Example sentences of "which took over " in BNC.

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1 The VAT returns for the last quarter are due in , and that big ( very profitable ) convention which took over the hotel for three weeks last year is imminent but you ca n't get at your data .
2 More , it was the result of the involvement of large multi-national concerns like the newspaper empire of the American-based Australian , Rupert Murdoch , which took over not only the downmarket Sun but also The Times .
3 The Manpower Services Commission was itself dissolved in 1985 and was replaced by a body which took over most of its functions , called the Training Commission .
4 A detailed account of the first half-century of the history of the College , up to the foundation of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , which took over the College 's examining functions in 1844 , was given by Leslie Pugh ( 1895–1983 ) in his book From Farriery to Veterinary Medicine , published by Heffer of Cambridge in 1962 The books by Iain Pattison on the development of the veterinary profession , and on Principal McFadyean , are invaluable sources of information .
5 In 1918 , the C.T.D.D. and N.C.T.D. merged to form the National College of Teachers of the Deaf ( N.C.T.D. ) which took over examinations for the diploma in the teaching of deaf children .
6 Price Waterhouse , which took over from BDO Binder Hamlyn after the 1991 annual audit , points out in a ‘ subject to ’ report that the accounts are on a going concern basis and that the group is dependent on the continuing availability of adequate banking facilities .
7 Mid-layers perhaps provide the most versatility in the layering set-up , and these days the buzz-word is fleece , that warm and cuddly fabric which took over where fibre-pile left off .
8 Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm .
9 IDB Communications Group Inc reports that its IDB Worldcom unit , yesterday announced that it had signed a correspondent operating agreement with British Telecommunications Plc which allows it to provide international services to the UK ; IDB is in process of acquiring TRT , which took over the resale of capacity on the British Post Office 's phone network from National Networks Ltd .
10 The death of the AHA was not the last word of its members , since the caucus moved across to a position within the new Victoria District Authority , which took over responsibility for the management of the AHA 's asylums .
11 Initially Foucault argues that the stasis of what he calls the ‘ Classical Order ’ gave way to ‘ History ’ — which took over both as the form of knowledge and as the fundamental mode of being for empirical phenomena .
12 This improved matters at first , but green algae was followed by the dreaded brown patches , which took over most of the tank .
13 In the 1970s the Labour government supported a private member 's Bill which took over an item which would have been included in its own programme if there had been sufficient parliamentary time .
14 Over the years many leading members of the BDA were involved in the running of the Board before it wound up following the emergence of Social Services Departments , which took over responsibility for the welfare of the deaf .
15 Beecroft , however , stayed on as a partner in the firm of Dillon , Tennant & Co. , which took over the shore establishments .
16 ‘ My father thought that the new democratic government which took over in 1980 would create more jobs in the capital .
17 It had an armed branch , the National Guard , which took over KGB headquarters and surrounded the radio and television studios .
18 That Green World is the new national newsletter which took over from news and erm because I 'm on the editorial board
19 Carlton which took over the London weekday franchise from Thames , already owns 20 per cent of Central .
20 But the National Salvation Front , which took over under Ion Iliescu , consisted largely of former communists and embraced vigilante tactics in its consolidation of power .
21 Director Manny Silverman said the backing consortium , which took over the house of Hartnell five years ago , could no longer support the company .
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