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Much of the second half is taken up with the devilishly tricky business of trying to extract causation from correlation.

For me, this number was a real eye-opener, as I began to realize how much of my time really is taken up by my chase for more money.

The man received him in his dressing-room, and after their business talk was over the wonders of the house were taken up.

Well, thank you for explaining it all so clearly. I've taken up a great deal of your time.

Almost three-and-a-half hours of a woman's day is taken up with domestic work, compared to less than two hours for men.

he had been taken up quite enthusiastically for a time by smart society in london , for he wrote smart society plays.

He was taken up, censured, and imprisoned for a month, by the speaker's warrant, I suppose, because he would not discover the author.

I would like to tell you that I have finally taken up the tuba, or, at the least, am using the time for ever deeper reflection.

One suggestion that may be taken up is the creation, at least for a time, of mixed councils to run the province.

As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven , Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

Familiarize Yourself With the Leave Policy. Most employers will reimburse you for vacation you haven't taken up to a certain amount.

Forgive me for having taken up so much of your time, and accept my best wishes for your health and happiness.

He seems to be very much taken up with that tall Swedish girl.

The distinguish of the right and obligation of every parties is taken up from the point of legal relationship.

On his direction, the matter is being taken (up) by the foreign ministry in the strongest terms with Nato and the US.

All this had taken up a great deal of time, and it was midnight before he reached home.

The proposal is most likely to be taken up by highly selective institutions, which turn away thousands of qualified candidates a year.

Besides all these, having taken up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.

I had touched him on the raw somewhere, so I got up and said I was sorry to have taken up his time.

and, what convinces me that he is not a gentleman, stays here, and talks of his being taken up for a spy.

I meant nothing in particular by this remark, but it was taken up in an unexpected way.

What they did not know is that we had taken up positions in the dark.

That was why the Delegation was pleased to see that WIPO had taken up the challenge, in the previous years.

The Secretariat therefore suggested that this matter be taken up in the context of the preparation of the next program and budget.

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

He had taken up a book from the stall, and there he stood, reading away, as hard as if he were in his elbow-chair, in his own study.

I want to know how much time is taken up in extracurricular activities , homework and housework in your class.

But the main section of the user-interface is going to be taken up by the FFMPEG options we'll choose to make user editable.

None of these options have yet been taken up and the company says little interest has been expressed the acquiring a multirole J-11.

He was taken up, censor'd, and imprison'd for a month, by the speaker's warrant, I suppose, because he would not discover his author.

A lucky child might get taken up for a "flip" around the sky, price five pounds. It was a lot of money, and I did not fly for years.

Congressional observers say the immigration reform issue likely will not be taken up in the time available.

To expand the sales of its product, the company has taken up various measures to open up new markets and to improve its services.

I never know for what he wanted the gun till I was taken up-I do not know yet why he wanted.

Until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

The matter will be taken up at the next Party branch meeting.

One meeting a week will be mostly taken up by first screenings and a brief discussion afterwards.

Statistics demonstrate that tobacco tax revenue has taken up a great proportion in the total tax revenue of the province.

She's taken up with a man old enough to be her father, which is a disgrace to her parents.

Objective To sum up the nursing problems of SAP and the countermeasures taken up in nursing.

There were six dolls to be taken up and dressed every morning, for Beth was a child still and loved her pets as well as ever.

The matter will be taken up at the next meeting.

The question of public housing should be taken up with the Minister whose responsibility it is.

By 2001, the amount of world trades has taken up one quarter of the total goods and services all over the world.

She has taken up with a man old enough to be his father, which is a disgrace to her parents.

The staff were friendly checking us in and our bags were taken up to our room while we had a drink in the bar.

The activity soon developed into a nationwide campaign and was taken up by several universities.

This moggie seems to have taken up residence on its owner's bed.

The Delegation had no opposition as to which order these four categories or five categories should be taken up.

Ultimately he decided that in his sheer love of reading he had taken up a wrong emotion for a Christian young man.

Much of the book is taken up with judgments on the people who were trying to remake the world from Washington.

The central area of the screen is taken up with a full description of the company record.

But she warned that, as the test is taken up, there will be a sudden increase in the number of diagnosed cases.

Many sailors who have recently taken up the sport are soon out on the water most weekends.

And if you look closely, this scene was almost taken up in the film Hero, well borrowed.

The scrap ratio has taken up over 40%of the total charges since the adoption of this measure.

So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and he was found completely unhurt , because he had trusted in his God.

Everyone from philosophers to physicists has taken up this question of consciousness and come up empty.

My son has taken up meditation--at least it's better than sitting doing nothing.

The energy taken up in this region of the spectrum is a measure of the temperature of the hot object.

The rest of August was taken up with bill signings, the party conventions, and a positive development in Whitewater World.

It is taken up almost completely by an octagonal lake, around which, lie some of the principal museums in the city.

