Example sentences of "[verb] over power [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shankar and Vice-President Henck Arron formally " resigned " and handed over power to the Army on Dec. 27 . |
| 2 | When they took over power from the king , the ‘ magnates of the Council ’ on 11 September 1259 appointed Thomas Gresley , a reformer baron , as Justice of the southern forests , and later confirmed John d'Eyville , also a reformer baron , as Justice of the northern forests . |
| 3 | While the measures taken by Britain in conjunction with our European partners to isolate the Burmese Government are welcome , the military dictators are still in power , they have no intention of handing over power to the democratically elected Government , and the appalling abuse of human rights continues . |
| 4 | With the approach of the second anniversary of the brutal suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations by the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , and no sign of the regime handing over power to the National League for Democracy ( NLD ) despite the latter 's sweeping electoral victory in May 1990 [ see pp. 37457-58 ; 37612 ] , there was a marked increase in tension and a renewal of violence at protests in early August . |
| 5 | The military government in Burma said it would hand over power to the pro-democracy opposition which took an overwhelming lead in the elections for the National Assembly . |
| 6 | The United States announced on July 22 that it would not renew a bilateral textile agreement with Myanma in protest at human rights violations and the junta 's refusal to hand over power to the NLD . |
| 7 | The SLORC 's refusal to hand over power to the NLD in May 1990 was harshly criticized by many states , including the United States , Japan and the members of the European Communities . |