Example sentences of "by take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On October ninth , the Ninety Second Group participated in the Eighth Airforce 's longest mission to assault the harbour area at Gdynia , Poland on the western side of the Danzig , twenty one aircraft led by took off at eight hundred hours and twenty returned ten and a half hours later . |
| 2 | By taking over ownership of America . |
| 3 | Agrarian reform was put into practice in the second half of the 1960s with the passing of a law , which made it possible to expropriate estates of over 80 hectares and they began by taking over the most economically inefficient . |
| 4 | The Kiev Rada , panic-stricken at what they saw as a Russian invasion , summoned the German army to defend their power by taking over the western Ukraine and its grain resources . |
| 5 | The bacteriophage infects the bacterium , Staphylococcus , by taking over its cell chemistry and it is thought to cause the production of a toxic substance which is poisonous to human cells . |
| 6 | In consequence he became , in Liddie 's eyes , the kind of mother her own mother had been — one who disabled her by taking over . |
| 7 | In Continental Can , the Court ruled that a company which already held a dominant position in the Common Market could be treated as exploiting it abusively so as to infringe Article 86 , if it strengthened its dominance by taking over a competitor . |
| 8 | In the Continental Can decision in 1973 the European Court held that a company which already held a dominant position in the Common Market or a substantial part of it could be treated as exploiting it abusively so as to infringe Article 86 , if it moved significantly towards monopoly by taking over a competitor . |
| 9 | Alcoholic beverages were a fact of life when most drinking-water was a health hazard , so Dorchester 's Puritans killed several birds with one stone by taking over the demon drink themselves , to administer it with moderation and make a healthy profit to be dispensed to the needy . |
| 10 | The researcher conducting this case ( Wobbe-Ohlenburg 1982 ) comments that much of the publicity about using robots in factories emphasises the way in which they can make life more pleasant for humans by taking over the dirty , dangerous , or monotonously repetitive jobs . |
| 11 | In 1922 , when the original Stoves was still a fledgeling company , Baron Philippe de Rothschild also began to make his mark by taking over control of Château Mouton Rothschild . |
| 12 | This was initially achieved by taking over existing firms , such as G. K. Dickinson in London and Guy pease in Sydney , and there was much speculation about a possible merger with Egon Zehnder , which came to nothing . |
| 13 | Evans makes clear , in discussing a refutation of the Cartesian view of animal nature by a Jesuit , Père Bougeant ( 1739 ) , that it was the received ecclesiastical view that Satan 's allies , the myriad horde of fallen devils due for torment at the Day of Judgement , occupied themselves in the meantime by taking over the bodies of new-born babies and those of any other creatures . |
| 14 | By taking over Thames , the firm has taken a big step towards becoming a powerhouse in British television . |
| 15 | His attempt to buy into ITV by taking over their share of Thames TV from BET and Thorn EMI was vetoed in 1985 by the IBA , which wanted a broader rather than narrower range of owners . |
| 16 | It has demonstrated its concern in three main ways : by aiding parents in their job of child-rearing through the provision of services such as maternity and child welfare , schooling , etc. ; by taking care directly of children who have no parents ; and by taking over the care of children whose parents are not providing properly for their physical and emotional well-being . |
| 17 | The 2nd flute relieves the 1st at one point by taking over the decorations . |
| 18 | While it seems fairly certain that Cemaleddin did not live into Bayezid 's reign , it also seems not impossible that the works were written for Bayezid after about 783/1381 , when it became more nearly connected with Anatolian affairs by taking over the province given him by — or , more correctly , taken from — the Germiyanids as a dowry . |
| 19 | On the face of it , this offers a potential bidder the opportunity to acquire a complete portfolio of assets at a discount to their value by taking over the trust by buying up all its shares . |
| 20 | Furthermore , many conservatives are wondering whether they are inheriting a poisoned chalice by taking over the government at this time , with the economy moving into a recession , unemployment teetering on the brink of three million , public spending deficits soaring and the franc under renewed attack on the foreign exchange market . |
| 21 | Sections of the population assist the police in the performance of their duties not just by taking on gunmen or robbers but also by making telephone calls to the police . |
| 22 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 23 | The company is buying Atlas Powder Co from its parent , Tyler Corporation , and will pay for the deal by taking on about $58million of debts and issuing new ICI shares to cover the balance . |
| 24 | Not any longer by taking on really big businesses involved in anti-competitive mergers or practices . |
| 25 | I know I can improve on my acting by taking on more demanding roles , performances that are more difficult than playing Charlene day in day out . |
| 26 | There is a risk that people will become over cautious unwilling to rock the boat and upset others by taking on new ideas . |
| 27 | At the age of 20 , Gedge was willing to placate his parents by taking on such a squalid job , but just a few years later , he was more than prepared to stand up to their well-intentioned pressure . |
| 28 | The government began by taking on much of the financial responsibility for education , with the exception of some school building . |
| 29 | Beside this , the very persistence of the term is itself worthy of interest and on academic , moral and political grounds any resolution of the uncertainty that surrounds the value of the concept of the inner city must surely start by taking on this vocabulary for what it is . |
| 30 | Whilst it may be too much to ask that you immediately take on any responsibility for seeing that the 120,000 weekly NME s are properly recycled ( By heck , we are talking SERIOUS wank — ER ! — SW ) , you could perhaps act responsibly by doing your bit to ease unemployment by taking on someone with the job of disposing of your own rubbish soundly . |