Example sentences of "being taken [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in America what he is mocking is an issue that is being taken rather seriously . |
| 2 | These spacious moments are in any case thrown away by being taken rather fast . |
| 3 | The coffin muffled all sounds from outside , and she wondered if they were going to leave her here , or whether she was being taken elsewhere . |
| 4 | I can not think of any flower that does not press better for being taken apart , although of course you will have to spend time putting it back together again when you want to use it . |
| 5 | They were all being no they were all being taken apart |
| 6 | Thus land development was important for capital when North Shields was being put together as an industrial town and it seems to be important again when its industrial base is being taken apart . |
| 7 | Most of the components that make up your computer are delicate and do n't take too kindly to being taken apart . |
| 8 | The laws have already crippled the working people throughout the U K. We watched unions being taken apart and what has the leadership done ? |
| 9 | JAGUAR and General Motors were last night locked in crucial talks over a deal which would safeguard the luxury car maker from being taken over by the rival US motor giant Ford . |
| 10 | He described being taken over the years to see his sick , and finally dying and almost certainly innocent father in another prison . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Companies have shouldered too much debt , to play their own financial games or to avoid being taken over ; the balance of risk and reward has become skewed ; the ethics of advisers and intermediaries have come into question ; the market has departed from good sense and sound financial principles , and has passed , with Alice , into a looking-glass world in which words , prices and obligations mean only what people claim they mean , nothing more . |
| 13 | It is that the view of Anglo-American finance as a casino full of rapacious capitalists has become popular at the same time as those countries ' companies were being taken over by the people themselves . |
| 14 | When Britain sent in troops to prevent the Canal being taken over , there was a worldwide outcry , particularly from the U.S.A. , who still accused Britain of retaining an Imperialist attitude , The British troops were withdrawn , but the Egyptians had sunk a number of vessels in the Suez Canal , so it became impassable for some while . |
| 15 | On being taken over by Fujitsu , ICL was expelled from the European Computer Trade Group and forced to leave three EC collaborative projects , yet for some reason , IBM was allowed to participate . |
| 16 | It provided employment for many hands over many decades , eventually being taken over by Kleeman Ltd , which later became part of the Mobil Chemicals group . |
| 17 | ( I was determined to combat in advance any risk of being taken over by G(R) , the Middle East equivalent of S.O.E. , which was already showing signs of being the monstrous and inefficient octopus it later became ; or coming under the control of the Director of Combined Operations . ) |
| 18 | You never hear of groups being taken over by the drummer . |
| 19 | There are signs of cracks in the bonding however as bigger and better shops are being taken over by Pakistani families . |
| 20 | By the late twenties and early thirties , ‘ bus travel had taken over most of this lucrative Friday traffic ; Basfords of Towcester ran two ‘ buses and The Buckingham Orange did two return journeys from Buckingham with Jelley 's of Cosgrove , the latter two being taken over by the United Counties Bus Company in the mid-1930s . |
| 21 | It 's one thing to have an assistant , another to feel one is being taken over . |
| 22 | Her pretty perspiring face split into a sheepish grin , then became serious again on reflection of being taken over by her baser instincts so completely . |
| 23 | As only the better-off members could afford the piece of silver , this can be seen as the first sign that the classless Society of Archers was being taken over by the wealthier members . |
| 24 | Social interviews can vary from a candidate being taken over to the pub for a drink and a sandwich , so that future colleagues can see whether or not the newcomer will fit in , to full-scale formal affairs . |
| 25 | Bob Halton , not guilty enough , but confused by his mother 's spoiling and manipulative efforts to keep him for herself , is petrified of being taken over completely . |
| 26 | Finding a comfortable emotional distance , encouraging and allowing some penetration without being taken over completely , is the task of all relationships . |
| 27 | Unconsciously they create a smokescreen of confusion as a defence against the fear of being taken over . |
| 28 | It is generally recognised at Community level that it is both inequitable and contrary to the objectives of a single market for certain firms in the Community to be immune from the commercial benefits and burdens of being taken over or to be able artificially to create methods to defend themselves from takeovers , while firms from other member states remain vulnerable . |
| 29 | Jackson died in 1915 , the editorship being taken over by his son , Horatio . |
| 30 | Equally important , how many of them will be strong enough to avoid being taken over by foreign companies in the long run ? |