It will be because I may pick up the gauntlet myself.

The opponent would pick up the gauntlet to accept the challenge.

He didn't pick up the gauntlet she had thrown down.

His chief executives would rather fly coach to Australia than pick up the gauntlet.

Some Cabinet officers have not picked up the gauntlet.

Where local regulations have curtailed the influx of the general public, the state has picked up the gauntlet.

Don't mantle yourself with its power until you are ready to pick up the gauntlet."

Dutifully he picked up the gauntlet and felt tremors of power surge through him.

The captain decided against picking up the gauntlet.

It is you who must pick up the gauntlet if you do not accept my demand for surrender."

He went down the stairway thinking of what he must do once he picked up the gauntlet.

Picking up the gauntlet which lay on the coffer nearby he pulled it over his knuckles.

The day was so lovely Glennys didn't pick up the gauntlet.

That was the beginning of what has been the most difficult challenge of my life; in a sense, it's when I first picked up the gauntlet.

Andrew refused to pick up the gauntlet.

"We'll work it out," said Chief Giotto, evenly, not picking up the gauntlet.

Do you want me to apologise for picking up the gauntlet you threw down?'

"The big companies are the ones encouraging the Supreme Court to pick up the gauntlet on this issue by filing supportive briefs," he said.

"Among other things... " I picked up the gauntlet.

The fact that Joey was here was proof that he'd picked up the gauntlet and heaved it back.

A day later, President Virgilio Barco picked up the gauntlet.

All in all, students have picked up the gauntlet on the sweatshop issue with an enthusiasm that has taken the aging labour movement by storm.

Mr. Redwood, having picked up the gauntlet, is now something of a hero to young Thatcherites, despite a rather stiff campaign demeanor.

The end was not reached again until 1964 when Mike Boone and Pete Livesey picked up the gauntlet.

They will get their chance to pick up the gauntlet at the forthcoming Kyoto follow-up Conference in The Hague this November.

"I think this would be a good opportunity to take up the gauntlet, so to speak, and really discuss things."

The Bloomberg administration was swift to take up the gauntlet.

But he only laughed shortly and refused to take up the gauntlet.

It was the courageous move of a leader who had taken up the gauntlet thrown down by his opponent.

The Cuitlahuac air force has taken up the gauntlet.

Keith squared his shoulders, and mentally took up the gauntlet.

Was he taking up the gauntlet against the subtle yet inevitable erosion such wealth would bring to the culture of his people?

One of the big four supermarkets, Sainsbury's says it's happy to take up the gauntlet.

Dottore Marina would have scoffed and taken up the gauntlet.

Such coordination is essential if we want successfully to take up the gauntlet of enlargement.

An e-mail address and a phone number invite viewers to take up the gauntlet and become involved.

Les took up the gauntlet with a sigh.

He would feel bad about it, but she was an adult; she should know better than to take up the gauntlet without thinking it through.

Taking up the gauntlet, Lenore's tone makes it appear as if she is the one who is now on trial.

Parliament should take up the gauntlet here.

Mr. Finn took up the gauntlet, barely able to contain himself: he seemed about to burst.

No one took up the gauntlet.

But if that potential is to be fulfilled, the aerospace industry, with the support of the national governments and European institutions, must take up the gauntlet.

She swung around, ready-eager- for battle, but Clayton simply stood there, calm and impervious, refusing to take up the gauntlet.

he hissed through his teeth as though daring fate to take up the gauntlet.

I appreciate Commissioner Byrne's contribution, because after our debate on the resolution of 2001, he took up the gauntlet after all.

Fortunately the students have now taken up the gauntlet and thousands of them demonstrated to commemorate the violent clampdown of August 1988.

Having drained her glass and taken up the gauntlet, Ms. Zambello reported to work at the Met to find the hate mail already waiting.

Mr Moddle taking up the gauntlet, they played several rubbers for sixpences, and Charity won them all.