Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] over by " in BNC.
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| 1 | A certain area of the water surface can be allowed to be covered over by floating plants , especially if certain plants preferring shade or poor light conditions are grown . |
| 2 | Suddenly Clare jumped up , leaving his bucket to be kicked over by the cow , went quickly towards her , and , kneeling down beside her , took her in his arms . |
| 3 | The government 's policy was formally one of ‘ Ulsterization ’ , namely allowing a wide range of local programmes and policies to be taken over by local leaders . |
| 4 | FINANCIERS are pushing for Alan Bond 's highly geared media group to be taken over by Australia 's richest man , Mr Kerry Packer , and some leading institutions . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ We can therefore expect , on government logic , local Conservative Associations to be taken over by business ratepayers bent on winning control of councils to promote spending on services and goods they either supply or would benefit them . |
| 6 | Tip 's first job on leaving school was as an apprentice at the old Tom Stewart clubmaking works at St Andrews , soon to be taken over by Spalding . |
| 7 | Thatcher said that the UK was ‘ financially sound ’ , there was a ban on overtime ( voluntary ) on British Rail ; the US was organising sanctions against Poland for daring to be taken over by the military and the Social Science Research Council , to muffled cheers and sobs , got a £1 million cut . |
| 8 | The last residents moved out towards the end of 1940 , leaving Barham House to be taken over by the army . |
| 9 | Bearing all that in mind , it is not difficult to see how the person who starts with a lack of confidence in one specific area of life soon seems to be taken over by that lack of confidence , which spreads to many spheres of activity . |
| 10 | It also gave him his first taste of advertising as he worked as a junior on the flotation of Harrison Cowley , later to be taken over by Saatchi & Saatchi . |
| 11 | Look at the wish to be locked in , the wish for the dark , the wish to be watched , to have one 's secrets known , to be taken over by someone else . |
| 12 | SMR 's role was to be taken over by the Shackleton-equipped Maritime Operational Training Unit at Kinloss and the unit was scheduled to disband in September 1956 with the remaining Lancs being ferried to Wroughton to await their fate . |
| 13 | A paper long allied to the Liberal tradition had been allowed to be taken over by the right-wing Mail . |
| 14 | ‘ The stories of my people go beyond oppression and the degeneration of society , ’ Mr McKay added , citing recent occasions in Canada when aboriginal communities have asserted their rights over ancestral land which was destined to be taken over by local developers . |
| 15 | January 15 is the date by which the inhabitants of Florida 's Vero Beach will know if their most famous local employer is to be taken over by the French . |
| 16 | We moved to Streatham Hill in June 1951 , to an estate owned by the same company , later to be taken over by Lambeth Council . |
| 17 | For flexibility and economy the operating system is implemented as a set of programs , though in future more of its functions are likely to be taken over by hardware . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I should like it to be understood that we in Northern Ireland do not expect our tourism promotion to be taken over by Bord Failte . |
| 20 | No provision is to be made for liabilities to pay interest [ on loans not to be taken over by the purchaser ] ( v ) Full provision will be made for future rentals and other property costs on the Scottish warehouse lease |
| 21 | So only the police , army and ‘ bureaucracy ’ would be dismantled by the representatives of the proletariat , leaving the registration and accounting work of banks , factories , academies , syndicates , experimental stations , and other institutions to be taken over by proletarian soviets . |
| 22 | However , it is most likely that many expert tasks are also soon to be taken over by machines . |
| 23 | The distribution of land , all land under of production confiscate with the exception of those to be nationalized to be taken over by the Peasant Association , the unified |
| 24 | The parachute service was due to be taken over by a civilian operation when the base closes in the Autumn . |
| 25 | Smith 's existing Darlington town centre store , in Queen Street , is likely to be taken over by its record and video retailing arm Our Price . |
| 26 | The Darlington Lions Club shop is to be taken over by changes to the reception area of the King 's Head Hotel . |
| 27 | His pace quickened as the accents changed ; City gents in long black coats and bowlers gave way to professional men in dark suits and trilbies , to be taken over by rough lads in ill-fitting clothes and caps , until Charlie finally arrived in the East End , where even the boaters had been abandoned by those under thirty . |
| 28 | The group was set to be taken over by a company owned by Pat Robertson , an American televangelist and former right-wing presidential hopeful . |
| 29 | A TINY island rich in wildlife , scenery and history is to be taken over by the RSPB with the help of a £400,000 appeal . |
| 30 | Are we about to be taken over by the machine ? |