Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matilda is another winner because it is a perfect parable of Good versus Evil , of a brilliant child triumphing over the cowardly and perverse world of grown-ups . |
| 2 | A central authority would only be accepted if it represented the Juntas ; backed by British agents , who thoroughly disliked the military consequences of federalism , the movement for the creation of a Central Junta triumphed over the jealousies of the important Juntas . |
| 3 | Still less can we be true citizens if that parliamentary will is in practice the will of a Prime Minister presiding over a cowed Cabinet and protected by an impregnable parliamentary majority . |
| 4 | Up until April , you have Mars giving you the incentive to earn more and to stand up for yourself whenever the threat of a monetary show-down appears over the horizon . |
| 5 | This revealed the shell of a faint SNR seen over the western half of an ellipse having major and minor axes 44' and 32' respectively . |
| 6 | ‘ FLIGHT TO FREEDOM ’ read the headline of one over a picture of the unusual sight of a golden eagle flying over Regent 's Park . |
| 7 | At some stage in her sleep of exhaustion she drifted close enough to the surface of consciousness to be aware of a deep voice exclaiming over her , of strong arms that lifted and carried her , but in no way could she fight her way up from the smothering blanket of physical and mental fatigue . |
| 8 | Greek artists of this period were highly mobile , and this is reflected in the development of a well-defined style dispersed over a wide geographical area . |
| 9 | It 's very rare if ever that one finds a continuing document of a place and people of a particular space maintained over that length of time . |
| 10 | THE body of the pilot of a light aircraft missing over the North Pennine moors for six hours was found among wreckage last night . |
| 11 | We knew it never got submerged by the tide and our idea was to take some photographs of a full moon rising over Widemouth . |
| 12 | Coal and Power called for an integrated and rationalized scheme for power , a follow up to the Liberal Manifesto of 1923 which suggested that coal and power supplies should be placed under the control of a public board presided over by a minister . |
| 13 | The patriotic and religious duty of every Jew was to fight for the reinstatement of this birthright , this covenant — the reinstatement of a rightful ruler presiding over the Kingdom of Israel . |
| 14 | Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion . |
| 15 | Bad things for a bad thing to happen over Christmas , it 's worse . |
| 16 | After this , a female healer had come into the room , dressed in an Ixmaritian robe but with a colourful blanket thrown over her shoulders . |
| 17 | McFall 's ascent was accompanied by frequent shouts for a tight rope and ended with a shell-shocked face appearing over the rim and the declaration : ‘ If that 's 4c I 'm definitely selling at my climbing gear ’ . |
| 18 | But no , she was removing the blue drapery , and now , with that gone , what had seemed to be a popish image turned out to be merely a tree stump with a blue cloth spread over it to dry . |
| 19 | The child 's bed , draped in midnight blue , stood behind a wicker screen with a crimson shawl cast over it . |
| 20 | In order to minimise land take a layout has been adopted which utilises two small roundabouts with a connecting bridge crossing over the bypass to carry the realigned Gilmerton Road . |
| 21 | Aberdeen , who bounced back from the disappointment of losing to Rangers with a deserved Cup win over Dundee United on Sunday , are likely to be unchanged . |
| 22 | They probably reached George Burnett later that day at Huntspill , where his father 's Georgian house stood at a respectable distance from the busy turnpike , with a large sundial presiding over the front door . |
| 23 | Thus when the girl secretary who was to become Dostoevsky 's wife rang the bell of his flat for the first time , the door was opened by an elderly woman servant with a green shawl thrown over her shoulders . |
| 24 | I detest Federico Jiménez Losantos , who confuses ‘ Guernica ’ with Pelé the footballer , and talks about it being ‘ signed up ’ to turn the Reina Sofía into a swollen-headed museum presided over by a sinister fetish . |
| 25 | The plan has emerged from a comprehensive study undertaken over the last year , covering such aspects as geology , archaeology , nature conservation , recreation , education , traffic and landscape . |
| 26 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 27 | The other heads advance in a menacing manner towering over the kneeling deity , identified as such by his head-dress . |
| 28 | Effigies of the Cobra , or ‘ Nagacoils ; in a Hindu shrine built over an anthill , seen at the rear . |
| 29 | A down-stuffed duvet in a printed-cotton cover lay over them . |
| 30 | ‘ Traditional climatic geomorphology as represented by most of the papers in this volume has to a large extent glossed over this paucity of knowledge of fundamentals ; it may be said to have proceeded , like Davis 's work , to premature generalization on the basis of quite vague ideas on the underlying process relations . |