Example sentences of "take [adv prt] [adv] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Headmaster 's house in Davenport Park was taken over completely by the Junior School , and a new one built for him — costing £4,621 5 10d ! — during 1954 . |
| 2 | Consequently , after the Asian Open — which Hendry won — his No. 1 position in the world was taken over briefly by the 20-year-old Scot . |
| 3 | When government stock issues had been taken up predominantly by the triad , there had been little need for anything much in the way of a " market " ; but the change in the structure of debt ownership led inevitably to the emergence of broking and jobbing practices which were to become institutionalised into the Stock Exchange . |
| 4 | In a ‘ sellers market ’ , similar to that which pertained in the United Kingdom after World War Two , there was little need for promotional activity because demand exceeded supply and whatever was produced was taken up immediately by the market . |
| 5 | Initial contacts have been made within the formal sector and the matching of resources has begun , taken up recently by a C.V .. |
| 6 | It may be taken up directly by a department ; or by a party prior to going into government ; or by a pressure group , whether an ad hoc group , a single interest group or other . |
| 7 | The far greater challenges — transforming union organisation and government in ways that involve members in actively making their own decisions and implementing them — have been taken up only by a minority of unions , such as NUPE , the TGWU , the Society of Civil and Public Servants and arguably — the Electricians and the Engineers . |
| 8 | Britain 's traditional supporters fell into line , and Pleven 's blueprint was taken up only by the six states of the ECSC . |
| 9 | The court hearing was taken up mainly by the formal reading out of the charges , and brief argument about when the trial should proceed in the Rand Supreme Court in Johannesburg . |
| 10 | Furthermore , many of the women and girls working at fruit-picking and jam-making were related to railway workers at nearby Cambridge Station and were brought to work by the 8.20 train from Cambridge in the morning and taken back home by the 6.34 in the evening . |
| 11 | And with two TV networks now competing for a UK cable channel , a similar service is set to take off here by the year 's end . |
| 12 | Devon Loch had appeared to take off right by the water jump , which the runners on the second circuit of the Grand National by-pass as they approach the winning post : had he caught that fence out of the corner of his eye and tried to jump it ? |