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Examples of handing

handing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

One way of thinking about human existence through time, then, is to say that we are constantly handing down a set of possibilities to ourselves.
He retired on pension in 1899, handing over an efficient service to his white successor.
After handing over power to elected civilians in 1969, the military struck again in 1972.
One girl left home because her parents insisted on her handing over all her earnings while she was living at home.
Sustainability of these systems is dependent on the handing down of their 'spirit', of their own alternative identity.
The significance of writing was reinforced by the fact that future transfer of the property meant handing over the landbooks associated with it.
This is partially correct; although it is a loan and not a gift, there was an element of 'handing over' involved.
In pre-literate societies oral tradition was a major form of handing down history.
Contemporary culture is no longer limited to handing down a tradition.
The scenes start with the depiction of workers taking grain out of the granary and handing it to the bakers.
Experience of health care: necessity of handing over to health care system, health professional as gatekeepers, restrictions by drugs and rehabilitation, confusing advice.
The assessor repeated the rule before handing each card to the child but did not provide any feedback on per formance.
A really large-scale reorganization might, however, increase the chances of handing over to a family successor.
In handing their prisoner over to the secular arm they quite literally lost control of him.
That handing on of preferences makes it possible, after all, to label a sequence of work by a style.
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