Example sentences of "hand [adv] the [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the ceremony the main contractors and the architect formally handed over the building to him . |
| 2 | Roger Flemington FCIB , took the chair and , at the conclusion of the meeting , formally handed over the Presidency to Sir Jeremy Morse KCMG , FCIB . |
| 3 | The Papingo Trophy was traced to The Royal Company and on 7th June , 1951 , a contingent of Royal Archers paraded through Kilwinning and ceremoniously handed over the trophy to the joint care of the town council and the Ancient Society of Archers . |
| 4 | Nigel and Shirley handed over the cheque to matron Ann Teaney . |
| 5 | Regrettably , Ken Mentle handed over the money to Smith and , as well as manager , appointed him club development officer . |
| 6 | The building was provided from the bequest of Mr Kenneth Thelwall ( whose bequest has already funded two lifeboats ) and Mr Christopher Hobson , executor of the estate , handed over the building to the Institution following an address by the Mayor of Poole and Admiral of the Port , Councillor Mrs Anne Sibley . |
| 7 | Until 1948 the British ruled Palestine , but on 15th May that year the British mandate came to an end , and they handed over the country to the Jews . |
| 8 | The most important conscious attempt to solve the succession problem was made by Leopold Senghor in Senegal , who successfully handed over the presidency to Abdou Diop in 1980 after the re-introduction of a multi-party system in 1977 . |
| 9 | English Estates area manager Peter Watson handed over the donation to museum curator Hilary Wade . |
| 10 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 11 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 12 | Hospital staff handed over the petition to the MP for Aylesbury , David Lidington . |
| 13 | The King now handed over the controversy to Andrewes . |
| 14 | Those full-time farmers who handed over the holding to a family member at the age of 65 years were entitled to a larger state pension . |
| 15 | In Italy , a general strike in May 1922 , enabled Mussolini 's Fascists to drive the Communist Administration of Bologna out of office , and later that year , Mussolini unseated the government and handed over the administration to the King and the Army , which left the Italian King with little alternative but to ask Mussolini to form a new government , which was sworn-in on 31st . |
| 16 | But Mr Erman Torughu handed over the cash to UEFA on Thursday as evidence of a bribe , prompting Tbilisi 's sensational dismissal from the competition . |
| 17 | At the moment of death Jesus hands back the Spirit to God ( Luke 23:46 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The A&R person 's job does n't end with handing over the record to the marketing , promotion and sales teams . |
| 22 | The girls , from the left , Leanne , Jane and Clare are pictured handing over the cash to Massie . |
| 23 | In 1790 , a cartoon in praise of the French Revolution and the Fail of the Bastille , depicts Liberty handing back the crown to Louis XVI with the words ‘ Receive from Liberty your crown again' ( see Hill , 1965 : 42 ) . |
| 24 | Within two hours , a representative from Harbottle and Lewis , the lawyers retained by Branson , was at the High Court in London getting an injunction to stop Chemical handing back the plane to Boeing . |
| 25 | 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 ] . |
| 26 | We have met the terms of the loan , ’ Mr Cross said , answering widespread speculation that Mr Bond , whose commercial empire is troubled , had been forced to hand over the painting to Sotheby 's for resale . |
| 27 | £pound1 , 000 had seemed to him a pretty sum on which to " have a union of his own , manipulated by himself , despite the fact that in refusing to hand over the money to Head Office , he was bringing great hardship to the men in other ports still on strike , and to their families . |
| 28 | UN-sponsored talks had begun on June 2 , when the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) leadership called for Bosnian Serb leaders to stop the bombardment of Sarajevo and to hand over the airport to UN control . |
| 29 | Then my father decided to hand over the company to the young man . |
| 30 | Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . |