Example sentences of "over the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a well proportioned quantity of water is passed over the unequal surface of a richly coloured rock , which thus aided , glows with borrowed brightness and augmented beauty on the delighted wanderer 's gaze , the spectacle is replete with dazzling fascination , and the mind most avaricious of enjoyment can covet no more . |
| 2 | Prime Minister John Compton defended Fostin by saying that he had been subjected to unjustified attacks in the press over the poor state of the country 's roads . |
| 3 | The problems arose over the two-year presidency of the Argentinian , Sarkis Kaloghlian , who was dismissed from his position in July after financial irregularities in the IJF 's Miami bank account . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Three of the 64 Berkshire commoners are refusing to accept a deal under which they would be paid about £750 each to forfeit rights over the built-up part of the US Air Force base and agree not to exercise them in other areas . |
| 6 | Butler and Glass found the CNV to be of greater amplitude over the left hemisphere in all of twelve right handed subjects and greater over the right hemisphere in a single left hander . |
| 7 | The CNV following the warning stimulus was found to be of greater magnitude over the left hemisphere in the verbal condition and greater over the right hemisphere in the picture condition . |
| 8 | Those that do may only display the differences for a matter of weeks or even days before the whole crop ripens , so there is an element of luck in flying over the right place at the right time . |
| 9 | For their part the urban middle classes tolerated the Junkers because they guaranteed the shape , content and continuance of German middle-class life and ambition over the vast bulk of the rural German population . |
| 10 | As seasonal temperatures cool , hot and cold air meet , forming a seal over the industrialised valley of the Bilina and Labe ( German Elbe ) rivers on the former border with East Germany . |
| 11 | Israel will not be forced to attend a Middle East peace conference over the Palestinian issue after the war is over if it does not want to — and it certainly does not . |
| 12 | The total amount ( capital and interest ) is repayable in equal monthly instalments over the agreed term of the loan . |
| 13 | The total amount ( capital and interest ) is repayable in equal monthly instalments over the agreed term of the loan . |
| 14 | She was lowering herself from the tip-toe that she needed to look over the panelled backing of the window display when something else caught her eye , further down the road . |
| 15 | I jumped the iron spikes and landed with both feet on the concrete , then ran over the narrow top of the pipe and jumped down on to the island . |
| 16 | The publication of the photograph led to increased speculation over the contentious issue of the fate of those 2,273 US servicemen listed as officially missing in action ( MIA ) in the Vietnam war . |
| 17 | Yet every afternoon , a group of journalists weaves its way along several gloomy corridors and up various flights of stairs to a cold , windy place with impressive views over the gilded roof of the Houses of Parliament , Westminster Bridge and the River Thames . |
| 18 | Until the Public Records Act 1958 the care and preservation of public records were in the hands of the Master of the Rolls , an anachronistic responsibility for a senior judge who in his modern incarnation is fully occupied in presiding over the civil work of the Court of Appeal . |
| 19 | Disney is still arguing with several contractors over the final bill for the theme park . |
| 20 | The ten day celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of railways arriving in Taunton went very well over the final weekend with a feast of motive power seen on the West Somerset Railway . |
| 21 | Where matters of law and equity conflict , the principle of equity applicable prevails over the legal principle in the case . |
| 22 | She was being carried at considerably over the legal speed-limit towards an unknown destination — and quite possibly what a Victorian heroine would have regarded as a ‘ fate worse than death ’ , since she could hardly imagine that Luke had gone to the trouble of virtually kidnapping her in order to spend a quiet weekend playing Scrabble . |
| 23 | JOHN MAJOR came under fresh pressure over Maastricht yesterday as the Labour leader , John Smith , accused the Government of unnecessary secrecy over the legal status of the controversial legislation on the treaty . |
| 24 | The vendors will choose the preferred bidder over the following weekend with a view to completion taking place prior to [ date ] . |
| 25 | McGrath recently expressed reservations over the current direction of the company and suggested that it would be appropriate to accompany the change of course with a change of name . |
| 26 | On agriculture the New Zealand side expressed concerns over protectionist barriers affecting its major exports , and over the current impasse in the GATT talks [ see also p. 38027 ] . |
| 27 | The finish here is an attractive and striking ‘ Arctic Night ’ which looks superb over the distinctive maple of the body wings , adding to the instrument 's air of exclusivity . |
| 28 | The economic spokesman , Alex Neil , the industry spokesman , Roger Mullin , and the transport spokesman , Kenny MacAskill , resigned after the party leadership won a critical vote of confidence by just two votes — 13 votes to 11 with two members abstaining — over the controversial decision of the three SNP MPs to vote with the Government on the Maastricht Bill last week . |
| 29 | THE father of a two-year-old boy suffering from a rare genetic disorder must wait to learn whether he has won his High Court battle over the controversial closure of a London hospital 's bone marrow transplant unit . |
| 30 | THE parents of a two-year-old boy suffering from a rare genetic disorder delivered a petition to the Prime Minister yesterday , in their battle over the controversial closure of a bone marrow transplant unit . |