Example sentences of "has [adv] be [verb] over by " in BNC.

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1 This hotel has just been taken over by Herr and Frau Sulzur , and already there is a friendly atmosphere .
2 Macedonia , lying across the southern end of the Vardar-Morava corridor which connects the central Danubian lowlands to the Aegean coasts , has always been fought over by rival powers .
3 Nelson 's column unexpectedly has now been taken over by a large , bearded Welshman , called Davydd .
4 Of course the company did n't pay any dividend , and has now been taken over by a firm making china and porcelain goods .
5 The work of fostering and supporting such groups has now been taken over by a national organization called Cope , which works closely with local social services departments and adult education departments to spread the approach across the country .
6 It 's strange that there are an awful lot of our team who have never played at Twickenham , because the traditional Harlequins fixture at the beginning of the season has now been taken over by League fixtures and they are now played at the Harlequins ground The Stoop .
7 Taking the first function , while it is true that the education ( and hence , also , [ … ] socialization — since the two can not be readily separated ) of children and young adults has increasingly been taken over by agencies outside the home such as schools , play-groups and youth organizations , the basic primary socialization of the child is still very much a responsibility of a nuclear family .
8 However , its marketing has recently been taken over by Letraset and we await to see the outcome .
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