Example sentences of "are given over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , entire journals are given over to this work . |
| 2 | Leapor often compliments other women in her poems , and two poems , ‘ Song to Cloe , playing on her Spinnet ’ and ‘ Silvia and the Bee ’ , are given over to praising the beauty and the accomplishments of particular friends . |
| 3 | They take place in the mornings , while the afternoons are given over to discussion groups which follow on from the morning 's lecture . |
| 4 | Vast areas are given over to car parks and souvenir shops . |
| 5 | Large portions of the Education Bill are given over to procedures for the creation and financing of grant maintained schools , a cornerstone of government policy . |
| 6 | Visit Bodrum on market day , a lively occasion when whole streets are given over to selling spices or fruit , day old chicks or melons , and the most colourful variety of vegetables . |
| 7 | The last two weeks of the college year are given over to work experienCe or end of year activities ( EYA ) . |
| 8 | It 's that time of year when theatres everywhere are given over to the mayhem that is panto … when men are dames and the principal boys are girls . |