Example sentences of "[noun sg] over [art] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred Crocombe went on to work for Boulton Paul Aircraft , and often reflected on how close he came to being one of those many aviator 's lost mysteriously without a trace over the wide expanse of the sea . |
| 2 | While simple coral beads have been clinically successful , there is some uncertainty over the long-term stability of pure corals . |
| 3 | Ronald Venetiaan , the candidate of the coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) , was elected President on Sept. 7 , ending four months of uncertainty over the future government of the country . |
| 4 | Prime Minister Felipe González , the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , on April 5 won a vote of confidence in the Congress of Deputies , concluding five months of uncertainty over the exact distribution of seats in the 350-seat Congress resulting from the October general election , after which recounts and repeat elections had been necessary in a number of constituencies . |
| 5 | The prior turned to cast a sweeping glance over the silent array of monks , watching him wide-eyed in anticipation and awe . |
| 6 | In the circumstances , a construction of fabric over a wire-braced framework of wood or bamboo was logical and efficient , and sometimes , nothing else would have got off the ground with the power available . |
| 7 | In retrospect , it seems that genuine concern on the part of the experimenters was communicated to the subjects to provide a potent source of suggestion that they should suffer symptoms of paranoia and hallucinations , and a cumulative sleep loss over the six days of the experiment combined to provide a fertile ground for the production of these symptoms . |
| 8 | These intrusions caused the limestone and sandstone rocks above to buckle , crack and fault over the subterranean peaks of granite . |
| 9 | A street lamp shed light over the front part of it where the boardroom table stood . |
| 10 | However , the degree also has a taught component , as students must attend at least one postgraduate seminar every term over the two-year period of the degree , and are examined on their work in these courses . |
| 11 | Dawn slopped like a bucket of blood over the greasy waves of Lake Pontchartrain , splashing the seaside slum of Bucktown in red … |
| 12 | Gently , he nudged aside the silken folds of her robe , and brushed his mouth over the creamy expanse of her flesh , his tongue dipping lightly to taste the shadowed valley between her breasts . |
| 13 | Bannen , whom she 'd left in the Operations Room , supposedly wracked with grief over the abrupt crash of the simularity of his son . |
| 14 | ‘ Look here : that was in broad daylight over a single strand of wire , not under fire from any machine guns , and with no patrolling goon with a gun to meet us on the other side . |
| 15 | She felt the glittering sweep of his blue eyes flame over the creamy translucence of her bare shoulders to the curve of her breasts . |
| 16 | The relationship between the two concepts of range and amount is perhaps more complex than one might expect , for some local cases get sustained coverage in local newspapers but not get a mention in he nationals , while , on the other hand , some events get a mention over a large number of newspapers on one particular day but never get featured again . |
| 17 | Moreover , attractiveness must be defined in terms of looking ahead at the likely state of the industry over the usual sort of investment time horizon for that industry . |
| 18 | Only in areas remote from this authority , as in isolated mining settlements , or where the state was itself weak , as in the United States , could bourgeois masters exercise that sort of direct rule , whether by command over the local forces of public authority , by private armies of Pinkerton men , or by banding together in armed groups of ‘ vigilantes ’ to maintain ‘ order ’ . |
| 19 | From 1947 to 1950 there was a contest over the rival merits of enterprise agreements against collective industrial bargaining but the Densan precedent had the support of the US occupation , the Japanese state and local employers . |
| 20 | BankAmerica Corp 's Bank of America has chosen MCI Communications Corp as its primary long-distance carrier in a deal that will mean more than $250m in revenue over the four-year life of the contract , MCI said , without revealing the terms . |
| 21 | Two of the women turn Mangan into a blubbering infant , and a third polishes her nails with vigorous glee over the wallowing body of her sentimental admirer . |
| 22 | The World Bank was last year reported to be in the throes of an anguished debate between its environmental unit and its energy department over the best way of enlisting Third World support for curbing greenhouse gases . |
| 23 | ‘ Mind you , I 'm regarded more as a provider than a goalscorer and I have n't done too badly in that department over the last couple of years . ’ |
| 24 | Position this end at the leading edge , pinning the tape over the raw edge of the turned down heading allowance , and leaving 2.5cm ( 1in ) above it ( fig. 25 ) . |
| 25 | Train drivers are being balloted on industrial action over the planned sell-off of BR , with officials of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen confident of a Yes vote when voting ends on 7 April . |
| 26 | The Federation Against Software ( FAST ) is preparing to take action over the increasing amount of illegally copied software being sold at car boot sales . |
| 27 | If nothing else , the relative lack of action over the last couple of nights would ensure a good sleep before setting off home . |
| 28 | In January 1989 the human rights organization Amnesty International urged the government to investigate numerous killings of trade union leaders and called for it to take immediate action over the suspected participation of police and members of the judiciary in harassment of and death threats against peasant leaders . |
| 29 | It claims it secured a substantial deal for Scotland , one that ensured that Lang will not have patronage over the Scottish allocation of seats on the European Committee of the Regions . |
| 30 | Unless the new pitch is going to be pretty hard wearing , prospects for staging Euro 96 , and perhaps more importantly for playing good football over the next couple of seasons , do not look good ! ! |