Example sentences of "be given over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's that time of year when theatres everywhere are given over to the mayhem that is panto … when men are dames and the principal boys are girls . |
| 2 | A ten-fold increase in fish farming is expected in Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , over the next couple of years and , already , sizeable plots of land have been given over to the business . |
| 3 | Plenty of space has been given over to the navigating area . |
| 4 | Yeltsin announced at the meeting in Minsk on Dec. 30 that the first channel of Central Television would be given over to the Commonwealth , the second would be Russian , the third would be Moscow Television and the fourth would be an educational channel . |
| 5 | If it was n't exactly political pessimism of the order of ‘ mourir pour Danzig ’ it must have been alarming for Americans to hear from High Commissioner Pignon 's diplomatic adviser of the feeling that French interests were not important enough to die for because the country was being given over to the Vietnamese and when the war was over French influence would have disappeared . |
| 6 | It was in fact a large room divided in two , one half being given over to the mistress 's wardrobe and dressing stool , with the pier-glass in the corner , the other providing a small chamber with room only for a cot bed . |
| 7 | Parking was horrendously difficult , the off-street parking being given over to the Volvos , Rovers and BMWs of the conference-goers . |
| 8 | The morning is given over to the religious aspect of celebrations , the afternoon belongs to the children , while the brass bands come into their own in the evening . |
| 9 | The greater part is given over to the well in which the ice was deposited . |
| 10 | The second CD is given over in the main to what I think of as Mark Goodier bands ( not a breath of criticism implicit in that , by the way ) . |
| 11 | The building was given over to the university in 1810 , and the commode entered the Clanwilliam collection in 1831 . |
| 12 | Ironically , during the war years , the pitch was in better condition than it had ever been , as it was given over to the growing of carrots and potatoes . |
| 13 | So much of the station was given over to the passengers , who by 1863 numbered 2.1 million annually , that a special parcels depot was built next to the station proper in 1889 . |
| 14 | The front part of the house , being somewhat darkened by evergreens , was given over to the Staff Common Room , with the classrooms of the senior forms on the first floor . |
| 15 | Much of the speech was given over to the already familiar complaints about " destructive and separatist tendencies " and about " ferocious " attempts to discredit the central government , and to exhortations to political forces to unite behind perestroika . |