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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

A large part of the document is taken up with background material regarding XML.

take up The other exit was taken up with two bicycles.

All his evenings were taken up with study.

He is quite taken up with her.

He'd dumped Tatiana Bastos and taken up with a new woman.

He has taken up with a pleasant, hard-working bunch of friends.

In fact, the bulk of the book is taken up with criticizing other works.

A great deal of my time is taken up with working.

"Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety" (Charlotte Bront? ).

That advice was later taken up with zeal by the Republicans.

When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities.

She's taken up with an unemployed actor.

He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.

She's taken up with a bunch of artistes.

His business lunches were taken up with networking.

For many of us, everyday living is taken up with many commitments, pressures, and demands on our time.

Recently he has taken up with two bad boys, which makes his parents really angry.

A lot of an MP's time is taken up with answering letters from his con-stituents.

My time was fully taken up with reading those papers.

Our minds are taken up with far more mundane things.

Class time is primarily taken up with students building their furniture individually.

Leisure time is increasingly taken up with playing computer games and watching TV instead of reading and holding conversations.

George has taken up with Lucy lately.

A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

He is completely taken up with his work.

On the other hand, the Zeolite heats up through the kinetic energy taken up with the water molecules.

As is shown on Chart 2, only 10% of the time is taken up with sports activities.

Her time is fully taken up with writing.

My time is fully taken up with writing.

Her time is fully taken up with wirting.

My father was quite taken up with some sensational news in this morning's paper.