Example sentences of "[noun pl] be taken over by " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first period after independence , development was hampered by the first civil war , during which many schools were taken over by the army . |
| 2 | In 1903 the Wolverton ( Boys ' ) and Old Bradwell Schools were taken over by the Bucks County Council on 29 September at a nominal rent of 5s per annum for each school . |
| 3 | The four vacant ministries were taken over by former state secretaries as follows : Gunter Halm of the FDP ( Economics ) , Peter Kauffold of the SPD ( Food , Agriculture and Forestry ) , Werner Skowron of the CDU ( Finance ) , and Manfred Walther of the CDU ( Justice ) . |
| 4 | The economics involved may mean some smaller ITV companies are taken over by larger ones or even open to takeover from Continental broadcasters . |
| 5 | As state functions are taken over by private companies , even if made up of ex-civil servants , we will find them dropping out of the public records net . |
| 6 | In 1988 , however , the MSC was disbanded as a separate , semi-autonomous organisation , and its functions were taken over by a new section set up within the Department of Employment , originally called the Training Agency but later renamed the Training , Enterprise and Education Division . |
| 7 | Erm , in many ways , one could say that the community or community organisations , local organisations are capable of running most things , erm , indeed they did at once , and some of those functions were taken over by the central or local state . |
| 8 | Slowly the asylums were taken over by the medical profession . |
| 9 | Oxford could be reached by boats of similar size , but further up the Thames cargoes were taken over by " lightening " boats . |
| 10 | Polly 's duties were taken over by a Groses ‘ bus of Northampton . |
| 11 | Antonio ( whose ministerial duties were taken over by his deputy , Edmundo Carlos Alberto ) was the first member of the government to be held in connection with the plot ; he was also a member of the Frelimo central committee . |
| 12 | Nobody became more interested in the fate of these early directors than Scott Fitzgerald , and his unfinished novel The Last Tycoon is essentially about how directors were taken over by producers in the Hollywood system . |
| 13 | His position as Minister in Charge of Relations with CTSP and Associations was taken over by Lt.-Col. Birama Sire Traore , who exchanged his portfolio of Secretary of State for Internal Security with Maj. Moussa Diabate , hitherto Minister of Territorial Administration . |
| 14 | Boni homines or échevins ousted them in the self-governing towns ; and slowly the day-to-day work of running courts in the non-franchised areas was taken over by knights or clerks with special knowledge of the law , leaving castellans to revert to their military role . |
| 15 | THE whole back page of the Dominions newspaper in Wellington on the morning of the Second Test between Ireland and the All Blacks was taken over by Steinlager , the ‘ official sponsors of the All Blacks ’ . |
| 16 | Finally 5 Corps stated to Eighth Army : " it would appear that unless these formations are taken over by us as formed bodies and disarmed they will force their way across border as individual bandits plunder the country disorganise economic life our zone and threatened our security . |
| 17 | It may happen that individuals are taken over by the organisation and by groups within it , particularly where the corporate identity and image is a strong one . |
| 18 | The number of large publishers is much smaller — a figure of a few hundred , steadily diminishing as the smaller independent firms are taken over by large conglomerates . |
| 19 | The earliest mention of a ferry at Seacombe dates back to 1515 but its advancement came in the latter part of the last century when the ferry rights were taken over by the Wallasey local board . |
| 20 | Some more southern varieties , such as cow parsley and meadowsweet , may be driven northwards as their habitats are taken over by invaders from warmer climes . |
| 21 | Leeds City 's fixtures were taken over by Port Vale , while the players were auctioned at the Hotel Metropole in the strangest football sale of the century . |
| 22 | When the printing operation of Mr Maxwell 's quoted company Maxwell Communications was taken over by its management this year , 24 per cent was retained by the former parent . |
| 23 | However , this turned out to be , in reality , another part of Kaiser Wilhelm 's expansionist policy , so the concessions were cancelled in 1905 and in 1914 , when Portugal joined in the First World War , all German interests were taken over by the Portuguese Government . |
| 24 | You see , I was with him in the old days , before our ships were taken over by this horrible group . |
| 25 | Goodwill and patterns were taken over by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns ( who in turn succumbed ) and in 1960 by the Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds . |
| 26 | Structural faults sent budgeted costs soaring , work on transforming it into a leisure empire stopped and its £100m debts were taken over by the Hong Kong brothers in February . |
| 27 | You never hear of groups being taken over by the drummer . |
| 28 | After the war , outside calls were taken over by the NFS , who occupied a newly erected Town Station . |
| 29 | We have recommended that the Authority continues to monitor reading standards across the city but that the screening function of its traditional tests be taken over by National Curriculum Assessment at the end of Key Stage One . |
| 30 | It would take over the role in Ukraine of the former USSR Vneshekonombank ( Bank for Foreign Economic Relations ) , whose assets were taken over by Russia pending an agreement between the republics . |