The meeting took up the better part of the morning.

A large part of the park is taken up by a lake.

Even though it wasn't large, the bed took up a good part of the room.

"You know, the shows take up a big part of what I do in the evening."

Social services take up a large part of the council budget.

But news takes up a small part of the broadcast day.

Yet a considerable part of this has not been taken up.

"But because Iraq is such a big issue, it obviously took up a major part of the conversation."

If you rolled out the news in just the right way, it would probably take up the better part of my day.