Example sentences of "have [adv] [be] taken [adv prt] 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 | He has never deified himself ; that role has always been taken on by the press , or more usually , the fans . |
| 3 | This theme has also been taken up by a new Member who recently made a substantial contribution to the constitutional debate , Ian Duncan Smith , Member for Chingford . |
| 4 | On other occasions the product to be launched is considered to be over the limit of what can be given away and one creative idea which has now been taken up by quite a number of manufacturers is to raffle a small number of the items or to organise an amusing competition which journalists attending the launch are invited to enter . |
| 5 | Nelson 's column unexpectedly has now been taken over by a large , bearded Welshman , called Davydd . |
| 6 | Of course the company did n't pay any dividend , and has now been taken over by a firm making china and porcelain goods . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The mail-order scheme for cycle helmets run by the Scottish Road Safety Campaign has now been taken on by the ‘ Hard Helmet Scheme ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The first is the ‘ life course ’ approach which was first developed by sociologists , but has recently been taken up by some historians . |
| 12 | However , its marketing has recently been taken over by Letraset and we await to see the outcome . |
| 13 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 14 | The little ‘ writing room ’ had already been taken over by Alison , her typewriter on the table , her notebooks spread about . |
| 15 | ‘ Folk ’ tunes , especially of Scottish origin , had long had a strong presence in the North-East regional culture ; and , as in other areas of the country , they had also been taken up by middle-class circles . |
| 16 | The Doctor had again been taken over by his thoughts . |
| 17 | In addition , two colleagues in naval intelligence had recently been taken on by ICI to be trained as work study officers , and spoke enthusiastically to me of how they were treated by the company . |
| 18 | Winter and the new Food and Beverage manager had considered that the best applicant was a female graduate with a proven record and innovative ideas , but there was opposition from the Head Chef and the rest of the ‘ old guard ’ , who contacted the previous owner : he in turn had spoken to David Edwards , who had rung Winter and suggested ‘ cooling it ’ ( the disappointed applicant had subsequently been taken on by Duchy 's expanding Hotels Division ) . |
| 19 | ‘ One listener even told us he had never been taken in by anything until this . ’ |
| 20 | Many of these have since been taken on by the wider society and are to be found in all its corners influencing even those who would now deny them any real significance and tend to look back on the decade as only times of silliness and self-indulgence . |
| 21 | Meditation , yoga , and psychotherapy have all been taken up by Westerners as ways of helping themselves cope , and give meaning to their lives . |
| 22 | It 's just been taken over by you know , it 's gone into the big big time er Oh dear me , I forget his name now . |
| 23 | Because y do n't forget that in the past , building societies have always been taken over by you know , sort of friendly merger . |
| 24 | Is it not also a fact that , because industries in the north and north-west and other such places have increasingly been taken over by industries based in the south , the north has always been last for investment and first for cuts ? |
| 25 | ‘ Ms McGinley has turned down two reasonable offers , which have subsequently been taken up by other tenants . |