Example sentences of "handing [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed out the importance that the Church has put on education from the earliest times and the duty and responsibility of local bishops to be guides and teachers in handing down the truth of Christ . |
| 2 | Before handing down the death sentence , he asked if the two men had anything to say . |
| 3 | After all , before the 1979 election she said the Cabinet was going to be a place for handing down the orders of Great Britain Limited and was , no doubt , applauded for it in Rotary Clubs throughout the land . ’ |
| 4 | Hearing from that individual , to his great concern , of the impending calamity , Captain Cuttle , in his delicacy , sheered off again confounded ; merely handing in the nosegay as a small mark of his solicitude , and leaving his respectful compliments for the family in general , which he accompanied with an expression of his hope that they would lay their heads well to the wind under existing circumstances , and a friendly intimation that he would " look up again " tomorrow(2) . |
| 5 | After a year or two I was nipping out at lunchtime to pick up a new skirt for the office party , calling at the dry cleaners , handing in the photos to be developed and meeting friends for lunch with the best of them . |
| 6 | If upon the hearing of such setting aside application C.N.L. were to succeed , and P.C.A. were then to co-operate by handing over the documents before , rather than at , trial , C.N.L. could start using the material to prepare their evidence for trial — albeit by then , of course , the trail would have cooled still further . |
| 7 | Gooch is due to fly home from the sub-continent after the last one-day international against India on March 5 , handing over the captaincy to Alec Stewart for the Sri Lankan leg of the tour . |
| 8 | But by handing over the keys he did not necessarily escape his debts . |
| 9 | The Cellobus was presented on behalf of Cellophane by local MP and former Defence Secretary Tom King , who is shown handing over the keys . |
| 10 | If handing over the letters was what it took , then so be it . |
| 11 | It would also explain the delay in releasing her after handing over the letters . ’ |
| 12 | Magician , , conjured up £46 on his stall at the Summer Fayre. is pictured handing over the cheque to , chairperson of the Carnoustie Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund , with , operations manager , at . |
| 13 | I do n't recall handing over the title deeds . |
| 14 | It 's … er … not been made public , but the kidnappers have set a deadline of October the eleventh for handing over the document . ’ |
| 15 | Further , even if Reagan approves , Congress would have to enact the necessary legislation — and may not think that handing over the craft is in the nation 's best interests . |
| 16 | Handing over the tablets , she gave the necessary instructions and added , ‘ That 's all I can do , I 'm afraid . |
| 17 | ‘ You could save us both a lot of trouble by handing over the papers without any fuss . ’ |
| 18 | On the face of it , there would seem to have been quite a strong case for handing over the division to the Soviet authorities along with the other formations originating form territories controlled by the Soviet Union . |
| 19 | According to " diplomatic sources " ( as cited in The Independent of April 4 ) , apart from handing over the Lockerbie subjects , Libya was being asked by Petrovsky to ( i ) provide the UK government with details of its contacts with the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) ; ( ii ) make a written renunciation of " terrorism " ; ( iii ) close five training camps used by the Palestinian Abu Nidal and other groups ; and ( iv ) extradite an individual who had allegedly been involved in the 1988 attack on the Greek cruise ship City of Poros . |
| 20 | On English Heritage : I must be confident that Jocelyn Stevens [ its director ] is handing over the sites to the right custodians ; I feel that local management could be better . |
| 21 | The A&R person 's job does n't end with handing over the record to the marketing , promotion and sales teams . |
| 22 | WISDEN 'S appearance this year for the 129th time ( John Wisden , £21.50 hardback , £18.50 soft ) coincided with the announcement that Graeme Wright would be handing over the stewardship of one of cricket 's greatest traditions to Matthew Engel . |
| 23 | Instead of obsequiously handing over the dosh as any self-respecting minion temporarily permitted to breathe the upper air would have done , he started reciting terms and conditions . |
| 24 | A week after Chapman 's resignation George Cripps also left the club , after handing over the books for the previous two years to Mr J. W. Bromley , a former director . |
| 25 | After all , Bush has nothing to lose — he 's handing over the White House to Clinton . |
| 26 | Strapped for cash , he hurried inside and bartered for sex by handing over the silver watch given him by his sick father . |
| 27 | The SLA 's release of 51 Arab prisoners from the al-Khiam prison in the southern Lebanon " security zone " on Sept. 11 coincided with Israel handing over the bodies of nine members of the pro-Iranian radical Shia Hezbollah organization , and followed the receipt by Israel of information about two of its servicemen missing since 1986 . |
| 28 | Advice was available from the socio-economic advisers of the Advisory Services but training might well be provided in the techniques of grant application , building skills for ‘ kit ’ house erection , and on the detailed legal , financial and management problems of handing over the farm . |
| 29 | The girls , from the left , Leanne , Jane and Clare are pictured handing over the cash to Massie . |
| 30 | Its chairman , David Murray , wrote to Mr Gillespie saying that instead of handing over the shares on the previously agreed dates , he could keep them until he was 65 in 1991 , when they would be transferred to MIH in one lump . |