Example sentences of "taking over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manuel Lujan , the interior secretary , has grumbled loudly about a Japanese firm taking over a company operating under a government concession in Yosemite National Park . |
| 2 | It was interested in taking over a small mine called Wheal Concord but pulled out because financial prospects were poor . |
| 3 | In Continental Can , the Court ruled that a company which already held a dominant position in the Common Market could be treated as exploiting it abusively so as to infringe Article 86 , if it strengthened its dominance by taking over a competitor . |
| 4 | In the Continental Can decision in 1973 the European Court held that a company which already held a dominant position in the Common Market or a substantial part of it could be treated as exploiting it abusively so as to infringe Article 86 , if it moved significantly towards monopoly by taking over a competitor . |
| 5 | One can only guess at how Howard and Redwood must feel about taking over a department , only to find that one of their political opponents has walked off with the money . |
| 6 | Some of the new elements , such as broadcasting , are still housed in their old buildings pending the imminent conclusion of the negotiations for taking over a headquarters for everyone , probably in Trafalgar Square . |
| 7 | Wiley ( 1981 ) reports that striped wrens form ‘ age queues ’ , with the oldest male , at the head of the queue , taking over a breeding territory when the incumbent dies ; such queues may be commoner than we have thought . |
| 8 | The Ikon Gallery , whose lease is coming up for renewal in February 1993 , is studying the possibility of taking over a Victorian school next to the International Convention Centre . |
| 9 | A lord taking over a forfeited estate could not entirely take for granted the good will of the affinity , at least in the short term . |
| 10 | Sometimes a commercial is deliberately written round a particular character , because he or she seems an absolute ‘ natural ’ for the product , but there is always the danger of a personality taking over a brand completely . |
| 11 | Indeed , his penchant for realism had led to his taking over a disused power station in Acton , West London , thoroughly refurbished , for the Aliens ' nesting place . ) |
| 12 | For Harlequin , this shift in the production and distribution of books was marked by the Torstar Corporation taking over a 52 per cent share of their company stock in 1975 . |
| 13 | The feedback from Alaska is positive and he feels he is taking over a successful concern with a good track record being put in place . |
| 14 | ‘ He was a new name taking over a side whose fans were expecting big things . |
| 15 | While the consortium had offered to put up £2,500 million in private capital the project would also have involved ERL taking over a £1,000 million government loan already allocated to BR to improve commuter services along the route , a further £400 million investment by BR ( in exchange for which it would have had a 50 per cent stake in commuter services along the route ) and a government " capital grant " of £500 million . |
| 16 | A lord taking over a forfeited estate could not entirely take for granted the good will of the affinity , at least in the short term . |
| 17 | He talked of the Governor Support Unit and I 'd like to remind Councillor and his group that they were responsible for taking over a hundred posts out of the administrative section of . |
| 18 | Whoever buiys them will be taking over a vastly different building from the hard working tweed factory … but that 's progress . |
| 19 | The club is taking over a second-floor suite of offices on a short-term lease , but it is to continue searching for new premises , almost certainly still in Edinburgh . |
| 20 | This , yes we 're taking over a couple of |