Example sentences of "over as [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Withdrawing the bid yesterday , Mr Fitton said the original discussions with Eagle , which was then chaired by Malcolm Stockdale , were amicable , but when company doctor David James took over as chairman of the group last week it was clear any approach would have to be aggressive . |
| 2 | DAVID James , who took over as chairman of Eagle Trust less than two weeks ago , yesterday stamped his mark on the troubled Midlands mini-conglomerate , appointing three new directors and securing the resignations of three others , two of whom were supporters of deposed chairman Malcolm Stockdale . |
| 3 | Cecil Parkinson took over as Chairman of the Conservative Party in what proved to be an inspired appointment . |
| 4 | Adrienne Ring announced that she has taken over as Chairman of the Publicity Sub-Committee and she asked that all dates of rallies etc be sent to the office as soon as possible . |
| 5 | When von Kuenheim , engineer turned manager , took over as chairman on 1 January 1970 , BMW was still battling to establish a clear model identity after earlier dabbling with everything from V8 limousines to sports cars to bubble cars . |
| 6 | Sir Alistair Frame , who took over as chairman from Sir Bob Scholey earlier this year , yesterday took a swipe at state subsidies to European rivals . |
| 7 | This object is described repeatedly in the Kalevala as the work of the master-smith Ilmarinen , handed over as payment for a bride , but then stolen back , broken in the pursuit , surviving only in fragments ; yet no one knows what it is — or rather , what it was , for its loss is irrevocable . |
| 8 | Gen. Tadeusz Wilecki took over as Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army on Aug. 12 , replacing Gen. Zdzislaw Stelmaszuk , who said that during his five years in command , the army had been reduced from 412,000 to 217,000 soldiers . |
| 9 | Gen. Tadeusz Wilecki took over as Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army on Aug. 12 , replacing Gen. Zdzislaw Stelmaszuk , who said that during his five years in command , the army had been reduced from 412,000 to 217,000 soldiers . |
| 10 | Harry Chapman had taken over as secretary of Hull City alongside team manager Ambrose Langley , after injury ended three years as a Hull player . |
| 11 | JANE SMITH , who breeds Simmental cattle at High House Farm , Bryngwyn , Raglan , Gwent , has taken over as secretary of the National Sheep Association 's Wales and Border ram sales at Builth Wells . |
| 12 | Do Quoc Sam , 62 , took over as Chair of State Commission for Planning , having previously served as its deputy chair . |
| 13 | He then spent a brief spell on the staff at the Gaczyna spy school before being sent to Angola in 1974 as a senior military adviser ; three years later he took over as commandant of the notorious Balashikha , a centre on the outskirts of Moscow used for the training of international terrorists . |
| 14 | Ian McColl , the former Scotland boss , had taken over as manager of the English First Division side and gratefully paid £70,000 for Baxter . |
| 15 | JOHN BECK took over as manager of Second Division Preston yesterday and immediately hit back at his critics . |
| 16 | Tom Whittaker took over as manager after the war , adding two Championships and two Wembley appearances — one successful — to the honours list . |
| 17 | Youth team coach Ray Hankin takes over as manager until the end of the season , with veteran midfield player Mick Tait acting as his right hand man . |
| 18 | Taking over as skipper from the Army 's Lt Col Frank Esson is the yacht 's navigator , the Navy 's Lt Commander , soon to be Commander , Colin Watkins , and the crew is being increased in size from 15 to 16 . |
| 19 | Bets that he 'll take over as president of Novell may not take into account the short life span of any of Novell 's prior heirs apparent . |
| 20 | In January , he takes over as president of BPX Alaska , responsible for maintaining production , after spending the interim in Aberdeen as deputy chief executive and general manager of XEU 's operations in the North Sea And Norway . |
| 21 | Borisav Jovic of Serbia took over as President of the federal Collective State Presidency on May 15 in accordance with the system of annual rotation of that office . |
| 22 | Cristiani took over as President from José Napoleón Duarte of the Christian Democratic Party ( Partido Demócrata Cristiano — PDC ) on June 1 [ see pp. 36731-32 ] . |
| 23 | Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera took over as President from Julio María Sanguinetti Cairolo on March 1 , 1990 [ see p. 37313 ] . |
| 24 | By a supreme stroke of irony he got the job , with the possibility of taking over as kapellmeister on the death or retirement of the ageing and sickly incumbent , Leopold Hoffman . |
| 25 | In fact , the teenager 's potential was also spotted by Colin Graham , who was assistant producer for the first performances during a short season at the old Scala Theatre , before taking over as producer for a three-month countrywide tour , finishing at London 's prestigious Royal Court Theatre . |
| 26 | Paul Allen takes over as captain in the absence of suspended defender Neil Ruddock who is likely to be replaced by David Tuttle . |