Example sentences of "are taken [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The savings are taken up by the government in the form of higher taxes and transferred to the redundant workers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Put simply , it means that your total reprographics facilities are taken over by the experts . |
| 6 | Sometimes working-class residents will live on peripheral council housing estates while older ‘ period ’ dwellings are taken over by the middle class . |
| 7 | 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 . |