Sentence examples for handed over authority from inspiring English sources
BP also said payouts to people affected by the spill such as fishermen, hoteliers and retailers had dramatically increased since it handed over authority for dispensing funds to a White House appointee.
Six years after Myanmar inaugurated Naypyidaw (pronounced nay-pee-DAW) as its new capital, the city remains austere and often lifeless, a costly monument to military rulers who no longer rule, since the junta handed over authority in March to the country's first civilian government in almost 50 years.
Administration officials continue to prod Egypt's military to hand over authority to a civilian government.
That stumbling block would not be resolved by handing over authority to Brussels.
A new President will be announced on June 21st, the generals will hand over authority on the first of July.
"We Shiites will wait until June" -- when the C.P.A. is scheduled to hand over authority for the country to Iraqis.
Yes, they assured everyone, they still planned to hand over authority to a civilian President at the end of the month.
If not, they would hand over authority "in such other way as may seem most reasonable and in the best interests of the Indian people".
For example, the trade commission will hand over authority to enforce certain restrictions on telemarketing, while the Fed is transferring its power to oversee mortgage disclosure rules.
"It's about sharing assets when requested, not handing over authority to a third-party command".Many elements in Mr Sarkozy's plan will be contested.
