Example sentences of "have [adv] [be] taken up [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | His call has also been taken up over the past week by those with an interest in property , gleefully listing their own particular regional carbuncles ripe for demolition . |
| 2 | This theme has also been taken up by a new Member who recently made a substantial contribution to the constitutional debate , Ian Duncan Smith , Member for Chingford . |
| 3 | It survives in some remaining large-scale engineering plants and in the pits and has also been taken up in public sector employment in the National Civil Service ( particularly at the Longbenton Head Office of the DHSS ) , the Health Service and Local Authorities . |
| 4 | On other occasions the product to be launched is considered to be over the limit of what can be given away and one creative idea which has now been taken up by quite a number of manufacturers is to raffle a small number of the items or to organise an amusing competition which journalists attending the launch are invited to enter . |
| 5 | The first is the ‘ life course ’ approach which was first developed by sociologists , but has recently been taken up by some historians . |
| 6 | ‘ Folk ’ tunes , especially of Scottish origin , had long had a strong presence in the North-East regional culture ; and , as in other areas of the country , they had also been taken up by middle-class circles . |
| 7 | Meditation , yoga , and psychotherapy have all been taken up by Westerners as ways of helping themselves cope , and give meaning to their lives . |
| 8 | ‘ Ms McGinley has turned down two reasonable offers , which have subsequently been taken up by other tenants . |