Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] over to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cult of Pleasure is revealed as being secretly given over to the worship of Slaanesh . |
| 2 | This division of the sky was eventually carried over to the division of the circle and so led to our present habit of dividing the complete ( two-dimensional ) angle around a point into 360 degrees . |
| 3 | Lucie 's thoughts were entirely given over to the pain in his chest ; he was overrun with pain . |
| 4 | The result was the meaty and woolly Southdown sheep , whose extensive use kept the local downland primarily as pasture , unlike chalkland elsewhere , which was largely given over to the plough in the later eighteenth century . |
| 5 | The battle for political supremacy was thus carried over to the Congress itself . |
| 6 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 7 | The system is thoroughly tested and eventually handed over to the user . |
| 8 | Their costume reflected Mongolian and Chinese affinities , with coats always wrapped over to the right , having a band of decoration down the right edge , and soft leathern thick-soled boots . |
| 9 | Having been offered shelter by one of the Armstrongs , Hector of Hardlaw , whom he had helped some years previously , he was treacherously handed over to the Earl of Moray , Regent of Scotland since Mary 's enforced abdication . |
| 10 | LEFT : Merrets Mill was used as a cloth mill but was later turned over to the production of flock , shoddy and mill puff , by the Grist family . |
| 11 | What remained of the gardens was now given over to the university 's botany department , and so the building had been able to retain much of its outward character . |
| 12 | And the modern art in my cellar areas is chiefly given over to the discovery of fresh talent and new Bristol artists , some of whom still attempt the famous perspectives of the Gorge and the Bridge . |
| 13 | The bases were officially handed over to the army at noon today . |
| 14 | The Chair was officially handed over to the eisteddfod 's organisers yesterday and will go on display at the West Bromwich Building Society in Llanrwst . |
| 15 | They clearly appreciated what a magnificent building they had acquired and spent £800,000 on restoration and conversion of the Grade II listed structure , which was subsequently turned over to the manufacture of high-technology measuring equipment . |
| 16 | A CHEQUE FOR £2,000 was recently handed over to the guide Dog for the Blind Association at the Shell/Esso Gas Plant at St Fergus . |