Example sentences of "be take over by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We have recommended that the Authority continues to monitor reading standards across the city but that the screening function of its traditional tests be taken over by National Curriculum Assessment at the end of Key Stage One .
2 Of this , 5.1 million is being converted to forest fallow , of which , in 1982 , there was 409 million , with only 1 million ha of unforested land being taken over by natural regeneration .
3 Oyston sees the north being reduced to Third World status , and is alarmed that the country is being taken over by foreign investment .
4 The effect of new technology was to automate and de-skill many of the clerical tasks , as more and more routine was taken over by punched card machines and later by computers .
5 His former portfolio was taken over by outgoing Deputy Interior Minister Hugo Estigarribia Elizache .
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