Example sentences of "[verb] been take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been taking on staff , including temporary organisers in the constituencies , whose contracts will expire four weeks after a general election . |
| 2 | His concession to the warmth of the room has been to take off his topmost cardigan . |
| 3 | Since then Stanley has been taken over by Ward White , Harris by James Gulliver 's Lowndes , and Ward White has been taken over by Boots . |
| 4 | Since then Stanley has been taken over by Ward White , Harris by James Gulliver 's Lowndes , and Ward White has been taken over by Boots . |
| 5 | The Ford New Holland dealership in the Taunton , Somerset , area has been taken over by Jewells , part of the Kellands group . |
| 6 | Spitalfields , once a wholesale fruit and vegetable market , has been taken over as a leisure venture with around 200 stalls selling crafts and bric-a-brac plus sporting attractions in a covered area larger than Covent Garden . |
| 7 | Since then , it has been taken over by the firm of Heber , who specialise in high tech electronics research . |
| 8 | Another concept which has been taken over and reinterpreted is that of ‘ decentralization ’ . |
| 9 | Imagine that when you come home from a holiday , your house has been taken over by squatters . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The company has been taken over and all payments are suspended . |
| 12 | She withdrew because her case has been taken over by the local authority , her solicitor Alistair Babbington said . |
| 13 | Less than four years into new ownership , St George 's Gallery Books in Duke Street has been taken over yet again . |
| 14 | In the open intellectual milieu where Catholic exegetes and theologians now move among colleagues of other traditions of faith or of none , the traditional term ‘ hermeneutics ’ ( the art and the principles of interpretation ) has been taken over for a mode of philosophical discussion so technical that its products are usually baffling even to a well-educated reader . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Most notably , the concept of ‘ social control ’ has been taken over wholesale by radical criminologists with little apparent sense of embarrassment ( see Cohen , 1995 ) — but for radicals ‘ social control ’ is usually a term of abuse denoting capitalist repression . |
| 17 | Another revealed that the last of the Callanish eagles was gone for ‘ that place too has been taken over by Men who put to death what eagles they find . |
| 18 | Perhaps the company has been taken over by a larger group which is not interested in building it tip . |
| 19 | Your employer has been taken over and there is talk of redundancy . |
| 20 | Scotland 's last independent whisky company Invergordon has been taken over by American rivals Whyte and Mackay . |
| 21 | In other words , as a result of the sale , the vendor 's business has been taken over by and is being conducted by the purchaser to the exclusion of the vendor . |
| 22 | One of the biggest employers in Gloucestershire has been taken over . |
| 23 | Sue Rorstad , who built up her Poppies firm into one of the region 's most successful companies , says the town has been taken over by drunks and thieves . |
| 24 | EASTMAN Ross , the Aberdeen-based oil industry supplier , has been taken over by Kingswood Fluid Power Group . |
| 25 | The shop , of 998 sq ft on two floors , has been taken over by Fols Ladiesware , who paid a premium close to the asking figure of £7,500 , with the rental being £11,000 per annum . |
| 26 | Has been taken over by a stagecoach . |
| 27 | One extra part-timer has been taken on and another part-timer and one full-time worker are being sought . |
| 28 | No action has been taken on this . |
| 29 | No legislative action has been taken on either recommendation . |
| 30 | Yes , er er I mean I agree with you Chairman entirely , I mean the arguments have been made before and I will just say them again , that I think the District Council are quite remiss er in asking for this sum of money , particularly in view of the reason that the , the , the field is there , which is for the recreation of the people who live in the estate , and the back end of Southwell , and it always has been , er and that is a responsibility that has been taken on by this Parish Council , and if , if , if they feel that they , they wish to persist in asking an unreasonable price , and let's face it , the District Council is in a position to look at this situation and say , the Parish Council is doing an excellent job , we will sell them this land for a figure that they can afford . |