Example sentences of "hand [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He not only handed control of the new Secret Committee to grandees but in the same month , December 1856 , raised the qualification for promotion to the hereditary nobility from the achievement of rank five on the Table of Ranks to the achievement of rank four . |
| 2 | I am most concerned to read in The Lifeboat that David Scott- Cowper in the ex-lifeboat Mabel E. Holland carried out the first single handed navigation of the 2,000 mile North West Passage . |
| 3 | The utopian vision of Gandhi ceased to have practical significance with the formation of the Government of India , and he handed power to the practical man of affairs , Nehru . |
| 4 | When he resigned on March 10 , Avril handed power to the acting Army Chief of Staff and former Foreign Minister , Gen. Herard Abraham , who promised to restore order and to transfer authority to a civilian administration within 72 hours . |
| 5 | I 'll never forget seeing a giant handing basket in a west-facing window , groaning under the weight of a huge Tsusing holly fern , its frothy fronds lit up by evening sun . |
| 6 | I very much regret that it appears that the Labour party 's plans for the Audit Commission may water down its effectiveness by handing control to the Labour party 's chums in the unions and local government . |