Example sentences of "given over to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the modern art in my cellar areas is chiefly given over to the discovery of fresh talent and new Bristol artists , some of whom still attempt the famous perspectives of the Gorge and the Bridge . |
| 2 | It wove its way through the commercial dockside industry of the town which gave place , in time , to acres given over to the cultivation of the motor car in all its stages , new , second-hand and crushed to scrap . |
| 3 | Parking was horrendously difficult , the off-street parking being given over to the Volvos , Rovers and BMWs of the conference-goers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The building was given over to the university in 1810 , and the commode entered the Clanwilliam collection in 1831 . |
| 7 | What remained of the gardens was now given over to the university 's botany department , and so the building had been able to retain much of its outward character . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Sun had pages 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 given over to the story , while the others managed with only one or two pages fewer . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The afternoon , given over to the business meeting , was enlivened by the presentation of the Society 's cheque by our President to Age Concern and the draw for champagne for two lucky new members . |
| 12 | The steady expansion of land given over to the production of cash crops and the growth in population inevitably resulted in a decline in the proportion of villagers able to make a living from subsistence agriculture . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | The greater part is given over to the well in which the ice was deposited . |
| 16 | The result was the meaty and woolly Southdown sheep , whose extensive use kept the local downland primarily as pasture , unlike chalkland elsewhere , which was largely given over to the plough in the later eighteenth century . |
| 17 | The Cult of Pleasure is revealed as being secretly given over to the worship of Slaanesh . |
| 18 | Lucie 's thoughts were entirely given over to the pain in his chest ; he was overrun with pain . |
| 19 | To starboard is a considerable area given over to the navigator and surrounded by the yacht 's ostentatious gallery of navigational electronics : Navstar 2000D Decca , 2000 satnav and XR4 GPs , a Skanti 8400S SSB radio and 3000 VHF and a Raytheon R20s radar . |
| 20 | At the end nearest the tube station was a block of shops containing a small supermarket run by Pakistanis , a Greek restaurant run by Cypriots , a triple-fronted emporium given over to the sale of motor-cycle spare parts and equipment and a paper shop run by people who when asked where they came from ingenuously replied that they were Cape Coloureds . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There is a cramped , faded little room given over to the recognition of the literary achievements of the region , in homage to writers who were not themselves Basques but who settled here : the playwright Edmond Rostand , author of the extraordinary Cyrano de Bergerac ; the exotic novelist Pierre Loti , who lived and died in Hendaye ; the sentimental poet Francis Jammes , pictured here in a charming naive portrait , impossibly bearded and together with his wife and their wildly staring dog . |