Sentence examples for green take up from inspiring English sources

The justification for removing free parking that electric cars, however green, take up valuable space is fair enough.

And there are loads of edible greenery; Noma explains that at their venue "greens take up more room on the plate than is common at gourmet restaurants".

Administration officials acknowledge that the wait for a green card could take up to six years or longer, meaning that some guest workers who apply for green cards but do not receive them before their guest worker status expires would face the prospect of being forced to leave the United States.

I hung around the edges, not knowing anyone, swiping a bit of green cake to take up to my own little monster.

David Stubbs This week Chris Packham looks at Britain's grasslands, seeing the myriad fauna that inhabit the green areas that take up approximately half of our nation.

There are many advantages to being the host nation, here's one: "British fencers have been given the green light to take up eight host nation qualification places at the London 2012 Olympic Games - following approval for synchronised swimming, beach volleyball, basketball, table tennis, judo, handball, indoor volleyball, water polo and weightlifting".

In 1915 Little Tich cut short his engagement at the Golders Green Hippodrome to take up a better offer in Paris.

A fall in solar power was expected following a 65% reduction in government incentives paid to householders, but the size of the drop-off will dismay green campaigners who want take up on clean energy sources to accelerate.

In "Environmental Disclosure: Evidence from Newsweek's Green Companies Rankings," we take up these issues for a high profile context affecting the 500 largest firms in the U.S. We explore the impact of Newsweek magazine's carefully researched environmental performance rankings on stock market returns.

He wants the government to double spending on scientific research, to retrain workers to take up "green-collar jobs", to help overhaul grubby industries and to set up a venture-capital fund to bring new technology to market.

The aisles of Bhavik Indo-Pak Grocery and Video store in Elmsford are filled with red, green and purple chutneys; a dozen kinds of lentils take up several shelves, green whole moong, tan urad and orange masoor among them.