Example sentences of "taken [adv] [prep] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic divide is over whether the future management objectives can be achieved on a voluntary basis , as at present , or whether they should be taken on by a powerful national park authority , with separate funding and planning powers . |
| 2 | Its responsibilities East of Suez would be taken over by a new tri-Service headquarters established at Aden under an air vice-marshal with the title of HQ British Forces , Middle East . |
| 3 | ( 1 ) Upon accession taking effect , the total debts of the central budget of the GDR which have accumulated up to this date shall be taken over by a federal Special Fund without legal capacity , which will meet the obligations arising from debt servicing . |
| 4 | Pointing upwards he indicated a large nest high in a pine tree and told us that it was the nest of a buzzard which had been taken over by a great grey owl . |
| 5 | More recently , the question has been raised as to whether it is contrary to the public interest for a private company to be taken over by a foreign state-owned company , given the privatization objectives of the UK government . |
| 6 | We all wave goodbye to my father on the stoop as he is taken off in a little red car . |
| 7 | One wall was taken up by a great open fireplace , more suggestive of a baronial hall than a Georgian living-room . |
| 8 | According to Seekings , the doors had been removed and part of the interior was taken up by a huge extra fuel tank . |
| 9 | Dyson broke off in mid-explanation , frowning at a piece of copy-paper he had taken out of a little brown envelope marked ‘ J. Dyson Esqre . ’ |