Example sentences of "[noun sg] take over from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chewing took over from talking . |
| 2 | The coalition took over from the Vietnam-backed Hun Sen government which rescued Kampuchea after the demise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in 1979 . |
| 3 | As he was a very intellectual artist , he was the ideal figure to take over from Metzinger the task of transmitting the principles of Cubism to the other painters ; and since he joined the group at a moment when the movement was striving for greater definition , his influence and importance can not be overestimated . |
| 4 | Peter then approaches the blackboard on which he writes the date , 5 November : this is the cue for the jazz to take over from the calypso ( in more strident tones than before ) as an indication of the disturbing events which follow . |
| 5 | The industry 's expansion is the result of the IDA 's efforts to create a new industry to take over from the ailing assembly , light manufacturing , and textile industries that started Ireland 's industrialisation in the early 1950s . |
| 6 | Once the children are familiar with this method of working they can manipulate it for themselves — e.g. the performers can ask for advice whenever they need it ; the performers can " Tag " an adviser to take over from them . |
| 7 | In general , hot-wires are more sensitive at low speeds than high ; however , if the speed is too low , free-convection heat transfer takes over from forced convection , making the cooling insensitive to velocity . |
| 8 | They 're using the leapfrog technique , one vehicle taking over from another at regular intervals . |
| 9 | Owing to its underground atmosphere , it advertised itself for a period as ‘ London 's Only Bohemian Rendezvous ’ and before long the business of drinking took over from chess . |
| 10 | In the summer , athletics , cricket and tennis take over from the winter sports . |
| 11 | He became a member of the emasculated politburo when the invasion took place taking over from the wretched Mr Dubcek in April 1969 after branding him and his team ‘ extremists and rightwing forces . ’ |
| 12 | A body to take over from the Wagner Development Group . |
| 13 | A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques . |
| 14 | Angst took over from utopian ideas of man 's upward march , quickly followed by despair on the one hand and pure silliness on the other . |
| 15 | THE station taking over from Thames inherits 10.6 million viewers and promises a strong blend of drama and comedy . |
| 16 | EXACTLY a fortnight after his unscheduled South Bank recital debut , when he was invited at the last minute to take over from the indisposed Krystian Zimerman , the young Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner was back at the Festival Hall to replace the temperamental Martha Argerich in a Mozart concerto with the Philharmonia and conductor Claus Peter Flor . |
| 17 | The Company is committed to continuing to supply around half Scotland 's electricity needs , which means a new power station to take over from Hunterston B when it finally shuts down . |
| 18 | Every day the brave and clever assistant takes over from the master , whose slackness and lack of seriousness demotes him from the rank which seemed to be permanently his . ’ |
| 19 | What the new technology has allowed is the study of the Hall effect at the level where quantum theory takes over from ‘ classical ’ electromagnetism , in other words , the quantum Hall effect . |
| 20 | There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it . |
| 21 | Taking their lead from the ‘ gee-whizzers ’ of American journalism , a more colourful , gossipy style of writing took over from the rather self-consciously poetic late Victorian style with its ‘ hapless custodians ’ and ‘ leather spheroids ’ . |
| 22 | It is also because she represents change : she is a woman taking over from a man who occupied the post for twenty-three years . |
| 23 | Anger took over from shock . |
| 24 | Sam de Beer took over from Stoffel van der Merwe as Minister of National Education . |
| 25 | It just sorta took over from that . |
| 26 | Whenever oligarchy took over from democracy , pay for office was one of the first things to be abolished . |
| 27 | British Aerospace took over from the Minstry of Defence and the work reduced . |
| 28 | Philip 's Mum took over from her at two . |
| 29 | The same effects can be achieved with an 000 size sable brush and very often the point at which the brush takes over from the pen is indiscernible . |
| 30 | Ever since the Pill took over from the sheath in availability and popularity , the onus of responsibility has fallen even more heavily on women . |