Example sentences of "[prep] be taken [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After being taken over by the Catuvellauni they had a right to expect some restoration of their territories . |
| 2 | JAGUAR and General Motors were last night locked in crucial talks over a deal which would safeguard the luxury car maker from being taken over by the rival US motor giant Ford . |
| 3 | He completed his thesis on Lorenzo di Credi and worked in Italy at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence and the Biblioteca Herziana , Rome , before being taken on by the Albertina , Vienna . |
| 4 | Most of them must first pass through a stage of being used within LE by black speakers , before being taken up by the LE speaking community as a whole . |
| 5 | Its activity depended on its being sufficiently similar to be taken up by the chemical processes of the virus but sufficiently different to be useless to the virus and to jam its works . |
| 6 | I put a trimmed log in its place , to be taken up by the stair . |
| 7 | However , these recommendations have yet to be taken up by the profession and corporate reports in the business sector have largely remained concerned with fulfilling the statutory duties relating to reporting profit and loss . |
| 8 | Something that came up yesterday was interview you had , and Graham to make the comment , and he , he was trying to make the point that he , what he said , what he recommended , would have to be taken up by the council , and actually by the council when it happened . |
| 9 | David Wheatley , 28 , lived in a fantasy after failing to be taken on by the Force . |
| 10 | Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm . |
| 11 | Presented to the Society by Mr J E Cadwallader from Capetown , South Africa - the last employee to be taken on by the Bishop 's Castle Railway . ) |
| 12 | Haram , 23 , was one of just two artists from across the country to be taken on by the charity which promotes ‘ young musicians of exceptional quality ’ . |
| 13 | Thatcher said that the UK was ‘ financially sound ’ , there was a ban on overtime ( voluntary ) on British Rail ; the US was organising sanctions against Poland for daring to be taken over by the military and the Social Science Research Council , to muffled cheers and sobs , got a £1 million cut . |
| 14 | The last residents moved out towards the end of 1940 , leaving Barham House to be taken over by the army . |
| 15 | SMR 's role was to be taken over by the Shackleton-equipped Maritime Operational Training Unit at Kinloss and the unit was scheduled to disband in September 1956 with the remaining Lancs being ferried to Wroughton to await their fate . |
| 16 | A paper long allied to the Liberal tradition had been allowed to be taken over by the right-wing Mail . |
| 17 | January 15 is the date by which the inhabitants of Florida 's Vero Beach will know if their most famous local employer is to be taken over by the French . |
| 18 | No provision is to be made for liabilities to pay interest [ on loans not to be taken over by the purchaser ] ( v ) Full provision will be made for future rentals and other property costs on the Scottish warehouse lease |
| 19 | The distribution of land , all land under of production confiscate with the exception of those to be nationalized to be taken over by the Peasant Association , the unified |
| 20 | A TINY island rich in wildlife , scenery and history is to be taken over by the RSPB with the help of a £400,000 appeal . |
| 21 | Are we about to be taken over by the machine ? |
| 22 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 23 | Boys and old men drove donkeys , which carried baskets of sand from where it had blown into the town at one end , to be taken off by the wind at the other . |
| 24 | The poet mocks the people for being taken in by the priest but lays the blame on the shoulders of the priest and ultimately on the church for failing to do its duty . |