Example sentences of "have been take [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , it has been taken over by the firm of Heber , who specialise in high tech electronics research . |
| 2 | TAP ( Training Access Points ) systems of user-friendly computer terminals located in libraries , shopping centres , careers offices and businesses — has been taken over by the TEC and is the focal point of a marketing campaign to extend career opportunities . |
| 3 | She withdrew because her case has been taken over by the local authority , her solicitor Alistair Babbington said . |
| 4 | Until 1976 the Commission had responsibility for England , Wales and Scotland , but thereafter its role in the latter countries has been taken over by the Welsh and Scottish Development Agencies ( Carney and Hudson 1978 , 1979 ) . |
| 5 | But the story is essentially the same : England 's long aristocratic hangover ( the idea of an English ancien régime , outlandish to Whiggish historians , has been taken up on the right by Jonathan Clark and others in interpretations that contest but also defer to Anderson 's own ) ; its early industrialisation ; a weak-kneed bourgeoisie ; an inward working-class addicted to ‘ Labourism ’ ; the distraction of empire ; the more recent hollow heroics of ‘ Ukania ’ ; and the failure to develop a progressive intellectual culture grounded in a radical sociology . |
| 6 | The cause of recovering Greenham Common for the people has been taken up by the author of Watership Down , Mr Richard Adams , who knew the area before it was requisitioned during the second world war . |
| 7 | The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned . |
| 8 | With the almost total demise of these courses , the running has been taken up by the education sector with an increasingly comprehensive variety of accredited programmes . |
| 9 | Ever since punk brought fetishwear on to the street , S&M imagery has been taken up by the mainstream . |
| 10 | I mean I do think that this is we have n't yet , I go back to the claim I made before that in the hundred days since he 's been Prime Minister his concentration has been taken up by the Gulf war , obviously . |
| 11 | If he can not stand , the patient might be transferred to his bed before being cleaned , but if he is using a commode , it is usually possible to clean him from under the commode seat , once the pan of the commode has been taken out of the way . |
| 12 | One thing 's for certain , though : committing this kind of money on equipment is a serious business , so buying all the components from the same company makes sense from the back-up point of view , and as the hard work has been taken out of the design — ie. flightcase , patch cables , mains feeds etc. — it makes even more sense . |
| 13 | But can we then be quite sure that at a later stage , when the same kind of performance has been taken out of the service and then out of the church , the signal is unambiguously to ‘ art ’ ? |
| 14 | This has been taken out of the local economy in Notts . |
| 15 | William who was a widower told his son he could believe he 'd been taken in by the conmen . |
| 16 | They make the poor girls look as though they had n't been properly unpacked , as though they 'd been taken out of the box and someone had left half their wrappings on . ’ |
| 17 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 18 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 19 | In spite of the causal theory 's having been taken over from the rationalist , Descartes , it could be put to use in the interests of empiricism . |
| 20 | The amendment also provided for the election to public office of independents and candidates put forward by " organizations with recognized representation " , and allowed for the recreation of the post of Prime Minister ( the functions of this post having been taken over by the President in 1979 ) . |
| 21 | They are likely to include the following : ( a ) the execution and exchange of the acquisition agreement ( by which Newco will buy the business from the vendor ) ; ( b ) the managers having subscribed in cash for ordinary shares in Newco ; ( c ) the passing of any necessary shareholders ' resolutions ; ( d ) receipt by the investors of a satisfactory accountants ' report , audited accounts and management accounts ; ( e ) the managers having entered into service agreements ; ( f ) receipt by the investors of certificates of title ; ( g ) the investors being satisfied with the loan and banking facilities being provided to Newco ; ( h ) keyman insurance having been taken out for the benefit of the company over the lives of each of the managers . |
| 22 | The only real difference is that it now seems to have been taken over by the 22 clubs who , having escaped Football League control , no longer find their pursuit of commercial success frustrated by the decisive voting power of their poor relations . |
| 23 | The only way this impinged on the message Macmillan had been taking up to the generals in the front-line was that they might now have to prepare even more urgently for military operations to reinforce allied policy . |
| 24 | The boarding plank had been taken up for the night . |
| 25 | British officials said that no more than a quarter of the meeting had been taken up with the ‘ general issues ’ raised by the Chinese . |
| 26 | The matter had been taken up with the Bank of Ireland and he would be recommending to the incoming Executive Committee that it should be referred to the Labour Court , on the basis that it is gross discrimination . |
| 27 | Sir Christopher designed most of the buildings himself , but left the design of ‘ The Castle , to the terrifically fashionable architect John Carr of York , who had been taken up by the Yorkshire gentry after his triumph with the design for the grandstand on the racecourse at Knavesmire . |
| 28 | Within seconds , the sing-song chant had been taken up by the vast majority . |
| 29 | DET expenditure on black education has certainly risen very significantly during the 1980s , with per capita expenditure for all educational levels rising from 176 rand per pupil ( 1988 rand ) in 1980/81 to 595 rand in 1987/88 , though much of this increase had been taken up by the rising bill for teachers ' salaries . |
| 30 | Of £50 million that the government then made available to encourage mining companies , only about £10 million had been taken up by the middle of last year ( see above ) . |