Example sentences of "being taken over [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are signs of cracks in the bonding however as bigger and better shops are being taken over by Pakistani families . |
| 2 | The software world is gradually being taken over by little animals , and they 're not the sort of cuddly , fluffy ones we 're used to seeing . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Equally important , how many of them will be strong enough to avoid being taken over by foreign companies in the long run ? |
| 5 | Oyston sees the north being reduced to Third World status , and is alarmed that the country is being taken over by foreign investment . |