Sentence examples for effectively taken over from inspiring English sources

The GAA was effectively taken over by the revolutionary Irish Republican Brotherhood (forerunner of the IRA) in the late 1880s.

It also noted, without naming a specific country, that a government in Eastern Europe "could be effectively taken over and run by organized crime".

He was convicted of fraud and tax evasion and sentenced to eight years in prison, while his oil company was effectively taken over by the state.

ESPN has effectively taken over the arrangement Premier Rugby struck with Setanta before the Irish pay-tv channel folded in the summer.

For example, investigations into the health impacts of the Chernobyl nuclear accident in Ukraine on 26 April 1986 have been effectively taken over by IAEA and dissenting information has been suppressed.

By doing so, the insurer — which was effectively taken over by the government after a $182 billion bailout — was able to lower its tax burden by billions of dollars.

He became a partner in 1954 and within a few years effectively took over leadership.

Unimpressed, Bainimarama's troops effectively took over the reins of power on December 5, 2006.

Snyder, a white Republican, is effectively taking over a Democratic city that is 80% black.

Early in the trial, the judge effectively took over the case.

"Eventually a senior group of players effectively took over and decided everything," recalls a French journalist.