Example sentences of "a [noun] over the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the Roman city walls ( though in the heart of the modern city ) lay a great cemetery area ; and here , between 379 and 386 , St Ambrose built a basilica over the martyria of two Roman martyrs , St Gervasius and St Protasius ; and beside them in his own basilica Ambrose himself was laid to rest . |
| 2 | In the shady corner , I wanted to create more of a woodsy atmosphere and probably went a bit over the top with primulas — not just wild primroses and oxlips but some of their prettier hybrids , like the dark-leaved , mauve-pink flowered ‘ Garryarde Guinevere ’ and the enchanting little double lilac primroses ‘ Quakers ' Bonnets ’ . |
| 3 | Pat Morley , producer of RTE 's major youth programme Beatbox , said : ‘ It 's a bit over the top for us , it might offend viewers . ’ |
| 4 | Er a and he jazzed this up a little bit , and perhaps I think he 's gone a bit over the top on it . |
| 5 | No it 's it 's , she was a bit over the hill for it I 'm afraid . |
| 6 | If so — that 's the year of the Cockerel I enclosed a bit over the page about it . |
| 7 | A report by the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists ( ICJ ) released on April 28 severely criticized the UK government for denying Hong Kong residents the right of self-determination in the form of a referendum over the terms of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration [ for which see pp. 33656-57 ] . |
| 8 | A decision over the issue of inter-enterprise debt was described by the Financial Times of Sept. 4 as " a messy compromise " . |
| 9 | Environmental Minister , Nicholas Ridley , has forced Councillors to put off a decision over the building of a controversial holiday village in his own constituency . |
| 10 | Littlewoods could be on the verge of a decision over the future of the mail-order operations but making the business an irresistible buy will take a dramatic burst of salesmanship by the Moores family which owns this Liverpool group , and their merchant bankers at Kleinwort Benson . |
| 11 | Unfortunately a fourth hangs a tea-towel over the window at this point , obscuring my view . |
| 12 | Ever the optimist , Davies she was saying that the extra 's day 's practice would give her ‘ a headstart over the rest of them ’ . |
| 13 | The East Belfast man ca n't put a foot over the door of his Cregagh Road home without first stripping off in the garden . |
| 14 | Kate , having been prepared for a fight over the amount of her luggage , was left with the wind taken out of her sails . |
| 15 | If approaching from Kirkby Stephen , as is usual , a halt should be made at Stenkrith Bridge for a look over the parapets at the River Eden below , thrashing a passage through a deep limestone gorge . |
| 16 | To insist upon the inquest in these circumstances could only have been for the purpose of procuring a rapping over the knuckles in public of that authority and/or a convenient means of obtaining evidence for a subsequent claim against it . |
| 17 | The enlightenment of Guatama the Buddha is represented with a seven-hooded Naga in a protective attitude forming a shield over the head of the Saviour . |
| 18 | It had a canopy over the entrance on which was inscribed in large letters ‘ Ospedale Civile Peracchi ’ ; Peracchi being the name of its benefactor . |
| 19 | That same year , the London Omnibus Company introduced their first bus with a roof over the seats on the upper deck , but the tyres on the wheels remained ‘ solid ’ , although pneumatic tyres were introduced on new single-decker buses . |
| 20 | Point out that in the case of a married couple or a permanent relationship ( especially between a man and woman living together and with the possibility of children , planned or unexpected ) , the joint tenancy is the surest guarantee that on the death of either there will at least be a roof over the heads of the surviving family , particularly if there is to be a mortgage supported by a life endowment policy . |
| 21 | NEARLY 40 new homes were officially opened today to put a roof over the heads of 180 people . |
| 22 | It is expected that their development plans for the new financial year will put a roof over the heads of about 7,000 people . |
| 23 | There are 7 arm spines proximally , 6 distally , forming a fan over the arms on the proximal points . |
| 24 | The hunter marked the occasion by carving a plaque over the doorway of his home . |
| 25 | She cast a glance over the assortment of coffee-mugs littering the surface , and sniffed disparagingly . |
| 26 | I apply stronger colours with a sponge over the top of the background to provide the smaller branches of the main tree . |
| 27 | Prince Edward is even said to have fired a shotgun over the head of a Daily Mirror photographer . |
| 28 | Other sources of budgetary tension between Congress and the President during June included the passage by Congress of a bill to grant automatically renewable benefits to the long-term unemployed , and a confrontation over the issue of emergency urban aid . |
| 29 | In recent times the Irish Government faced a dilemma over the future of Croagh Patrick . |
| 30 | I 'd like to go on living and working on Skomer but as my son is four years old I 'll soon be facing a dilemma over the need for his education and I might have no choice but to rethink our future . ’ |