Example sentences of "[verb] over the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It then takes over the responsibility for verifying the design activity against activities and components already undertaken and designed . |
| 2 | On August 11th , long-serving press relations officer at Sun Microsystems UK Ltd , Ellie Pendrich , is moving over to become European marketing and communications manager for SunPro , one of the SunTech enterprises : Alison Dendy takes over the role for the time being . |
| 3 | Sir Ian painstakingly worked over the evidence for this from decade to weary decade — and drew a blank . |
| 4 | Following the Health and Safety ( Emissions into the Atmosphere ) Regulations 1983 , referred to earlier it is expected that local authorities will take over the responsibility for prosecuting persons for such offences , as Regulation 7 repeals s.78(3) of the 1974 Act which had required proceedings to be instituted by an inspector appointed under s. 19 of the Health and Safety at Work , etc . |
| 5 | By November 1948 , it was agreed that they could take over the responsibility for progressing work on the manufacture of plant and on-site construction from the Ministries of Supply and Works , and the following year they did so . |
| 6 | ‘ When , some time later , he and I discussed who might take over the responsibility for producing it I rejected the traditional drama types , who did the children 's serials , and said that I wanted somebody , full of vinegar , who 'd be prepared to break rules in doing the show . |
| 7 | A national health service should take over the provision for medical care in the old insurance scheme and effectively underpin the new one . |
| 8 | Or , if your previous employer has gone out of business , the Occupational Pensions Advisory Service ( OPAS ) — see below — may be able to tell you who took over the responsibility for payment of pensions . |
| 9 | The VAT returns for the last quarter are due in , and that big ( very profitable ) convention which took over the hotel for three weeks last year is imminent but you ca n't get at your data . |
| 10 | When Jean-Claude took over the space for his piano , he found himself lugging the trunk into the light . |
| 11 | Morris translated sagas , the Irish took over the business for a few years ; Henry James led , or rather preceded , the novelists , and then the Britons resigned en bloc ; the language is now in the keeping of the Irish ( Yeats and Joyce ) ; apart from Yeats , since the death of Hardy , poetry is being written by Americans . |
| 12 | The products of prisons are seen as taking over the market for the products of honest working men . |
| 13 | Welcome to Save The Children in Sutton Coldfield where children from school have taken over the shop for a day . |
| 14 | Sally the lass who 's taken over the buying for precision bearings , is a great lass got on great with her , and Richard . |
| 15 | Keith Lascelles , friend and floor manager , turned from his prompt side console and , raising one enquiring eyebrow , asked : ‘ Miss Caine ? ’ — not needing to add , ‘ Shall I tell Dennie you 're ready to meet your public and to take over the warm-up for ten minutes ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It is the Headmistress 's custom ’ , Miss Honey went on , ‘ to take over the class for one period each week . |
| 17 | It needs an understanding of how all the parts contribute to the whole , so that new elements of collaboration can be introduced as and when appropriate , with the children 's confidence and understanding being developed until they are ready to take over the initiative for themselves . |
| 18 | ‘ Let's all go to Burleigh Heads [ in Queensland ] and take over the place for their best month . |