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The spark of Christ Michael remained ready to be recognized, but direct guidance was given over to outside suggestion and random intuition.

But staff eventually complained that so much time was being given over to measurement that there was little left to devote to customers.

Whole zones of major cities, like the Asian Games Village area in Beijing, have been given over to car lots and showrooms.

After being dedicated to him in 1723, the temple was first given over to the Buddhists, and later to the Lama Sect.

But England, except among a small minority, is almost as much given over to the worship of money as America.

Even when Okinawa reverted to Japanese control, one-fifth of the land, given over to US military bases, remained off limits.

The rest of the three-and-a-half-hour session is given over to simple reading and math, art and playtime.

First, allow an adequate proportion of your time to be given over to doing research.

Livelihoods and food security have been lost as land that used to grow food for people to eat is given over to toxic GM soy monocultures.

However, increasingly significant areas are now also given over to high quality vegetables for supply direct to the supermarkets.

The area is now given over to a children's playground.

A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls.

Prime time will be given over to two quiz shows and a talent contest.

FORGET the formal agenda at this weekend's G8 summit, given over to energy security, infectious diseases and education.

There are now even whole sections of bookshops given over to the new genre of "supernatural romance" .

Nowhere has this been done more effectively than in the Polish pavilion which has been given over to Yael Bartana, an Israeli video artist.

Given over to dissipation; dissolute.

Once lined with factories the city's waterfront has been given over to parks.

The waterfront, once lined with factories, has been given over to parks.

For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.

The period after supper was given over to games.

The keys were given over to our neighbours during our absence.

The keys were given over to our neighbors during absence.

The village hall is given over to civic functions and meetings.

Most of the time will be given over to some teaching about God, and about the coming stasis events and what to expect.

This is partly because more and more farmland is being given over to industry and partly because the population is growing.

The second meeting will probably be given over to the consideration and adoption of the constitution

Night and day are given over to pleasure