Example sentences of "[is] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final element in the policy making process is the response to developments over which governments have no control . |
| 2 | It is the lack of disagreement over fundamentals that distinguishes mature , normal science from the relatively disorganized activity of immature pre-science . |
| 3 | An important feature of both the bought deal and traditional syndication is the lack of discipline over the price at which members of the syndicate sell bonds . |
| 4 | In the standard b -boundary construction , the Riemannian manifold is the bundle of frames over space-time having a positive definite metric induced by the affine connection . |
| 5 | The idea is the victory of life over death . |
| 6 | ‘ The convulsion of war has opened our eyes to many strange things ’ , he wrote in 1919 , ‘ Few of us had realised till war had exposed it how thin is the veneer of civilisation over the underlying animal proclivities … the failure of religion to direct , and education to balance , the actions of men . ’ |
| 7 | The most important right is the right of lien over guests ' property . |
| 8 | It 's incredible : it 's the triumph of commercialism over culture and our whole history ’ . |
| 9 | There 's a gratuitousness of form over content : so much more is done than is ‘ required ’ for the purposes of communication , so much flaunting and adornment . |
| 10 | so providing they just play it steadily they should be alright , there 's a lot of discrimination over the Australian defeat in the paper , they reckon that if erm |
| 11 | ‘ There 's a lot of ducks over there by the stream , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's a body of opinion over here that we 're too British , ’ adds Fruitbat , ‘ and that does make me feel like I 'm banging my head against a wall at times . |
| 13 | There is no point in painting over dirt , though . |
| 14 | ‘ Now all she needs is a bit of work over a mile and a quarter on Tuesday and she 'll be ready for Longchamp . |
| 15 | Then there is a suit in Miami over a missing $6 billion ( £3.4 billion ) from Panama 's treasury . |
| 16 | And still of a winter 's night , they say , when the wind is in the trees , When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas , When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor , A highwayman comes riding — |
| 17 | One of the most important gifts a teacher can pass on to pupils is a sense of control over one 's life . |
| 18 | These assumptions may be summarized as follows : ( a ) that the account of how Molla Husrev came to the Muftilik is at least broadly correct ; ( b ) that the Muftilik passed in an uncomplicated manner from Fahreddin Acemi to the Mufti of Istanbul ( though , as has been seen , there is a division of opinion over whether the latter was Abdulkerim or Molla Husrev ) ; ( c ) that Abdulkerim did hold the office of Mufti , that is , the Muftilik of Istanbul ( though again there is disagreement about when he held it ) . |
| 19 | There is a lot of controversy over which SPF ( sun protection factor ) creams are best for particular countries . |
| 20 | The scenery , it goes without saying , is a miracle of mind over Matterhorn . |
| 21 | But the strapping Middlesbrough centre half insists : ‘ There 's no tug of loyalties over Wednesday 's game . |
| 22 | Avesco Plc yesterday announced plans to demerge its VideoLogic Ltd multimedia subsidiary , which has joint venture agreements with IBM Corp : it says that Videologic 's turnover for the year that ends today will be not less than £10.4m , which is an increase of 44% over last year : Avesco also plans to raise £12.1m net of expenses in a one-for-three rights issue at 63 pence ; the news put 12 pence on the share price , which reached 97p . |
| 23 | But in keeping with the healing theme of the new album , ‘ Natural Beauty ’ is an ode to preservation over annihilation and extinction . |
| 24 | We do not have direct evidence of other galaxies , but it seems likely that they are composed of particles and that in the universe as a whole , there is an excess of particles over antiparticles of about one particle per 10 8 photons . |
| 25 | However , when demand is slack and there is an excess of supply over the demand for units , the bid price may equal the cancellation price . |