Example sentences of "handed out to " in BNC.

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1 As reported in some editions of The Independent last week , the Arts Council leaflet aimed at this week 's Conservative Party conference differs starkly from the one handed out to Labour delegates in Brighton last week .
2 In view of the treatment handed out to previous women demonstrators , it also displays remarkable courage , but it is not an isolated act .
3 In 1968 a man handed out to US servicemen leaflets which opposed the war in Vietnam and invited them to consider deserting .
4 In Blackpool , sandcastles were replaced by sandbags — handed out to hoteliers and shopkeepers on the flooded prom .
5 Balloons were tied to the railings at each embassy and leaflets handed out to interested passers-by en route .
6 Cash floats , which are the set sums of money handed out to the restaurants and bars in order to provide them with change to start the day 's business , are checked , ready for collection by the departmental heads .
7 While I fully endorse the punishment handed out to Aqib Javed , I do not agree with the double standards and hypocrisy which surround English cricket .
8 Hence the brief he handed out to his staff was to make TV drama a popular medium , like the cinema , by having it comment and reflect on worlds and situations familiar to mass audiences .
9 The selectivity of the Government 's approach is again illuminated by once again comparing the treatment handed out to those at the bottom of the social hierarchy , where the Government has launched a determined attack on what it calls the ‘ dependency culture ’ .
10 The statements had been collected by the sergeant and handed out to his colleague on the reception desk , presumably so that the preliminary checking could begin .
11 He looked quite morose at the treatment handed out to cadavers .
12 In several towns rioting broke out , rioting for peace , and Nazis found themselves the victims of the kind of abuse and maltreatment they normally handed out to others .
13 Jim McDaid today welcomed the three-month sentence handed out to his teenage son for making hoax bomb telephone calls in London .
14 First tonight , a couple have criticised the gaol sentence handed out to an arsonist , whose attack on their home left their five year old daughter maimed and disfigured .
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