Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the running " in BNC.

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1 If , however , the decision is not challenged , the supervisor takes over the running of the IVA .
2 John takes over the running of a fleet which currently comprises over 2,800 vehicles .
3 ‘ … into the last furlong , and the Guppy looks beaten , Breakdancer takes up the running with Prince Charming on the stand side — it looks to be between these two — but now Shine On 's absolutely flying on the outside , a terrific challenge , the three locked together , Breakdancer and Shine On stride for stride , at the line it 's very close but I think it 's shine On who gets it on the nod .
4 This will take over the running of Channel 4 at the beginning of 1993 .
5 Lini also suggested that the churches should take over the running of a large part of the school system in the interests both of efficiency and economy .
6 This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems .
7 ‘ However , I have received an assurance from the Post Office that in the event of the present franchisees not being able to find a buyer for the business , then the Post Office will step in and take over the running of the counter service again . ’
8 SCOTLAND 'S main teaching union yesterday joined parents and education authorities in strongly doubting Government plans to let headteachers take over the running of schools .
9 This was privately admitted by senior officers who took over the running of the fund two years ago , and after an inquiry by the Charity Commission more than £3,000 was repaid from regimental funds .
10 As had happened before with the labour education programs , the organisations which had been working with Highlander , and which had grown in depth of perspective and experience , took over the running of their own grass roots educational activities .
11 Initially all Gehlen 's funding came from the CIA but later , in 1954 when the German Federal Republic was established as a sovereign state , Gehlen took over the running of the Federal German Intelligence Service .
12 In 1858 , Samuel Healing took over the running of Abbey Mill , yet another in a succession of local mills that he had either owned or worked .
13 The local skaters took over the running of the skate club .
14 In 1892 , the Corporation itself took over the running of the tramway , and in the following year the situation was so bad that the current was switched off and the cars pulled by horses .
15 Presumably C.M.C. took over the running of the centre soon after that .
16 When her brothers joined up in 1914 she took over the running of the Ferry assisted by some local boys who enjoyed the good food that Mrs Stevens provided .
17 One lost his life on duty with an Arctic convoy , the other — Andrew — took over the running of the business as soon as he was demobilised .
18 In 1958 he took over the running of the Horncastle Maltings , which , after a series of ownerships was acquired by .
19 The Bank of England stepped in , took over the running of it and provided sufficient loans to cover the demands of its creditors .
20 It appears the Germans are taking over the running of Standard 's European branches .
21 Currently in Britain , private companies are taking over the running of the big training schemes .
22 They had four sons and four daughters , the eldest son , Edward Prentice Mawson , becoming a successful landscape architect and taking over the running of his father 's firm .
23 The row could end with the council taking over the running of the service .
24 From 1927 onwards , as the consequences of Eliot 's baptism into the Anglican church showed up in the imagery of ‘ Journey of the Magi ’ , ‘ A Song for Simeon ’ , ‘ Animula ’ , and most conspicuously ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ ( 1930 ) , Tate , open to the solicitations of Christian belief , took up the running on Eliot 's behalf from the non-believer Wilson .
25 The cheering swelled as they passed the stands , and as they turned down the hill for the second circuit Taaffe could no longer restrain Arkle , who took up the running .
26 The following day it was revealed that Bering had chipped a bone in a knee during the race , but such was the power of his acceleration as he took up the running that he could hardly have been affected until the very final stages .
27 From here to the final stages it was all uphill , and with six furlongs left St Denis had had enough , so Achilles took up the running until the runners came into the straight .
28 Always lying handy as Coco Dancer led for most of the trip , Limeridge took up the running from Coco Dancer going to the last fence and at this stage was hotly pursued by the favourite Canute Express .
29 ‘ This was where I took up the running , ’ Robert said .
30 By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go .
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