Example sentences of "[art] [v-ing] over [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The pace of change and innovation which the latter had initiated with his new Science Block in the 1950s , and which Scott had continued and quickened during his years , was now reaching its logical conclusion with the taking over of the Convent buildings and the admission of girls in September 1980 .
2 BR issued a prospectus for the handing over of the entire Settle & Carlisle line to private enterprise .
3 After the handing over of the baby contact may or may not be maintained .
4 A desperate letter of appeal from the Steinhardts to Lord Rothschild in London resulted in the handing over of The Cedars .
5 It is at the handing over of the engagement dower that the mothers finally meet face to face — or burgah to burgah .
6 But the handing over of the letter was not something she necessarily expected , it was simply something she saw .
7 McCreery had suggested that AFHQ should approach Tito to discuss the handing over of the Croats .
8 Now on 21 May , Eighth Army received from HQ 5 Corps a copy of the " Definition Order " resulting from that day 's conference on " transfer SOVIET NATIONALS " showing that preparations were well advanced for the handing over of the Cossacks to the Soviets .
9 The record goes on to show that it was not only the handing over of the Yugoslavs that was discussed at these conferences .
10 This is quite properly reflected in the first signal from $ Corps after Macmillan 's visit , referring to his " advice " that Tolbukhin should be approached about the handing over of the Cossacks .
11 Within hours of his departure HQ 5 Corps had acted on his " advice " and had approached Tolbukhin 's HQ about the handing over of the Cossacks , but they did so in a manner which reserved to higher authority the final decision whether or not to hand them over [ KP 93 ] .
12 A much-remembered day is 16 April 1976 , when representatives of America and Switzerland met there to celebrate the handing over of the bell cast in Aarau for the United Methodist church of Washington , DC .
13 One is the handing over of the child to the mother .
14 Pointing out the growing difficulty in policing the densely populated Gaza Strip , and stressing that , unlike the West Bank , Jews could find few meaningful historical links with Gaza , the plan advocated the handing over of the area either to the UN or to a governing body of Palestinians .
15 The tenant 's works will probably include valuable fitting out items and while a landlord will wish to reclaim vacant possession of the premises as soon as possible after determination in order to seek a reletting , the handing over of the tenant 's works should be resisted .
16 With the handing over to the Council of Europe in 1960 of the social and cultural responsibilities it had inherited from the Treaty of Brussels , it seemed that to all intents and purposes WEU had become moribund .
17 Bills are drawn on buyers , or their bankers , and accepted on the handing over by the seller of the bill of lading covering the goods .
18 A French term , used in poetry to indicate the carrying over of the sense from one line or couplet to the next .
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