1.   Political control has been handed over to religious leaders.

2.   She was forced to hand executive control over to the new board.

3.   Border control was handed to the Defence Ministry.

4.   Binder will hand control of the company to the man he has been grooming as his successor for years, Chief Operating Officer Kevin W. Sharer.

5.   Bonds of Flagstar Companies Inc. rose after the company yesterday proposed a restructuring plan that would hand control of the company to bondholders.

6.   After staying for a few years, Stepanian would have handed control of the bank to CoreStates Chief Executive Terrence A. Larsen.

7.   During his illnesses last fall, Yeltsin handed control of most day-to-day issues to Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov.

8.   Four years ago, a massive turnout by the religious right got political credit for handing control of both houses of Congress to the Republicans.

9.   He handed the controls to his copilot, who completed the flight without incident.

10.   He was handed control of the basketball side of things and has botched the entire early process of the coaching search.