Sentence examples for otherwise take over from inspiring English sources

Some companies said they would acquire Cyrillic domains mostly to protect themselves from so-called cybersquatters who might otherwise take over the domains and harm their businesses.

Mr. Boardman said he had broached the possibility of the state's buying or otherwise taking over some of those assets, "but Amtrak is not willing to discuss it".

A large bipartisan coalition could enable its members to steer a bill through the legislative process with the necessary speed and some degree of control, as opposed to the free-for-all that otherwise would take over — what one person on Capitol Hill referred to as "the last way that you would want legislation that you really cared about to be handled".

The oak forest regions also benefit from controlled burns, as Douglas fir would otherwise eventually take over and decrease biodiversity.

But you don't need more than a few on a wall this size, otherwise they would take over visually," he adds.

That message is heard, she added, only "if the boys are not there -- otherwise, the boys take over and everyone reverts to the behaviors we are trying to address in the first place".

We need someone young to take over, otherwise Gordon Brown's going to nick the lot.

Otherwise, when the strings take over, it can sound like Nelson Riddle through the looking glass, or in the case of the album's two instrumentals, "Gar" and "Betty's Overture," incidental music for a '70s film.

By contrast, General Petraeus's principal goal no doubt will be to seek sufficient troops to guarantee that security gains under the surge do not slip away, even as he reshapes the military commitment to focus more on training, supplying and otherwise helping Iraqi forces take over the country's security.

I suspect that, as the time for an actual choice approaches, whether in the form of an in-out EU referendum or otherwise, self-interest will take over and people will start seeking fact rather than hyperbole, as they have in the past.

In other words, "We can't have full democracy in this city because otherwise the poor will take over".