Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] over to " in BNC.
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1 | And that 's left us in some er , difficulties frankly , because one of the things that er , the C E C was recommending , that work of a strategic nature , which at the moment is undertaken by industrial conferences should be moved over to be dealt with by section conferences and that meant that a number of industrial conferences need not meet any longer , so we would avoid the duplication , the overlap and the waste . |
2 | ANDY and Fergie 's Dallas-style mansion — dubbed ‘ Southyork ’ by the locals — is now a £1,000-a-day ghost house and should be turned over to the homeless , it was claimed yesterday . |
3 | We asked whether the Russians had requested that these Cossacks should be turned over to them , and Robertson replied in the negative and added " but they probably will soon " . |
4 | We asked whether the Russians had requested that these Cossacks should be turned over to him and Robertson replied in the negative and added " but they probably will soon " … |
5 | This leads us on to OBSERVATION : so that quite a lot of time should be given over to looking . |
6 | Government agencies , local communities and conservation groups have agreed that 24 square kilometres of the former swamp should be given over to conservation and tourism . |
7 | He agreed to summon the Scottish parliament , that it should consent to Mary 's marriage with the dauphin Francis and to her departure for France , and that Scottish castles should be handed over to the French — as indeed Dunbar and Blackness were . |
8 | In the House of Commons , Clement Attlee reiterated that it would be impossible for Britain ‘ to accept the principle that the most vital economic forces of this country should be handed over to an authority that is utterly undemocratic and is responsible to nobody ’ . |
9 | Instead he demanded that at least part of his inheritance should be handed over to him at once : either England or Normandy or Anjou . |
10 | In particular , as a first step towards clearing the area , he was suggesting that , as Macmillan had advised , the Cossacks should be handed over to the Soviet authorities , although , as he had made clear to Tolbukhin 's HQ , he could not do this without Gen McCreery 's authorization . |
11 | All Russians should be handed over to Soviet forces at agreed point of contact established by you under local arrangement with Marshal Tolbuknin 's HQ . |
12 | By the time Robertson sent his signal from AFHQ [ KP 103 ] on the night of 14/15 May , the decision had been taken in principle that the Cossacks in 5 Corps area should be handed over to the Soviet forces . |
13 | The State Department thus confirmed Macmillan 's recommendation that the Cossacks in 5 Corps area should be handed over to the Soviets in accordance with the Yalta agreement . |
14 | But , as events had unfolded , what it turned out had not yet been settled was precisely which formations should be handed over to the Soviet authorities . |
15 | AFHQ had given instructions to Eighth Army ( by the " Robertson order " of 14 May ) that all surrendered Yugoslav nationals " serving in German forces " should be handed over to Tito 's forces . |
16 | The plan outlined the procedures whereby all the Cossacks defined by the Definition Order of 21 May , including Germans , should be handed over to Soviet forces . |
17 | Finding that the Middlesbrough , Shields and Seaham branches had been accumulating funds , the Sunderland officials demanded that any surplus cash should be handed over to them at head office , threatening , according to Wilson 's account , " drastic action " if they failed to do so . |
18 | He always forgets that , with the Inland Revenue , we are considering how much of a citizen 's money should be handed over to the state , whereas in matters relating to benefits we are considering how the taxpayer 's money is handed out on our behalf . |
19 | In a speech on Tehran radio on June 5 Hojatolislam Seyed Ali Khamenei , Iran 's spiritual leader , repeated the demand that the British novelist Salman Rushdie should be handed over to British Moslems " so that he can be killed for blasphemy against Islam " , as first decreed by fatwa issued in February 1989 by the late Ayatollah Khomeini after publication of Rushdie 's novel The Satanic Verses [ see pp. 36450-51 ] . |
20 | The dispute concerned what proportion of the Fleet should become Ukrainian and what should be handed over to the joint Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) strategic forces . |
21 | Most difficult to resolve in the struggle for jurisdiction over clerks who were charged with crimes was whether they could be tried twice , as clause three of the royal Constitutions of Clarendon ( 1164 ) outlined , first in the king 's court and then in the church court , and whether , if found guilty , they should be handed over to a civil court for the passing of the sentence . |
22 | The Government needed control over the media , or to have that control in reserve , not only in order to prevent such support of minority interests but also to ensure that the vitally important class of entrepreneurs and middle-level professional executive people — whose loyalty was vital to the success of any government policy — should be won over to the cause or , at the very least , not be encouraged to oppose government policies . |
23 | To reproduce the slurring of the chords on to the octave D on the 3rd beat of each bar a pianistic effect — the chords must be tied over to a quaver on the 3rd beat , the bassoons , tuba , double bass ( pizz. ) , timpani , and bass drum supplying the octave Ds . |
24 | Many settlements withered during the late Middle Ages but did not die until the Elizabethan or Stuart era when a local lord decided that corn production was no longer economical and that the arable land must be given over to cattle and sheep pastures . |
25 | You may keep travel and subsistence expenses paid during jury service , but as your normal salary will have been paid in your absence , any payments received for loss of earnings must be made over to the Company . |
26 | In fact , as I write I realize that the whole mess of Primavera must be handed over to you — TAKE OVER THE WHOLE BLOODY THING and get this tremendous weight off my shoulders — change and edit the costumes , but not too much , as they are designed so as not to interfere with the movement of the ballet , as it includes curling up into small balls , rolling , lying etc . |
27 | It must be handed over to the embalmers then , or it will be too late . ’ |
28 | Since the receiver is the mortgagor 's agent , the mortgagee is not responsible for the receiver 's acts and defaults ; and any surplus beyond the outgoings ( including the receiver 's remuneration ) and the interest due , must be paid over to the mortgagor , and will not go in reduction of the principal . |
29 | There was a proviso that should the value of the jewels exceed the amount of the debt , the excess must be paid over to the king 's treasury . |
30 | The time spent together might be given over to sharing a game of dominoes , or cards , knitting , or having a quick drink , if the circumstances were right . |