The aim is now to identify key agricultural questions to be taken up by the international research community.

Neither man had taken up a shield this morning, so it was a game of slash and parry, back and forth across the deck.

Most of its equipment budget is already taken up with existing programmes, commissioned long ago with bills to be paid for years to come.

Chrissy has taken up a new hobby which involves filming everything she sees for her class project.

The issue will be taken up in July, in Cardiff, Wales, when the International Football Association Board meets to discuss rule changes.

And they ate and were all satisfied. And what was left over among them was taken up, twelve handbaskets of broken pieces.

of Bergen which is taken up almost completely by an octagonal lake, around which, lie some of the principal museums in the city.

NED used to be a scuba diver and now he's gone to the other extreme and taken up hang gliding.

before he ' s done , yucca enthusiasts may wish he ' d taken up a more traditional hobby , like stamp collecting.

Most of that gets taken up by the thyroid and is used to make hormones that regulate metabolism.

He is one of the growing number of Americans who in recent years have taken up dangerous sports to fill their leisure hours.

As part of my resolution to " Enjoy the fun of failure, " I've taken up the motto, "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. "

Common shapes in fire include teardrops and tendrils for the flames and an elliptical shape for the entire space taken up by the fire.

In different parts of the small country vigilante groups have set up roadblocks and taken up makeshift arms, often on a sectarian basis.

"Competitiveness" originally had a clear meaning but has now been taken up by politicians and business leaders as an all-purpose slogan.

But a good half of each twenty-second increment was typically taken up with preliminaries and formalities.

We saw the boat go alongside, and we saw him taken up the side and disappear.

So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your valuable time.

Orlistat blocks the intestines from absorbing fat when taken up to three times a day with meals.

It has taken up the causes of another dozen potential saints, including Dorothy Day and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

Mary's taken up with a man old enough to be her father.

It is an issue that no presidential candidate has taken up in earnest.

A tale born of the tough conditions of rural life is taken up as a form of middle class entertainment.

As long as the lending culture, the word can be also taken up.

At rest, the amount of oxygen taken up and used by the body is less than 1, 000 millilitres per minute.

No, I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your time.

Meanwhile, in the installation process large space is no need to be taken up, and the installation is simple.

It would be a shame if enthusiasm for such projects was lost over one fewer letter being taken up by J. mp.

An activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment; a hobby.

Much of his childhood and adolescence was taken up with tours, which included performances before many of the royal courts of Europe.

Sorry to have taken up so much of your time.

The first few months she was so taken up with fine clothes, balls, and plays that she thought of nothing else.

m sorry to have taken up so much of your time.

The unprecedented scale of the evidence meant that much of the first two years were taken up with amassing evidence.

I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your time.

Any nutrients and water that are not taken up by the roots can be recycled, rather than being lost into the soil.

Now there are three sessions a week and half of the places are taken up by corporate bookings.

While you sleep, you ll be taken up to a higher school, and then study there.

Also during the course of this experiment I've taken up journal writing again, which proves a helpful tool to stay on track.

The demand for this line would depend on how quickly the additional capacity provided by the Spur Line would be taken up.

American money managers have taken up the slack, but they too are becoming twitchy about their exposure, according to a market participant.

Instead, an "executive committee" , whose members are American-trained and experienced in running Libya, has taken up the reins.

Let us pray for all the believers who have taken up the leadership and teaching role in their congregation.

Most of the rear wall was taken up with a duty roster and two bulletin boards festooned with typewritten notices and circulars.

But so far, the officials he has met with have not taken up the cause, he says.

B: Thank you for your explanation. I'm afraid I have taken up too much of your time.

I might as well have announced that I'd taken up bank robbery as a sideline.

I'm sorry that we have taken up so much of your valuable time.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taken up a reproach against his neighbour.

Today, the computer has taken up appliance status in more than 42 percent of households across the United States.

The miseries of humen life has established all this; as men have seen this, they have taken up diversion.

Past emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases from rich countries have taken up much of that space.

After reading Sanderson's countermemo, Grey exclaimed that "somewhat to my surprise he [Sanderson] has taken up the cudgels for Germany. "

Almost half its nine-inch length was taken up by its head. It was quite flat so there would be little meat.

After that, if they play badly, then their place in the team will be taken up by someone else.

That recommendation is unlikely to be taken up by the legislature, but it will still tarnish her reputation.

when, as soon as one speaks about it, the twenty scenes I mentioned about are only asking to be taken up again in the form of buffoonery.

That must have taken up a great deal of time.

When this rain enters the soil, some of it is taken up by trees and incorporated into their wood.

Displaced from other parts of Iraq, these people have taken up shelter in makeshift houses on the otherwise deserted grounds.

The applicant can clearly achieve this act once the issuing bank has taken up the documents and delivered them to the applicant.

