Example sentences of "[vb base] taken over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 , Ruth Barclay teamed up with her niece , Sherrie Bodie , to open Barclay & Bodie which has been so successful they 've taken over the shop next door . |
| 2 | Well , in the cases we 've taken over the odd twenty years against some of the biggest companies in the world indicate that that is n't the er , position . |
| 3 | I 've taken over the last few months when we 've done our sales training here , talking to certainly on advanced sales skills courses and so on , I 've tried to bring an air of realism to their world . |
| 4 | If the Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab have taken over the concept of Izzat from the Muslims , the Muslims and Sikhs have adopted the dowry system from the Hindus . |
| 5 | Claudia does n't like the dry summer beards of the marguerites , Argyranthemum frutescens , which have taken over the centre bed . |
| 6 | As Harry Cohn , head of Columbia , said shortly before a heart attack killed him in 1958 : ‘ The lunatics have taken over the asylum . ’ |
| 7 | Federman sees the postmodern period as one in which the media have taken over the informational role of fiction , drastically reducing its status . |
| 8 | SUPERMARKETS have taken over the consumer food role that farmers and market gardeners traditionally played in selling products direct to the public . |
| 9 | They have taken over the Christian 's own cliché and complain that many are ‘ too heavenly-minded to be any earthly use ! ’ |
| 10 | Once again the officers have taken over the ship by some nifty footwork , and the mutineers have been battened down in the fo'csle . |
| 11 | The Third World as a term needs to retrieve this lost positive sense — even if today the political order has changed so that to some extent the various forms of Islamic fundamentalism have taken over the role of providing a direct alternative to First and Second World ideologies . |
| 12 | Legal authorities who have taken over the case have imposed a blackout on information and until their investigations are complete and the case is ready to go to trial , probably in two to three months time , no-one can say how many fakes were involved , what their real value was , nor indeed how many people worked in the ring . |
| 13 | Their bodies have become greatly flattened , their pectoral fins enlarged into undulating lateral triangles that have taken over the function of locomotion . |
| 14 | Thorns ( 1968 ) , from empirical work in Nottinghamshire , defined three types of village : first , villages with an established pattern of stratification based on the traditional rural economy or squirearchy ; second , villages in a state of transition ; and third , re-established villages where professional newcomers have taken over the dominant roles . |
| 15 | This means that , for many areas , the full community charge will be in place in all area , except those receiving special Government grant because they have taken over the education service from ILEA . |
| 16 | Since then , not only has the show opened in the West End , but also I , your client , have taken over the leading part . |
| 17 | I am writing to advise that I have taken over the role of Computer Liaison Officer for the Trading Standards Department . |
| 18 | DM informed the Group that he had received a letter from the Open University , who have taken over the CNAA 's role in validating research degrees undertaken outside the academic sector . |
| 19 | have taken over the desk . |
| 20 | They have taken over the unfinished Bristol Babe project ( BAPC.87 ) held by the Hemswell Aviation Society . |
| 21 | Welcome to Save The Children in Sutton Coldfield where children from school have taken over the shop for a day . |
| 22 | Members of the Earthfirst group have taken over The Willows , near Wymondham , Norfolk , which is in the path of a new five-mile stretch of the A11 Wymondham by-pass . |
| 23 | Golden Wonder have taken over the race sponsorship from Scottish and Newcastle Breweries , who backed the event for the past ten years . |
| 24 | Pride events : Stokesley 's Pride In Our Town Association have taken over the town 's Mayday celebration , part of a series of events to promote and improve Stokesley . |
| 25 | have taken over the lead in division two following a hard fought win Jarrow . |
| 26 | CCG have taken over the Spinneys division of Airwork Ltd , as well as the onshore interests of Universal Ogden . |
| 27 | well the the have a training roll and it may well be that the will be able to I mean I have n't spoken for example but they have taken over the functions of the old Manpower Services Commission training agency . |