residence in a seaside resort during the hot summer of 1887 . |
| 9 | It starts from Ealing Broadway in London 's western suburbs , served by London Transport 's Central and District lines and close to the North Circular Road , and also takes up passengers at Gerrards Cross , convenient for the M25 . |
| 10 | We have , however , received considerable support and encouragement from Michael Fallon , who visits us regularly and takes up issues on our behalf with Government Ministers , seemingly with considerable success following the recent announcement with regard to European Grant Aid . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll take up golf in my old age . ’ |
| 12 | Clairol 's Silver Shot ( £19.95 ) is a small , compact hairdryer that wo n't take up loads of room and it has all the advantages of its bigger , professional-style counterparts . |
| 13 | But soon the light would begin to fade ; then fire watchers would take up positions on rooftops and each air-raid warden and ambulance driver would feel a churning in his stomach . |
| 14 | It does not have all the features of a full paint package but this means that it will not take up megabytes of hard disc space . |
| 15 | The track index will take up part of the first track of each cylinder . |
| 16 | I was worried 'e was gon na take up boxin' after doin' it in the army . |
| 17 | I have been talking about the different levels at which reason operates in relation to individual disciplines : we can take up stances within disciplines , across disciplines , and in being critical of disciplines as a whole . |
| 18 | Well as an association , we naturally get ourselves involved with many other aspects of the university activities in that erm both the students are applicants of ours and come and talk to us about projects which they may like to see emerge , and other departments of the university , the music department etc. , sometimes find that our knowledge of the area , or certain aspects of some of the schemes that we 're operating , coincide with what they 're trying to do and it turns out to be that campuses like this are often useful places for residencies and artists will come and take up residency in a university for a period of time , and that 's often been exploited by the Association . |
| 19 | And because it 's a DOS-based program , it wo n't take up masses of hard disk space . |
| 20 | Graduates with a specialism in Tourism and Leisure may take up employment in the management of tourism ventures , or in managing tourist flows . |
| 21 | Some essential and irreplaceable tissues , like the brain , kidney tubules , intestinal mucosa and red blood corpuscles , can take up glucose in the absence of insulin , which other tissues , notably muscles which are normally the largest consumers of glucose , need its presence . |
| 22 | President Carlos Salinas de Gortari , responding to increasing domestic and international pressure , was reportedly instrumental in compelling Ramon Aguirre Velázquez , a PRI hardliner who had officially won 55 per cent of the vote in Guanajuato , to make the unprecedented announcement on Aug. 29 that he would not take up office as state governor . |
| 23 | His replacement will probably not take up office until 1 September 193 . |
| 24 | As we have seen , it was encouraging that over half the applicants , while not taking a course at the institutions in our study , did take up courses at other institutions . |
| 25 | It is not very clever to spray and fight off enemies from the front door , while letting them take up residence outside a wide open back door . |
| 26 | And the inconvenience will be only slight , he can always take up residence at his college again until their time 's up . ’ |
| 27 | He will take up residence on the cleared site of the Fun House , whose place has been taken by a vintage carousel originally imported from Coney Island by Alderman W G Bean , the founder of the Blackpool funfair . |
| 28 | The Standard commentary column enthused again about the benefits that would accrue to the town ; ‘ people of means and leisure will take up residence in the district ; it has long been said that Henley needed further attractions and the present move is assuredly one in the right direction ’ . |
| 29 | On the morrow or soon after , as our uncle of Gloucester told me , he will take up residence in the Tower . ’ |
| 30 | Will you take up residence in France ? ’ |