Example sentences of "take [adv prt] in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Army takes over in 999 dispute . |
| 2 | Hong Kong Special Report : Portugal takes a stand and Macao celebrates a passport to security : Unlike Britain , Portugal offers a guaranteed home to many of the citizens of its enclave in the Pearl River delta when China takes over in 1999 . |
| 3 | ‘ My father thought that the new democratic government which took over in 1980 would create more jobs in the capital . |
| 4 | Mr Bestall , who took over in 1935 from May Tourtel , Rupert 's originator , died at the age of 93 , but Rupert will live on in the minds of generations of children , some of them now drawing their pensions . |
| 5 | In 1889 she was appointed demonstrator in botany at Newnham College , and along with her colleague Marion Greenwood she organized the Balfour laboratory , whose direction she took over in 1899 . |
| 6 | Ian took over in 1974 and will soon be celebrating his 90th programme in the chair . |
| 7 | When the communists took over in 1945 , they were determined to industrialize and , at first , to eliminate the private peasants . |
| 8 | ‘ I know he has made mistakes , but for the first time since Shanks took over in 1959 , a Liverpool manager has got a job to do . |
| 9 | In December 1280 Master James was granted letters of protection for seven years , probably the estimated time for completing the works he took over in 1278 . |
| 10 | The debt which George I took over in 1714 was of two main kinds : short-term unfunded and long-term funded . |
| 11 | When Gockley took over in 1972 , the HGO charted a new and more interesting course . |
| 12 | ‘ When I took over in 1990 , Nigel only had one cap and I was n't absolutely convinced that he would be an integral part of the team . |
| 13 | Since the annual report printing business was surplus to requirements at Colorgraphic , Bowstead and his partners moved in and took over in 1990 with backing from County NatWest and Murray Johnstone . |
| 14 | It was in regular use until London Transport took over in 1933 . |
| 15 | But when Roland Jarvis — Jim Leng 's predecessor as chief executive — took over in 1984 , he instituted a programme of rationalisations and disposals to focus Bonar 's diverse interests down to packaging and specialist materials . |
| 16 | Interest of £100 per annum and £40 per annum , respectively , was paid regularly until the Board of Guardians took over in 1836 , when the principal was repaid in full . |
| 17 | Given Mr Mertz 's success since taking over in 1986 , his prediction should be taken seriously . |
| 18 | His American career took off in 1891 , when he beat Jack Dempsey in the thirteenth round to win the world middleweight title . |
| 19 | SPUC took off in 1966–7 . |
| 20 | Boys-Stones took off in one of 69 Squadron 's Marylands ( AR706 ) for a reconnaissance over the Fliegerkorps X headquarters area at Taormina . |
| 21 | Most managers have already used up that leeway since share option schemes took off in 1985 . |
| 22 | He was producer and commentator for LWT 's ‘ Sports Arena ’ before taking up in 1972 , the post of Vice President Europe of US company Marvin Sugarman Productions . |
| 23 | This has to be seen to be appreciated , engines can be viewed from several angles , compared with one another , or taken in in one awe-inspiring vista . |
| 24 | The old Norman church was taken down in 1819 and another built on the site . |
| 25 | Turkey Mill dates partly from the eighteenth century , having been taken over in 1740 by James Whatman , a name famous for high-quality papers , especially for artists . |
| 26 | Surging mergers and acquisitions — £21 billion ( $33 billion ) worth of British companies were taken over in 1989 , compared with £6.3 billion five years earlier . |
| 27 | Several old dwelling houses adjoined Ivamys but at the Guilder Lane corner was a small shop , taken over in 1922 by a Lancashire family called Farrer . |
| 28 | THE RE-OPENING of the line to Welshpool in 1981 was an achievement which had been awaited ever since the line was taken over in 1960 . |
| 29 | The work of the Hospital Advisory Service relating to mental handicap hospitals was taken over in 1975 by a new body at the DHSS , the Development Team for the Mentally Handicapped . |
| 30 | The building , originally opened in 1899 as the Great Central Hotel , was taken over in 1949 by the British Transport Commission as its headquarters . |