Example sentences of "[verb] be taken [adv] 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 | Yes , er er I mean I agree with you Chairman entirely , I mean the arguments have been made before and I will just say them again , that I think the District Council are quite remiss er in asking for this sum of money , particularly in view of the reason that the , the , the field is there , which is for the recreation of the people who live in the estate , and the back end of Southwell , and it always has been , er and that is a responsibility that has been taken on by this Parish Council , and if , if , if they feel that they , they wish to persist in asking an unreasonable price , and let's face it , the District Council is in a position to look at this situation and say , the Parish Council is doing an excellent job , we will sell them this land for a figure that they can afford . |
| 18 | The job of putting the Ryal International Pavillion , Llangollen on the Map has been taken on by Carolyn Brindle who has been appointed administrator . |
| 19 | The cause of recovering Greenham Common for the people has been taken up by the author of Watership Down , Mr Richard Adams , who knew the area before it was requisitioned during the second world war . |
| 20 | Their blueprint for a sort of gun-rack for spades and hoes has been taken up by one manufacturer . |
| 21 | His case has been taken up by Justice , the all- party law reform group . |
| 22 | The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned . |
| 23 | With the almost total demise of these courses , the running has been taken up by the education sector with an increasingly comprehensive variety of accredited programmes . |
| 24 | Ever since punk brought fetishwear on to the street , S&M imagery has been taken up by the mainstream . |
| 25 | The suggestion that the second person of the trinity , the Logos , is ‘ male ’ , but the Spirit should be seen as ‘ female ’ would appear to be common among more conservative Christians , Catholic , Anglican and Orthodox , and has been taken up by Christian feminists . |
| 26 | And , regrettably , this demand has been taken up by people everywhere and applied to themselves or their partners — sometimes with disastrous consequences in relationships and to sexual potency . |
| 27 | This formulation has been taken up by Poulantzas , Carchedi and others . |
| 28 | In what represents a text book case of technology transfer , it has been taken up by major operators in the pharmaceutical and general chemical industries such as SmithKline Beecham , Foster Wheeler and Monsanto . |
| 29 | The current status of computers and microcomputers in R&D , and the probable course of development in their use , is a more useful area of study and has been taken up by a group at Manchester Business School , UK ( Morse , 1984 ) . |
| 30 | The question of exclusion of non-eligibles from in-kind transfer has been taken up by Toumanoff ( 1986 ) . |