Example sentences of "[adv] be taken over by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more fertile areas of farmland along the coast had long since been taken over by German farmers . |
| 2 | There the Kaszubians occupied smallholdings ; all the better farmland towards the coast had long since been taken over by the Germans . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Faced with losses of £1,500,000 a week , chairman Nick Schele said the company would have closed by now if it had not been taken over by Ford . |
| 5 | The little ‘ writing room ’ had already been taken over by Alison , her typewriter on the table , her notebooks spread about . |
| 6 | This hotel has just been taken over by Herr and Frau Sulzur , and already there is a friendly atmosphere . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This place will soon be taken over by the police and I 'll handle them . ’ |
| 9 | A secret valley that 's never been open to the public could soon be taken over by the National Trust . |
| 10 | Judgements made in the course of a lecture will be taken down in notes as if they were facts , whereas it is in the nature of critical judgements that they can not be taken over by others ; it is on this dilemma , I believe , that Leavisism ultimately foundered . |
| 11 | Because y do n't forget that in the past , building societies have always been taken over by you know , sort of friendly merger . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Benson and Hedges cricket competition will then be no more ; the increasingly national rugby league competition will probably be taken over by a beer , cola , telecommunications , or insurance sponsor . |
| 14 | And when the offices of the Chief Justices of the Forest were finally abolished by statute in 1817 , their powers and duties also were taken over by the First Commissioner . |
| 15 | Nelson 's column unexpectedly has now been taken over by a large , bearded Welshman , called Davydd . |
| 16 | Of course the company did n't pay any dividend , and has now been taken over by a firm making china and porcelain goods . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The extent to which control has moved out of the hands of the local authorities can be seen in Figure 6.7 , where an asterisk ( * ) indicates a power traditionally held by the LEA which can now be taken over by schools which ‘ opt out ’ ; a dagger ( t ) indicates new powers which central government has taken on since 1979 , often transferred from the LEA ; and a double dagger ( 1– ) in the parents or governors column indicates new duties and rights they have received since 1979 . |
| 20 | An RAF base which was due to close down will now be taken over by the Army . |
| 21 | It 's now being taken over by the new Historic Chapels Trust . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her . |
| 25 | It provided employment for many hands over many decades , eventually being taken over by Kleeman Ltd , which later became part of the Mobil Chemicals group . |
| 26 | You will commonly , of course , advise your client of any facts of interest , which you have discovered by your enquiries ; for example , that the road has not yet been taken over by the local authority , that plans for building on the property were submitted to and rejected by the local authority , etc . |
| 27 | The Doctor had again been taken over by his thoughts . |
| 28 | However , its marketing has recently been taken over by Letraset and we await to see the outcome . |