Sentence examples for background has been handed from inspiring English sources

John Denham, the independent- minded Southampton Itchen MP with a strong local government background, has been handed the key role of communities secretary, where he will have to try to rebuild Labour's now destroyed local government base.

It was the first time someone from a marketing background had been handed one of the corporation's key executive programming roles.

It was the first time that someone from a marketing background had been handed one of the corporation's key executive programming roles; Davie had worked at PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble before joining the BBC as director of its marketing, communications and audiences division in 2005.

Well, the verdict has been handed down.

The dossier has been handed to investigators.

He has been handed over to prosecutors.

"Nothing has been handed to me.

"We've been handed this baton.

Risk controllers have been handed more power.

Already some trophies have been handed out.

Anderson had been handing them out.