Example sentences of "by taking over " in BNC.
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| 1 | By taking over ownership of America . |
| 2 | Agrarian reform was put into practice in the second half of the 1960s with the passing of a law , which made it possible to expropriate estates of over 80 hectares and they began by taking over the most economically inefficient . |
| 3 | The Kiev Rada , panic-stricken at what they saw as a Russian invasion , summoned the German army to defend their power by taking over the western Ukraine and its grain resources . |
| 4 | The bacteriophage infects the bacterium , Staphylococcus , by taking over its cell chemistry and it is thought to cause the production of a toxic substance which is poisonous to human cells . |
| 5 | In consequence he became , in Liddie 's eyes , the kind of mother her own mother had been — one who disabled her by taking over . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Alcoholic beverages were a fact of life when most drinking-water was a health hazard , so Dorchester 's Puritans killed several birds with one stone by taking over the demon drink themselves , to administer it with moderation and make a healthy profit to be dispensed to the needy . |
| 9 | The researcher conducting this case ( Wobbe-Ohlenburg 1982 ) comments that much of the publicity about using robots in factories emphasises the way in which they can make life more pleasant for humans by taking over the dirty , dangerous , or monotonously repetitive jobs . |
| 10 | In 1922 , when the original Stoves was still a fledgeling company , Baron Philippe de Rothschild also began to make his mark by taking over control of Château Mouton Rothschild . |
| 11 | This was initially achieved by taking over existing firms , such as G. K. Dickinson in London and Guy pease in Sydney , and there was much speculation about a possible merger with Egon Zehnder , which came to nothing . |
| 12 | Evans makes clear , in discussing a refutation of the Cartesian view of animal nature by a Jesuit , Père Bougeant ( 1739 ) , that it was the received ecclesiastical view that Satan 's allies , the myriad horde of fallen devils due for torment at the Day of Judgement , occupied themselves in the meantime by taking over the bodies of new-born babies and those of any other creatures . |
| 13 | By taking over Thames , the firm has taken a big step towards becoming a powerhouse in British television . |
| 14 | His attempt to buy into ITV by taking over their share of Thames TV from BET and Thorn EMI was vetoed in 1985 by the IBA , which wanted a broader rather than narrower range of owners . |
| 15 | It has demonstrated its concern in three main ways : by aiding parents in their job of child-rearing through the provision of services such as maternity and child welfare , schooling , etc. ; by taking care directly of children who have no parents ; and by taking over the care of children whose parents are not providing properly for their physical and emotional well-being . |
| 16 | The 2nd flute relieves the 1st at one point by taking over the decorations . |
| 17 | While it seems fairly certain that Cemaleddin did not live into Bayezid 's reign , it also seems not impossible that the works were written for Bayezid after about 783/1381 , when it became more nearly connected with Anatolian affairs by taking over the province given him by — or , more correctly , taken from — the Germiyanids as a dowry . |
| 18 | On the face of it , this offers a potential bidder the opportunity to acquire a complete portfolio of assets at a discount to their value by taking over the trust by buying up all its shares . |
| 19 | Furthermore , many conservatives are wondering whether they are inheriting a poisoned chalice by taking over the government at this time , with the economy moving into a recession , unemployment teetering on the brink of three million , public spending deficits soaring and the franc under renewed attack on the foreign exchange market . |