Example sentences of "handing [adv] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swedish courts will soon decide whether a bank is within its rights in handing over details of the finances of their clients to the local tax authorities , in defiance of a ban imposed by the data protection committee . |
| 2 | Scott Quinnell , 19 , was the game 's outstanding forward , and a 50-yard run down the touchline with the ball in one hand and handing off tacklers with the other would have impressed Alan Davies , the Wales coach , who was watching from the stands . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , evidence has emerged that the West Berlin branch of Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's Christian Democratic Union party ( CDU ) has been active in stirring pro-unity emotions in Leipzig , supplying demonstrators with West German flags and handing out stickers in the black , red , and gold of the two German flags with the slogan : ‘ We are one people . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Foot , voted Journalist of the Year in 1990 , was expected to respond by handing out copies of the piece outside the Mirror 's headquarters in Holborn , central London . |
| 5 | The Famous Grouse Awards at the Café Royal , London , paid tribute to some of the greater moments in the competition , handing out awards for the most notable feats . |
| 6 | He spent the day handing out details of the new Archers Addicts Fan Club for which , needless to say , there was a fast trade . |
| 7 | However , it is sprightly compared with the pronouncement on ‘ automatic honours for public servants ’ by Richard Shepherd , the Conservative MP : ‘ It almost has the quality of handing out lollipops to the general satisfaction of the recipients . ’ |
| 8 | She had never seen Ianthe handing out books to the ill-mannered grubby students and cranks of all ages who frequented the library of political and sociological books where she worked . |
| 9 | The students have learned all about cricketing failure in recent seasons , but now they 're handing out lessons in the game . |