Example sentences of "are taken [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Now what happens when you go to the station on a Sunday to park your car and find all the spaces are taken up by a car boot , er the whole think is a nonsense and er frankly somebody should tell British Rail so er I wonder if this is Chairman a shot across the bows of er rail privat privatisation and if it is I welcome it . |
| 2 | The H atoms are taken up by an H carrier or acceptor , which is thereby REDUCED ( whereas the substrate is ‘ OXIDISED ) |
| 3 | And yet , awkwardly , schizophrenically , these twisted sickos are taken up by the right-on , their cause espoused in the same breath as calls for a better world the assumption being that the better things in life — hip hop imports , clothes , socialism — would undoubtedly cohabit in utopia . |
| 4 | From here the oils diffuse into the bloodstream or are taken up by the lymph and interstitial fluid ( a liquid surrounding all body cells ) to other parts of the body . |
| 5 | The savings are taken up by the government in the form of higher taxes and transferred to the redundant workers . |
| 6 | All tender issues are underwritten by the Bank and issues that are undersubscribed are taken up by the Bank and used as ‘ tap ’ stock which may be sold into the secondary market at the discretion of the Bank . |
| 7 | Put simply , it means that your total reprographics facilities are taken over by the experts . |
| 8 | Sometimes working-class residents will live on peripheral council housing estates while older ‘ period ’ dwellings are taken over by the middle class . |
| 9 | It may happen that individuals are taken over by the organisation and by groups within it , particularly where the corporate identity and image is a strong one . |