Example sentences of "take up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm one did take up on public individuals if they made a profit have the board not considered perhaps teaming public individuals to run the theatre ? . |
| 2 | It may take up to eight weeks to evaluate your program , so please be patient . |
| 3 | Sometimes it can take up to eight miles before it is warmed up enough to stop having to keep a foot on the accelerator at traffic lights , etc . |
| 4 | He finds himself stymied , ‘ unless we go to appeal , which would be the Lands Tribunal , which could take up to nine months … [ and ] I ca n't afford to . ’ |
| 5 | Its funding and negotiations with authors are in the hands of a general editor at Layer IV , assisted by a small group of editors at Layer 111 , each working on projects that may take up to 18 months to complete . |
| 6 | The report said that of 1,330 active oil wells , about 700 were on fire at the end of April , with between 2,000,000-6,000,000 barrels lost a day , and it estimated that bringing the fires under control " may take up to 18 months " . |
| 7 | The baby monkeys can take up to 18 months to mature and it could be that long before Hickery Holler is reintroduced to the group . |
| 8 | As it is , a penalty kick at goal can take up to two minutes out of the match . |
| 9 | Do not expect instant results , especially if the baby has diarrhoea or colic — it may take up to two weeks for the baby 's digestive system to return to normal . |
| 10 | It is thought certain that Mr Ward will fight extradition proceedings , which as a result could take up to two years to bring to a conclusion . |
| 11 | Record sales in foreign territories can take up to two years before they are paid . |
| 12 | That could take up to two years . |
| 13 | These completely non-invasive techniques have the advantage of being carried out on an outpatient basis but the treatment may take up to two years . |
| 14 | ‘ It would take up to two years to collect the information and in the meantime we would restore the old rates , ’ he said . |
| 15 | They 've promised to do so as soon as a new constitution has been written , but western diplomats say that could take up to two years . |
| 16 | The aircraft will take up to two stretchers with care attendants . |
| 17 | Do n't wait until Christmas Eve to defrost the turkey — it could take up to two days to thaw ! |
| 18 | Of the 750 men who had originally walked out , 450 were still in Edinburgh ; of these 200 were still unemployed a week later and it was thought that full absorption would take up to six months ; in fact by early April , only 20 strikers were still without work . |
| 19 | The latter can take up to six months to complete . |
| 20 | It 's a process that can take up to six months , but all this has not deterred hundreds more refugees from attempting the hazardous journey south . |
| 21 | A jet engine can take up to six seconds to spool up . |
| 22 | Terms have been agreed with the player and his club , Rosenborg , but a work-permit could take up to six weeks . |
| 23 | According to one Whitehall source , if present trends continue , the case could take up to six years before a final decision is delivered . |
| 24 | She stopped off in Britain yesterday on her way to Florida , from where she will take up to 1,250 passengers , pampered by 500 crew , on her maiden cruise to the Caribbean . |
| 25 | In addition to the time lag while the act was being understood , it can take up to four years for an insolvency practitioner to lodge a report and then for a disqualification order to be made . |
| 26 | It could take up to four years before a full hearing in the European Court , but Liberty 's legal officer , John Wadham , suggested yesterday that the action might prompt the Government to include a mechanism for complaints over GCHQ in its forthcoming bill to put the Secret Intelligence Service , MI6 , on a statutory footing . |
| 27 | The doctor explained that moles can take up to 10 years to appear , or for existing ones to become bigger or darker . |
| 28 | A disk will take up to 100 photos , which can be displayed on a television by a Photo-CD player or on a computer screen by a machine with a CD-ROM XA standard drive . |
| 29 | Courtship , he discovered , typically involved several stages , and can take up to five minutes . |
| 30 | They suggest that the species could take up to 70 years to recover , and estimate that some 150,000 murres died as a result of the spill . |