Example sentences of "[noun sg] take over from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the summer , athletics , cricket and tennis take over from the winter sports . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | A body to take over from the Wagner Development Group . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | British Aerospace took over from the Minstry of Defence and the work reduced . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Ever since the Pill took over from the sheath in availability and popularity , the onus of responsibility has fallen even more heavily on women . |
| 15 | Our link with Civil Affairs Service ( Burma ) in Delhi was Colonel Leslie Glass , and plans were so laid that when the civil government took over from the military , there should be an easy transition from the initial operation under the military . |
| 16 | Polish nationalism , as Rosa Luxemburg pointed out to Lenin on several occasions , was unusual in that it was not primarily a bourgeois phenomenon , but rather a substitute for ideology taken over from the szlachta by the Polish peasantry as they and the lower ranks of the gentry coalesced to form an industrial working class and a commercial bourgeoisie.14 An important component of Polish political life , and part of the damage wrought by partition , was the continuing failure to produce an ideology that went beyond the purely national to link the aspiration to exist as an independent nation with either capitalist organisation or a socialist vision of society . |
| 17 | The thing about the solo is that it should really be a chance for the guitar to take over from the vocalist and really hit you in the heart like vocals can , and I 'm sorry but these heavy metal solos can never really hit you because it 's just music by numbers . ’ |
| 18 | Bath 's No.8 is the favourite to take over from the British Lion after Leicester confirmed yesterday that Richards would miss the rest of the season . |
| 19 | The stampable consideration will be increased by the amount of the liabilities which Target takes over from the transferor company ( see s57 Stamp Act 1891 ) . |
| 20 | This is where systems technology took over from the tools , and the change of emphasis may prove to have been programmed learning 's greatest gift to education . |
| 21 | At what point did the Labour Party take over from the Liberal Party as the second party of government ? |