We have taken up the gauntlet and are redesigning the product using cheaper materials to undercut our competitors.

I'm sorry I've already taken up so much of your valuable time.

For now, the initiative is only aimed at researchers, but Insel hopes the brain networks idea will be taken up by doctors too.

And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

You can use such an event handler together with the DELETE_OLD_LOGS database option to control the space taken up by transaction logs.

Mr Gombert loves to fish, hike and ski. Also, since both of his children have taken up golf, he selflessly plays with them at weekends.

I'm afraid i've taken up too much of your time. I'd better be going.

Clubbed orders are often taken up for clearance checking.

Much of the book is taken up with the first aim, approached by studying the 'cash nexus' that links politics and economics.

The rest is taken up by terrestrial vegetation and soils or remains in the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect.

much of the nitrogen taken up is returned to the forest floor due to litter fall.

" They answer, " Come to the edge of the earth, lift up your hands to the sky, and you will be taken up into the clouds.

The extra detour had taken up at least two hours, but we were making progress.

Just recently a black sponge has taken up in the reef.

The final two terms are taken up with an in-company project, followed by a series of electives and capstone courses before exams.

I am gratified that the United States and many other democracies around the world have taken up this challenge.

If North American aluminum production has lagged , Chinese production has taken up the slack.

But when they returned to the first floor they were then taken up the stairs again to the second floor.

In Mingora the Taleban are said to have taken up positions in residential areas and to have mined the main roads.

With the help of his friend Raimbaud, he has disguised himself as a hermit and taken up residence outside the castle gates.

Another encouraging sign, I think, is that it's not just in the developed world that this idea's been taken up.

The ground floor of the museum is taken up by the skeleton of a gigantic whale.

Diplomats like U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have taken up the issue of improving English skills in China, as well.

I'm sorry for having taken up so much of your time.

The grey cells occupy only 5% of our brains - 95% is taken up by the communication network that runs between the grey cells!

Hawkish sites that have taken up feminism include Little Green Footballs, Jihad Watch and Horowitz's FrontPage Magazine.

Fertilizer N not taken up by plant roots is subject to microbial immobilization and losses by denitrification , volatilization and leaching.

he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire.

And taken up a Mrs Simpson, a woman with two husbands living!

They also predict that the counselling role could be taken up by organisations ideologically opposed to abortion.

The bill passed the Senate earlier this month. It has yet to be taken up by the House.

He is a pa'son's son, and is too much taken up wi' his own thoughts to notice girls.

Whenever she asked after him, the answer was, he was away from home, or he was quite taken up with business.

These things were cheaply and readily available here, and would have taken up valuable space in a suitcase.

Her parents could not understand why she had taken up with an unemployed actor.

Yes, a little, only from the films, because we haven't taken up the Navy in class.

The effect of such measures seems limited. Up to April 2010, only 11, 400 immigrants in Spain had taken up the offer.

They have claimed that the cases taken up to the Supreme Court were not test cases as we claim they are.

As a globally oriented company we are facing special challenges that are taken up by our worldwide Marketing Companies.

My proposal has not been taken up so far.

Henrietta had lately taken up the tone of helpless innocence and large concession.

Mr Biden has taken up similar public responsibilities to Mr Cheney as well.

Many celebrities, media professionals and athletes have taken up microblogging and registered huge numbers of followers.

If the draft is not immediately taken up, we shall the compelled to take legal measures.

He had taken up the piano as a child and joined a jazz band in California.

And as the days were being fulfilled for Him to be taken up, He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.

The driver has had his license taken up for violating traffic regulations.

Increasingly, large numbers of women and teenagers have also taken up the habit.

I am sorry to have taken up so much of your time.

If you noticed, all the nice-looking and expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.

The ICC prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has taken up cases involving both Sudanese government officials and rebel commanders.

We are sorry to have taken up much of your valuable time.

This issue has now been taken up on a global level by authorities around the world.

The richer and more educated people in the East have, however, to a great extent taken up the table manners and customs of Western people.

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

Meanwhile, technology for making water filters using nanomaterials for better absorption of contaminants has been taken up by several firms.

We have already taken up too much of your valuable time.

The hotter the weather, the more quickly the waste breaks down into ammonia to be taken up by plants.

Now the issue of CCTV is to be taken up by the government in its upcoming Freedom Bill.

Bank lending to companies is also contracting, although bond markets have taken up some of the slack.

Iodine-131 and caesium are more damaging, however. Iodine is actively taken up by the thyroid gland to make hormones.

Still, there is no telling what creatures may have taken up residence after we sealed these tunnels shut.

As TU is taken up by the intestinal lymphatic system, both the presence and the composition of food influence the absorption.

After carbon-14 spread throughout the globe, tiny amounts of the gas were taken up by the slow-growing mosses.

