Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] over [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He was lying on the large double bed with the first of the ice-packs over one side of his face .
2 It is the peculiar human ability to re-organize and re-describe and re-evaluate from novel points of view that makes for the superiority of the consultants over any set of bibliographical instruments , as well as the human ability to recognize a question as misconceived or stupid .
3 I 've put some of the bricks over one side , so that 'll eliminate getting rid of one side of them .
4 Mastery of the skies over large parts of Germany had already passed to the allies in 1942 , and heavy raids , chiefly by the Royal Air Force , had been carried out on cities mainly in northern and north-western Germany ( Hamburg , Lübeck , Rostock , Cologne , Essen , Bremen , and others ) .
5 First , the existence of the plateaux over appreciable ranges of Vg ( Figure 2 ) does not match preconceived ideas for quantised motion .
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