Example sentences of "[prep] [be] take [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next year the event will be held in the Grand Hall of Olympia 1 , which will provide 50% more floor space to be taken up over the next five years . |
| 2 | Mankind will have to accept that this product of immense periods of time was indisputably in existence inside the evolutionary story , waiting to be taken up as the only source available from which could be acquired a foundation for the God that man must ultimately have , and which was not completely imaginary , and therefore subject to unlimited interpretations . |
| 3 | Thanks to his hobby some splendid pictures of his son and daughter 's early life were preserved — on their tricycles , walking through the local park , playing with their cousins , skating and skiing , and some more imposing ones of them with the grown-ups — getting into the car while Kerry the chauffeur holds the door open ; looking very serious with the uncles and aunts , their mother appearing to be taken up with the idea of not being photographed with them ! |
| 4 | That cultural regulation , as we have seen , is controlled by men , for ( and this brings me to the third point ) , within this scheme of thought , woman herself is placed more fully within the realm of nature than man in consequence of the fact that more of her time and her body are seen to be taken up with the natural processes surrounding reproduction of the species . |
| 5 | CONCERN about the freeze on its annual grant is to be taken up with the Scottish Arts Council by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra , which had expected an increase of at least 3 per cent . |
| 6 | As in the past , a collection is to be taken up for the Ecclesiastical Students Fund , and this will take the place of the regular second collection . |
| 7 | The usual collection is to be taken up for the Communications work of the Church . |
| 8 | I think those points perhaps ought to be taken up at the General Purposes Committee since er we have the problem of their decisions . |
| 9 | Hitherto a shameful brothel man , Salim is uplifted by their meetings in his flat : ‘ My wish for an adventure with Yvette was a wish to be taken up to the skies . ’ |
| 10 | True enough , but to be incorporated into the protein the radioactive amino acid has first to be taken up from the bloodstream into the neurons . |
| 11 | Its activity depended on its being sufficiently similar to be taken up by the chemical processes of the virus but sufficiently different to be useless to the virus and to jam its works . |
| 12 | I put a trimmed log in its place , to be taken up by the stair . |
| 13 | However , these recommendations have yet to be taken up by the profession and corporate reports in the business sector have largely remained concerned with fulfilling the statutory duties relating to reporting profit and loss . |
| 14 | Something that came up yesterday was interview you had , and Graham to make the comment , and he , he was trying to make the point that he , what he said , what he recommended , would have to be taken up by the council , and actually by the council when it happened . |
| 15 | This option might have to be taken up in the future when the V-bombers reached the end of their operational lives , unless the TSR 2 turned out to be as effective as the RAF hoped , and was able to extend the life of the airborne nuclear deterrent indefinitely . |
| 16 | David Wheatley , 28 , lived in a fantasy after failing to be taken on by the Force . |
| 17 | Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm . |
| 18 | Presented to the Society by Mr J E Cadwallader from Capetown , South Africa - the last employee to be taken on by the Bishop 's Castle Railway . ) |
| 19 | Haram , 23 , was one of just two artists from across the country to be taken on by the charity which promotes ‘ young musicians of exceptional quality ’ . |
| 20 | Thatcher said that the UK was ‘ financially sound ’ , there was a ban on overtime ( voluntary ) on British Rail ; the US was organising sanctions against Poland for daring to be taken over by the military and the Social Science Research Council , to muffled cheers and sobs , got a £1 million cut . |
| 21 | The last residents moved out towards the end of 1940 , leaving Barham House to be taken over by the army . |
| 22 | SMR 's role was to be taken over by the Shackleton-equipped Maritime Operational Training Unit at Kinloss and the unit was scheduled to disband in September 1956 with the remaining Lancs being ferried to Wroughton to await their fate . |
| 23 | A paper long allied to the Liberal tradition had been allowed to be taken over by the right-wing Mail . |
| 24 | January 15 is the date by which the inhabitants of Florida 's Vero Beach will know if their most famous local employer is to be taken over by the French . |
| 25 | No provision is to be made for liabilities to pay interest [ on loans not to be taken over by the purchaser ] ( v ) Full provision will be made for future rentals and other property costs on the Scottish warehouse lease |
| 26 | The distribution of land , all land under of production confiscate with the exception of those to be nationalized to be taken over by the Peasant Association , the unified |
| 27 | A TINY island rich in wildlife , scenery and history is to be taken over by the RSPB with the help of a £400,000 appeal . |
| 28 | Are we about to be taken over by the machine ? |
| 29 | Sir : If Labour is to suggest the setting up of a specialist labour court ( 30 September ) , then such a momentous change in the industrial relations system deserves more discussion , and needs to be taken out of the hot-house of Labour Party conference politics . |
| 30 | The forces that had called forth a great preacher like Griffith were passing and he needed to be taken out of the limelight . |