Example sentences of "takes over [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final axe is expected to come after Birt takes over as the new director general in March . |
| 2 | Programming might have started out as an ancillary task in a student 's special subject of physics chemistry or psychology but soon takes over as the dominating interest . |
| 3 | A dedication to career goals of autonomy or power or recognition ( or some combination of these ) takes over from the parental concern for comfort , structure and relationships . |
| 4 | David Collins takes over from the injured Mike Ford … and Dave Penney is back in the side … |
| 5 | David Collins takes over from the injured Mike Ford … and Dave Penney is back in the side … |
| 6 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 7 | It is the day when Jean Fabre , the president-in-waiting , takes over from the long-serving incumbent Albert Ferrasse . |