Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him preformation was ‘ one of the greatest triumphs of rational over sensual conviction ’ . |
| 2 | The major advantage of automated over manual cartography lies in the computer 's ability to store cartographic and associated data and its speed in handling data and calculating results . |
| 3 | On May 4 , 1990 , the Latvian Supreme Soviet declared the independent Republic of Latvia — recognized internationally in 1920 — to be de jure still in existence , and declared the sovereignty of Latvian over Soviet law [ see p. 37460 ] . |
| 4 | But the power and the point of Barthes 's account of wrestling , as a spectacle that re-enacts the battle of good over evil with grandiloquence and excess of gesture and act , is that this interpretation is contrary to an accepted one of wrestling as a sport in which competitors demonstrate skill and strength in their progress towards a victory . |
| 5 | Attempts by the TCCB and the ICC to grasp the creeping bindweed of slow over rates have resulted in one thumping success — and apparently another ++ until the wretched small print is examined . |
| 6 | ‘ Amedeo , excited like a virgin by the bombardments , has gone to Cagnes near Nice over a month ago … |
| 7 | The following phrases will prevent the plan from prevailing over the verbal description : " for the purpose of identification only " " for the purpose of facilitating identification only " " only for the purposes of identification " ( Hopgood v Brown [ 1955 ] 1 WLR 213 ; Webb v Nightingale ( 1957 ) 169 EG 330 ) . |
| 8 | The precedent suggests the inclusion of a plan and , while it is suggested that where the premises are clearly defined there is no necessity for a plan , there is little doubt that a plan stated to be for identification purposes ( and thereby preventing the plan from prevailing over the verbal description ) is advisable . |
| 9 | She was going to need every moment of tutoring over the next three weeks . |
| 10 | The temple at Edfu , which we reached on the morning of the third day , was dedicated to Horus , for this was the spot where he was said to have vanquished Seth , and thus to have established the ascendancy of good over evil , This is never a , convincing concept , and the reliefs display the struggle and its happy outcome with an adamancy that seems to betray doubt . |
| 11 | Although there is an important ethnic factor in this research , namely the predominance of Asian over African managers in the sample , the finding is still significant . |
| 12 | ‘ I have only just begun discussions with Celtic over renewing my contract and it has not got to the stage of the manager making me an offer , ’ said the player whose ability to impose himself on the opposition might be thought worthy of international recognition . |
| 13 | There is a similar early map of Mendip showing the upland pasture surrounded by the villages and hamlets which had rights of common over the area . |
| 14 | Although Gregory came into conflict with Chilperic over the immunities of Tours , the original concessions must indicate that in certain circumstances kings were happy to make grants to their bishops . |
| 15 | On the other hand the following phrases will prevent the verbal description from prevailing over the plan : " more particularly delineated " " more particularly described " " more precisely delineated " ( Eastwood v Ashton [ 1915 ] AC 900 ; Wallington v Townsend [ 1939 ] Ch 588 ) . |
| 16 | The predominant conventions of the adventure story , the victory of good over evil and the happy ending , have led to a subtle demotion of the genre from the highest ranks of literature on the grounds that its main aim is a contrived entertainment ; for experience suggests , often though not invariably , that the challenge of adventure is more likely to meet with disaster and defeat than survival and triumph . |
| 17 | The emphasis on service linked to the pursuit of beauty and truth led in the British educational system to the superiority of pure over applied science and technology , and the superiority of classics and humanities over more vocational subjects . |
| 18 | Government economic policy during the 1980s consistently extolled the virtues of competition and declared the superiority of private over nationalised or state regulated industries . |
| 19 | This is not necessarily true , though , as is said by Stein , Morris and Bransford ( 1978 ) : ‘ rather than emphasise the superiority of semantic over non-sematic processing , it may be more useful to ask how people use what they know ( whether this knowledge is non-semantic , semantic , etc. ) to more precisely encode and retain information . |
| 20 | However , this subconsciously held conflict with his father in subsequent over identification with er led Wilson to be somewhat stubborn , perhaps even complicational as a , as you know , as presidency of the United States , which were , were often directed towards or often only minor details of his work , but he would n't he would n't actually range them towards say , any major . |
| 21 | In other words , one legacy of the regime of Councillor Pickles and his colleagues has been a city where the Conservatives have managed to stem the tide to Labour over the past decade . |
| 22 | The United States has threatened to ban EC companies from bidding for a range of government contracts from 22 March if the EC does not drop a three per cent pricing preference for domestic over foreign suppliers in public utility contracts . |
| 23 | The sexual woman thus is put at the bottom of a hierarchy of clerical over lay , male over female , celibate over sexual . |
| 24 | One of the most basic freedoms anywhere is the right to peace , and the choice of quiet over noise . |
| 25 | But she was left with a deep sense of hurt over her friend 's behaviour and had been unable to trust anyone since then . |
| 26 | The note indicates that the rate of increase is higher than that for restaurant prices in general over this period , and this could account for some of the reduction in business . |
| 27 | The Secretary of State for Defence roused his audience with a fierce attack on Labour over its Brighton conference decisions on defence and the appearance at a fringe meeting there of Gerry Adams , the Sinn Fein leader . |
| 28 | Parents who trust the coach should distinguish between the confusing issue of good , positive support versus negative over involvement . ’ |
| 29 | Last night spokesmen for both Scottish Enterprise and the Irish Development Agency , said they were keeping in close touch with Digital over the review of their operations . |
| 30 | JOHN Major , Graham Gooch and Graham Taylor have had a lot in common over the last week , with the latter two probably coming under even more public pressure than our beleaguered Prime Minister . |