Example sentences of "[vb pp] to take over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the eldest son of a wealthy sake and soy-sauce producer in conservative Nagoya , he was expected to take over the family business — and perhaps become the 15th generation of Morita Mayors in the local community . |
| 2 | Indonesia , which was expected to take over the chair of the movement from Yugoslavia in September 1992 , was elected by the Larnaca meeting as de facto chair with immediate effect . |
| 3 | As The Beatles rose inexorably , so did Smith and by the time ‘ his mates ’ were splitting up in 1970 , he was approached to take over the editorship of NME . |
| 4 | Ridley had stated in an interview with the right-wing Spectator magazine which had appeared two days previously that European economic and monetary union was " a German racket designed to take over the whole of Europe " and must be " thwarted " . |
| 5 | Under new powers , also approved on June 26 , the Serbian Assembly had been empowered to take over the affairs of the Kosovo Assembly and of other official bodies , and to suspend troublemakers . |
| 6 | It was at a meeting in February 1880 of Emma 's co-workers and tenants in south London that it was decided to take over the Victoria Theatre ( familiarly known as the Old Vic ) in the Waterloo Road , a hitherto dirty and drunken home for melodrama , and turn it into a coffee music hall for purified and teetotal entertainment . |
| 7 | Carl was destined to take over the duties and responsibilities of his father from an early age . |
| 8 | He had a brother , Richard , who was later to play an important part in the family 's advancement in Rome , being destined to take over the running of the Conti estates in the Romagna . |
| 9 | Here the children of the rich and famous , children destined to take over the city 's highest offices , were trained . |
| 10 | In the meantime various troubles had flared up throughout the world -America had become involved in Korea ; France was involved in both Algiers ( who were seeking independence ) and Indo-China ; whilst Britain became involved in retaliation against the Egyptian government which had threatened to take over the Suez Canal . |
| 11 | The restoration of the monarchy , he said , would bring back the communism and anarchy which had threatened to take over the country before the Civil War . |
| 12 | This question echoes the old debates over the so-called ‘ managerial revolution ’ ( Burnham , Berle and Means ) where salaried personnel were seen to take over the running of firms . |
| 13 | Gorbachev announced at the RSFSR Supreme Soviet on Aug. 23 that he and Yeltsin had each agreed to take over the other 's functions if an emergency so demanded . |
| 14 | The truth of the matter was that even before she had agreed to take over the club she had been plagued more and more by a feeling that she had done all she could do in the music business . |
| 15 | She had no idea how he knew Kattina was in police custody , or that she had agreed to take over the job . |
| 16 | In the autumn of 1918 , following the resignation of Mr. A. H. Pott , the Manager and Engineer of the Metropolitan Electric Tramways and the London United Tramways , C. J. Spencer , the Bradford Manager , currently absent on war service with the Admiralty , was invited to take over the management of the three London tramway companies . |
| 17 | Control was informed of the news and the relief signalman , Ted Hudson who lived in Market Rasen , was summoned to take over the operation of the box . |
| 18 | It is understood that British Petroleum chairman , Sir Peter Walters has been shortlisted to take over the job . |
| 19 | In only the second year of operation , the ‘ jetless ’ Rendcomb Aerial Derby looks firmly set to take over the mantle of the Badminton Air Day , now sadly defunct . |
| 20 | In 1938 Cranmer was asked to take over the captaincy from Bob Wyatt . |
| 21 | ‘ I bin asked to take over the choir like , for the concert , play the organ … . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So , Mr Calder , you were n't really surprised at being asked to take over the job of chairman ? |
| 23 | Sunderland 's housing committee is to be asked to take over the property with a view to renting it to a would-be tenant who could buy it outright in future under the right-to-buy scheme . |
| 24 | Parents have in some cases been asked to take over the practice of hearing their children read almost exclusively , either at home or in school . |
| 25 | Michael Cole , the media director for the House of Fraser , said on March 7 , 1990 , that the report was inept and prejudiced , while on the same day Sir Edward Du Cann , chairman of Lonrho ( which had itself desired to take over the House of Fraser ) , criticized the government for refusing to take action against the Fayeds and said that damages would be sought against the brothers through the courts . |
| 26 | All these activities suddenly came to an end when Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists after the USSR had tried to take over the KMT . |
| 27 | The construction industry 's authority should remain a statutory body while the Engineering Training Authority should be allowed to take over the functions of the old engineering industry training board . |
| 28 | The new British prime minister , Sir Anthony Eden , who had finally managed to take over the reins of power from Churchill only in 1955 , was determined to try to moderate the hostility between Britain and her former wartime ally after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 . |
| 29 | He sees Ecstasy largely in terms of the market place : ‘ Professional criminals have realised there is money to be made and over two years they have managed to take over the market . |