Example sentences of "take up much of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Administration takes up much of the day , especially if there are a lot of patrols . |
| 2 | This takes up much of the last week or more and is written out in precise detail . |
| 3 | Scouting takes up much of Sarah 's spare time but she still squeezes in regular visits to Huddersfield Technical College where she is studying for two ‘ A ’ levels — geography and business studies . |
| 4 | Has anyone said to you ‘ It will not take up much of your time , only a couple of hours on a Friday evening ’ ? |
| 5 | At ground-floor level she discovered a games-room , a large slate-bed billiard table taking up much of the space , and a selection of tennis racquets and other games equipment suggesting that there were the courts and space for all these things . |
| 6 | Intel Corp has been less than enthusiastic about the future of its i860 — getting the 80586 into battle readiness in such a short space of time has taken up much of the company 's research and development resources in any case . |