Example sentences of "take over [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We feed the figures into a mathematical formula and the formula then takes over and does the processing for us . |
| 2 | Under the state of emergency , the government can take over or direct the operation of public utilities and businesses . |
| 3 | If there are many cable crossovers the loose tension will hardly show and will certainly make the knitting easier , but where there are few cables and a lot of plain knitting the looseness of the plain knitting will take over and make the work look faulty . |
| 4 | The HRD practitioner should explain to the executive managers that the transformation will not occur unless people are feeling so much pain in the present situation that they are motivated to change it ; in the absence of such pain , resistance will take over and make the change difficult or even impossible . |
| 5 | Soccer officialdom , as Mr Clough observed ‘ thought I would take over and run the show . |
| 6 | A bastard classical took over and became the dominant form for several decades . |
| 7 | The Ottomans took over and extended the old Byzantine practice of placing religious communities ( for example the Jews ) under the supervision of their religious leaders , who were responsible for maintaining order , administering justice and collecting taxes within their community . |
| 8 | They pressed IBM on these issues and the company took over and worked the land of fifteen surrounding farms . |
| 9 | The interviewer is concerned not with taking over and controlling the clients ' lives , but with helping them handle problems in order that they may fashion their own lives according to their own values . |
| 10 | The long-term problem for this species is the creeping infiltration of marginal agriculture taking over and fragmenting the remaining suitable habitat for this species . |
| 11 | Rose started a small flower garden in front of the house soon after coming and there he could often be found , at first helping Rose , then taking over and extending the garden across the footpath until all the green inside the thorn hedge was alive with colour : little beds of forget-me-nots and sweet william , rows of wallflowers that gave out their fragrance in the evenings , formal lilies and roses . |
| 12 | He followed his robots ( two children as robot nurses ) around , whispering instructions to them and occasionally taking over and doing the tasks for them as he found it difficult to be precise in his instructions . |
| 13 | If this is true , organic replicators , and eventually DNA , must later have taken over or usurped the role . |
| 14 | Every tribe has its own core of Big'uns waiting their chance to take over and becomes the tribe 's chieftain . |
| 15 | We will enable tenants to apply for Housing Action Trusts to take over and improve the worst estates . |
| 16 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 17 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 18 | The establishment of two Urban Development Corporations ( UDCs ) to take over and plan the development of the derelict dockland areas of Liverpool and London . |
| 19 | Detroit was paving the way for Mueller to take over and run the whole bloody show from America . |
| 20 | Only one was emphatic that he did not wish his son to take over and have the same hard life as himself . |
| 21 | OSF is now believed to be looking for a commercial partner to take over and productise the technology , which is much-needed within the industry . |
| 22 | At Hastings and at Southport in 1934 , controversy centred around the issue of " Emergency Powers " , i.e. the granting to a future Labour government of " authority to take over or regulate the financial machine , and to put into force any measures that the situation may require for the immediate control or socialization of industry " . |
| 23 | take over and conduct the defence or settlement of any claim ; and |
| 24 | take over and conduct the defence or settlement of any claim ; and |
| 25 | take over and conduct the defence or settlement of any claim ; and |
| 26 | take over and conduct the defence or settlement of any claim ; and |