Example sentences of "[vb pp] over [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The United States officially handed over control of the relief operation in Somalia to the United Nations . |
| 2 | Turn right along the river , left over waterfall to the alley into Abbey St. and back into Long St. |
| 3 | We agree that care should be taken over terminology in the interpretation of fluoroscein angiograms but contend that the use here was accurate . |
| 4 | The TEC have taken over responsibility for the service in keeping with their aim to encourage commitment to training . |
| 5 | Having refurbished two bits of year-old evidence to support the new Libyan thesis , he now weighed in with a two-year-old intelligence report about a meeting in Tripoli before the bombing — in mid-November 1988 — at which the Libyans were said to have taken over responsibility for the attack from the PFLP — GC after Jibril 's West German cell was broken up . |
| 6 | Joyce Edwards , Quality Circle facilitator at Wedgwood Barlaston , pictured at the presentation , said : ‘ The most important aspect of the project was that the pupils themselves have taken over responsibility for the school and its property . ’ |
| 7 | After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Russia , whose delegation was led by State Councillor Sergei Shakhrai , had taken over responsibility for the former Soviet military divisions in the Baltic . |
| 8 | JOHN PERMAN , the former depot manager at Charlton , has taken over responsibility for the primary distribution project from BOB PARLE to enable Bob to take up his new duties as departmental director , distribution operations , when Derek Graham retires in August . |
| 9 | According to the report local militias dominated by Uzbek , Tajik and Shia Ismaeli ethnic groups had formed an alliance with local mujaheddin units ( including fighters commanded by Ahmed Shah Masud ) in late March , and together they had taken over control of the city from Pashtun units . |
| 10 | There are several instances where immigrant minorities have eventually taken over control of the host community either in whole or in part , Palestine and India being two examples in this century . |
| 11 | Beirut port , where the Lebanese army had taken over control from the militias the previous month , opened on March 15 after a 14-month closure . |
| 12 | Without declaring for or against the coup , Sukarno issued an ordinance stating he had taken over command of the armed forces . |
| 13 | DARLINGTON students have taken over production of the council 's magazine . |