Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [adv] taken over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is arguable that the friction between locals and newcomers which has been a common feature of village life in recent years is only a temporary problem brought about by the dislocation of established social patterns which have been hard for the social life of the village to digest , and that once the newly arrived population has either taken over entirely or ‘ settled down ’ to a rural existence many of the initial problems will be reconciled . |
| 2 | Since then home viewing has largely taken over from cinema going but there does not seem to have been much criticism of the format as such but perhaps more so the screen size . |
| 3 | A spokesman at the estate said yesterday : ‘ As the new earl has just taken over , we are reviewing our business policy . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ In a society where the image has virtually taken over every aspect of life , people are tired of having someone else decide what it is they will see . |
| 5 | The modem newspaper horoscope has largely taken over from dream-books , although they are still published , and still draw largely on the works of Artemidorus ( or claim to ) . |
| 6 | The buyer of the estate has now taken over some 2,700 Black Face and North Country Cheviot ewes and is adding a small herd of Charolais cattle . |
| 7 | In the twenty-five years since Tanzania gained political independence , Swahili has gradually taken over some of the functions formerly performed by English , particularly in some areas of education , the media and internal government communication . |