I am terribly sorry to have taken up too much of your valuable time.

Over the past few years, I've taken up entrepreneurship, blogging, sailing, acting, learning Spanish and living abroad.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken up stamp collecting to cultivate a calmer image, foreign media said recently.

She hadn't a good word to say for the likes of Mrs Lucas who'd taken up with " other men" after her Frank had gone.

He has not taken up the offer but thinks it is "red alert" time for London, which has a large base of French expatriates.

Broca's new method was taken up quickly. All sorts of strange neurological symptoms are now explained by specific brain damage.

Some of the seemingly inhibited women who had worked there had subsequently taken up machetes in the country's genocide.

But he has taken up too much of my soul memory . My heart cannot hold the new love again .

Proper internships are paid (or unpaid ) temporary positions in companies, taken up by young people still in education.

This book has taken up all of my time so that I haven't tailed after the current situation in Russia.

Wandering through, you stumble into tiny squares almost taken up by cafe terraces, and it is hard to resist the temptation to stop at each.

What is not taken up by the lighthouse (and lots of rocks) is used for grazing cattle and sheep.

Our son has taken up with the boys round the corner.

The seventh truth is "The Nanjing massacre was not taken up by the League of Nations Council. "

Scrutinize the different ages of lichen that have taken up residence on a stone wall.

In the city, chances of employment is slim compare to those of country side where there are lots of vacancy to be taken up .

They then determine the positions that will be taken up by the newly formed sister nucleoids when DNA replication has been completed.

Because these things have taken up so much of their time and energy, their study is neglected.

There is no obvious reason why the amount of time taken up by asocialist alternative should be greater.

It has, you could say, taken up chess.

On modern jets almost the entire leading and trailing edges are taken up by lift-increasing flaps and slats for takeoff and landing.

According to the IOM report, very few of these refugees have taken up the government's offer to return.

"Fake" data doesn't represent the actual space on the page that would be taken up by realistic data.

Local bloggers have also taken up the issue in fervent postings.

Now Turkey has discreetly taken up his client's case (although Iran has turned down a Brazilian offer of asylum for Ms Ashtiani).

The result is lower initial cost, less space taken up by sensors and analyzers, and reduced maintenance and training requirements.

Abnormal excretion - accumulation of serum bilirubin, which is normally taken up by the liver and excreted into bile, resulting in jaundice.

People have taken up mobile phones, watched satellite television and switched on Facebook and Twitter.

eg. A good deal of my time is taken up with reading critical essays and reviews.

He has already travelled extensively in Asia and taken up a number of internships.

Much of the summit will be taken up with ceremonies to celebrate NATO's 60th anniversary, and France's full return to the fold.

One consultancy that has taken up the scheme is First Partner.

Recently, domestic and overseas scholars have taken up large-scale research on anti-Americanism.

Some of the more contentious issues may be taken up on Tuesday.

Because practises, because graduates, because just worked, because of all, very long has not taken up the radio.

Her time was always taken up with homework, work in the warehouse at the back of the shop, or church in one form or another.

Not long after their tortuous and inevitable breakup, Tony learns that Veronica has taken up with Adrian.

Over half of the new issues of US Treasury securities are now taken up by Asian economies.

While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.

Unsurprisingly credit card companies haven't taken up the idea, good though it is.

The young man is so lucky that he is taken up by a famous novelist.

Up to April 2010, only 11, 400 immigrants in Spain had taken up the offer.

'We are considered trendsetters in our industry because we've taken up a brand new way of doing business. '

It is also, as the Guardian's nature photography project reveals, a medium taken up by professionals and amateurs alike.

If you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.

A whole regiment of skeletons has taken up residence in his closet.

Booking the tickets has taken up a whole afternoon .

The home improvements have taken up what little there is of my spare time.

As for economic accounting, it is to be taken up gradually.

The attraction is that the volume of gas released exactly matches that taken up by the plant when it was growing.

On the award being taken up by one party only, I will unless otherwise requested dispatch a copy by first class post to the other party.

Whatever form your state of denial or repression has taken up until now, you are finding itincreasingly difficult to maintain.

Within two hours the arsonist was taken up by the police.

This change in status, taken up by 26 banks to date, has allowed them to offer retail banking services through local subsidiaries.

taken up painting recently so I'm no Picasso, but I'm learning.

Addresses what percent of the tolerance is taken up by measurement error ?

The opportunities will instead be taken up by hedge funds and firms like KKR and BlackRock Inc. , which are money-managers and not banks.

He had just composed it himself, so he was very taken up with it, and would not pay proper attention to Mole or anything else.

The only exit was taken up with bicycles.

Predicting how quickly additive manufacturing will be taken up by industry is difficult, adds Dr Hopkinson.

I'm afraid I've taken up too much of your time.

Once taken up, the genes force the cell to produce proteins that can kill the cancer.