Example sentences of "[verb] taken over from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Auvergne , the major agriculture/conservation conflict is clearly in the plains , especially the extensive limagne north of Clermont , where intensive cereal and crop production has taken over from a former bocage ( hedge and pasture ) landscape . |
| 2 | But perhaps the machine has taken over from the individual . |
| 3 | Saints will be fired up under new boss John McClelland , who has taken over from the sacked Alex Totten . |
| 4 | The Norther Woodworking and DIY Exhibition has taken over from the Northern exhibition that was held annually , later in the year , in Leeds and at Calderdale . |
| 5 | It has taken over from the Appeal committee the task of raising money to support the teaching of Law in Somerville . |
| 6 | The Hand of Gooch has taken over from the Hand of God Maradona 's — in sporting legend . |
| 7 | The new pseudo-science of ‘ counselling ’ , which seems to have taken over from the greater absurdity of analysis , may not be as destructive as its predecessor but it , too , has many of the characteristics of an enclosed cult like the Plymouth Brethren or the Moonies . |
| 8 | They seem to have taken over from the large black dogs with glowing red eyes to be found in most local folklore collections . |
| 9 | Doyle had taken over from an unsuccessful coach and in no time had turned everything round . |
| 10 | During the first half of the 1970s all three of the most heavily urbanized regions ( South-East , North-West , West Midlands ) had population growth below the national rate , suggesting that the urban-rural dichotomy had taken over from the north-south divide as the main feature of UK population change . |
| 11 | There are changes in technology : electronic systems take over from the electromechanical mode typical of ‘ mass culture ’ ( just as that had taken over from the purely mechanical production and distribution methods of the earlier bourgeois period , epitomized by music printing ) . |
| 12 | Over thirteen years , since he had taken over from the retiring senior partner to whom Francis Sutherland originally brought the affairs of Sleet , David Rosen and Delia Sutherland had come to know each other well enough to do without greetings ; they liked it that way . |
| 13 | Near Paderborn in Westphalia in the small town of Wewelsburg was the castle of that name which Heinrich Himmler had taken over from the local council in 1934 . |
| 14 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 15 | The Beatles had taken over from the Rolling Stones , but Gabriel , used to pop boiling over all around her , did not notice . |
| 16 | Darkness has descended and the mosquitoes have taken over from the enemy mortars . |
| 17 | Industrial parks now stand where pepper plantations used to be , modern buses have taken over from the rickshaw and Singaporeans now live in high-rise apartments rather than the traditional kampongs . |
| 18 | Nursing homes , student residences and preparatory schools of discreet reputation have taken over from the merchants . |
| 19 | ‘ Aga-sagas have taken over from the steamy sex bonkbusters of the Eighties . |