Example sentences of "[prep] be handed [adv] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the responsibility for dealing with it is likely to be handed over to private contractors , with the Energy Authority having a supervisory role . |
| 2 | Those responsibilities not taken over by the newly privatised gas , petroleum and electricity industries are expected to be handed over to existing departments such as Trade and Industry and Environment . |
| 3 | That said : ‘ All Russians to be handed over to Soviet forces and all surrendered Yugoslav nationals serving in German forces to be handed over to Yugoslav forces . ’ |
| 4 | AFHQ had given instructions to Eighth Army ( by the " Robertson order " of 14 May ) that " all Russians " were to be handed over to Soviet forces . |
| 5 | Obviously there was a complete contradiction between the two policies , and at 2135 hrs that evening Eighth Army signalled AFHQ IKP 213 ] for an urgent ruling on which policy was to be followed : " Reference your FX-75383 dated 14 [ the " Robertson order " of 14 May ] stating all Russians to be handed over to Soviet forces and SHAEF 399 FWD stating Cossacks accepted by 12 Army Group . |
| 6 | American political pressure on Churchill in London , and diplomatic help to Nasser in Cairo , resulted in the highly unsatisfactory Anglo-Egyptian Agreement of October 1954 , whereby the military base installations in the Canal Zone were to be handed over to British civilian contractors , and all uniformed personnel were to leave Egypt by the end of March 1956 . |
| 7 | Mr Porras , considered a chieftain of the Medellin cocaine cartel , was arrested on Thursday in the northern town of Tulcan , about 10 miles from the Colombian border , and was to be handed over to Colombian authorities ‘ as a show of Ecuador 's support ’ for the drug crackdown , an Ecuadorean spokesman said . |
| 8 | The problem needed to be handed over to scientific investigation . |
| 9 | Flats " used for conspiracy [ by the StB ] " were to be handed over to local government bodies . |
| 10 | That said : ‘ All Russians to be handed over to Soviet forces and all surrendered Yugoslav nationals serving in German forces to be handed over to Yugoslav forces . ’ |