Example sentences of "to take over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , there is almost always someone keen to take over a neglected historic building , so when a council serves a repairs notice , or the planning committee sends a warning letter , the owners tend to realise there may be some value in the property and either sell it or repair it themselves . |
| 2 | Fears of an energy shortfall will lend new weight to calls by PowerGen , the smaller of the two Central Electricity Generating Boards , to take over a bigger share of the power market . |
| 3 | In these , males are much larger than females and take much longer to sexually mature - perhaps the result of the increased time spent in competition with other males to take over a group of females . |
| 4 | Some wonder why the bank stuck with Mr Parretti , even though his attempt to take over a French cinema chain in June 1990 was blocked on the grounds that it would ‘ threaten public order ’ . |
| 5 | They propose to take away the courts ' most important sanction — the power to take over a union 's assets . |
| 6 | He has a scheme to take over a small number of simple churches and adapt them as retreats . |
| 7 | Any manufacturing jeweller would honestly be able to take over a consignment of several hundred , especially if he were offered a 10 or 15 per cent discount on market price . |
| 8 | In the consultative document , the DTI proposes two courses of action : monitoring registration of branches at Companies House to ensure that the law is not abused by companies being incorporated in a lax jurisdiction to take over a British business ; or requiring branch accounts from overseas companies which conduct all or a substantial part of their business in Great Britain . |
| 9 | Tobacco and insurance giant BAT Industries moved up after signing a joint venture agreement to take over a cigarette manufacturing business in the Ukraine . |
| 10 | ‘ The Company was looking to appoint a person with a great deal of ‘ hands on ’ experience to take over a development role at management level . |
| 11 | While car makers demand lower prices , they want suppliers to take over a bigger share of production and become more involved in the design and development of parts . |
| 12 | Then Uncle Fred moved to take over a bigger camp for displaced persons at Bideford . |
| 13 | The prince had asked him to take over a small present ; Simon had stuck it in a pocket and thought no more about it , only when he saw Constanza he decided to deliver it in person . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've just been asked to take over a leading role in a production that 's been playing in Stratford which they 're taking to the Barbican . |
| 15 | In the market , a person who can perform certain activities more efficiently may be able to take over a firm and capture the rent accruing as a result of greater efficiency . |
| 16 | That would be an essential prerequisite for any United Nations force being asked to take over a policing operation . |
| 17 | The Purchaser may be expecting to take over a Business of a particular size — this warranty will reassure him that he is . |
| 18 | DAVID EVANS , director of Reactor Division , is to take over a new post as director of Reactor Technology , working on BNFL 's input into the Reactor Study Programme being co-ordinated by the Nuclear Utilities Chairmen 's Group for the 1994 Industry Review . |
| 19 | But chance played an important part in this , placing Norah Brunt in the right place at the right time — she was asked to take over a retiring teacher 's movement class but refused to do so without a qualification . |
| 20 | and then they can expect them at the end of like x amount of time to be able to take over a department , then when it falls apart they 're gon na be the one to take it . |
| 21 | Balfourier 's ‘ Iron ’ XX Corps had now reached the front in its entirety ; two further corps were on their way , and a third standing by ; Haig , with rather ill grace , had agreed to take over a further sector of the line from the French , so an adequate supply of reinforcements seemed assured . |
| 22 | A teacher is needed to take over a long standing recreational class at in September . |