Example sentences of "be to hand over " in BNC.
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1 | One way of avoiding most of the problems associated with legislative guide-lines , while still ensuring a reasonable degree of control over the way sentencers exercise their discretion , would be to hand over the task of preparing the guide-lines to an independent sentencing commission or council , of the kind proposed by Ashworth ( 1993a : 447 , 1997 : 91 ) . |
2 | Under the Panama canal treaties , the United States is to hand over all military facilities to Panama in a gradual ‘ draw-down ’ before the end of 1999 . |
3 | It is interesting to note that TML 's obligation under the contract is to hand over to Eurotunnel a completely functioning transport system which has been fully commissioned , an unusual and demanding requirement . |
4 | According to a statement received by the weekly Oiga , Salinas accepted responsibility for the coup attempt and declared that its aim had been to hand over the presidency to Máximo San Román Cáceres , Fujimori 's dismissed First Vice-President named " constitutional president " by the dissolved Congress [ see p. 38846 ] . |
5 | Britain had at all costs to avoid being engulfed in a war of succession between Muslims and Hindus , and the only way to do this was to hand over , while there was still time , not to one but to two successor states . |
6 | He was to hand over the French Vexin ( as the remainder of Margaret 's dowry ) and endow Alice with Bourges . |
7 | The intention was to hand over to a new social democratic party and a younger generation of leaders less tainted with the communist past . |