Example sentences of "[verb] be taken over by " in BNC.

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1 Since then Stanley has been taken over by Ward White , Harris by James Gulliver 's Lowndes , and Ward White has been taken over by Boots .
2 Since then Stanley has been taken over by Ward White , Harris by James Gulliver 's Lowndes , and Ward White has been taken over by Boots .
3 The Ford New Holland dealership in the Taunton , Somerset , area has been taken over by Jewells , part of the Kellands group .
4 Since then , it has been taken over by the firm of Heber , who specialise in high tech electronics research .
5 Imagine that when you come home from a holiday , your house has been taken over by squatters .
6 TAP ( Training Access Points ) systems of user-friendly computer terminals located in libraries , shopping centres , careers offices and businesses — has been taken over by the TEC and is the focal point of a marketing campaign to extend career opportunities .
7 She withdrew because her case has been taken over by the local authority , her solicitor Alistair Babbington said .
8 Until 1976 the Commission had responsibility for England , Wales and Scotland , but thereafter its role in the latter countries has been taken over by the Welsh and Scottish Development Agencies ( Carney and Hudson 1978 , 1979 ) .
9 Another revealed that the last of the Callanish eagles was gone for ‘ that place too has been taken over by Men who put to death what eagles they find .
10 Perhaps the company has been taken over by a larger group which is not interested in building it tip .
11 Scotland 's last independent whisky company Invergordon has been taken over by American rivals Whyte and Mackay .
12 In other words , as a result of the sale , the vendor 's business has been taken over by and is being conducted by the purchaser to the exclusion of the vendor .
13 Sue Rorstad , who built up her Poppies firm into one of the region 's most successful companies , says the town has been taken over by drunks and thieves .
14 EASTMAN Ross , the Aberdeen-based oil industry supplier , has been taken over by Kingswood Fluid Power Group .
15 The shop , of 998 sq ft on two floors , has been taken over by Fols Ladiesware , who paid a premium close to the asking figure of £7,500 , with the rental being £11,000 per annum .
16 Has been taken over by a stagecoach .
17 Equally important , how many of them will be strong enough to avoid being taken over by foreign companies in the long run ?
18 Sean Rickard , Chief Economist with the National Farmers ' Union ( NFU ) , admits that such a financial harvest is possible ; during the past ten years , ‘ very small farms have increased in number , but decreased in acreage , because generally middle-sized farms are being split up with part of the land sold being taken over by larger farms and part becoming smallholdings .
19 One of the first brass mills in the region was set up by Abraham Darby ( q.v. ) in 1702 , but by 1930 the industry was extinct in the area , having been taken over by Birmingham .
20 The London jewellers Tessiers reopened on 5 November , having been taken over by new owners .
21 It is a gut reaction to the sense of having been taken over by affluent and alien strangers .
22 The amendment also provided for the election to public office of independents and candidates put forward by " organizations with recognized representation " , and allowed for the recreation of the post of Prime Minister ( the functions of this post having been taken over by the President in 1979 ) .
23 ‘ We built it up , it is our baby , ’ he said , adding that if the family allowed its interest to fall below 50 per cent it would risk being taken over by a hostile bidder .
24 Since enamelling was taken over by the west to produce jewels like that which tradition claims was presented to his foundation , New College , Oxford , by William of Wykeham early in the fourteenth century ( fig. 29 ) , enamel has held its own in the embellishment of symbols of high achievement .
25 The only real difference is that it now seems to have been taken over by the 22 clubs who , having escaped Football League control , no longer find their pursuit of commercial success frustrated by the decisive voting power of their poor relations .
26 This bought another East End brewery into the family tree , the Wenlock Brewery , in Wenlock Road , Shoreditch , just off the City Road , which had been taken over by Bass in 1961 and closed the following year .
27 Before that , however , in 1958 , the year the Albion brewery celebrated its 150th anniversary , Mann Crossman and Paulin had been taken over by Watney 's .
28 In May the SAS were sent in to storm the Iranian Embassy in London which had been taken over by armed gunmen .
29 The bridge was pedestrian-only and had been taken over by assorted buskers playing jazz or folk music .
30 Even in the mid-1980s , after major parts of its operations had been taken over by other bodies , it still employed 13,500 people .
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