Example sentences of "[art] [noun] over [num] " in BNC.

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1 The drag of the cable over one wing can make the aircraft uncontrollable in a turn , making a serious crash almost inevitable .
2 Even so , as he hoisted the skis over one shoulder and made towards the steps , she noticed the limp again .
3 He was lying on the large double bed with the first of the ice-packs over one side of his face .
4 However , by the conclusion of the course over three-quarters of the sample knew the beer equivalent to the legal limit ( 77 per cent ) ; the correct detoxification time ( 78 per cent ) ; and the fact that there is no effective way to accelerate the detoxification process ( 79 per cent ) — including a cold shower or a cup of strong coffee !
5 Outing : The first outing for the Heighington Over 50/60 club will depart on April 14 .
6 I 've put some of the bricks over one side , so that 'll eliminate getting rid of one side of them .
7 The ‘ edges ’ are an almost continuous series of jagged scarps or outcrops where the hard carboniferous sandstone juts out from the softer rock which has been worn away by the elements over millions of years .
8 The Temple of Luxor , with its distinctive columns shaped like bundles of papyrus , overlooks the tree-lined waterfront of the Nile ; close by is the massive complex of Karnak , the largest place of worship known to man , an intricate combination of ram-headed sphinxes , labyrinth passageways and chambers , whose detail has hardly been affected by the elements over thousands of years .
9 Each year , mining levels mountain peaks and kills off plant and animal species that have adapted to the habitat over thousands of years .
10 The report assumes that decommissioning costs would be spread over 100 years , although the industry has been pushing for a " deferred safe storage strategy " , spreading the costs over 135-150 years .
11 But nobody told the fish over millions of years of evolution that one day they would be prized for their decorative/educational/food value and put in overcrowded conditions ( relatively speaking ) in glass tanks/bowls , or ponds .
12 High pressures and temperatures drive off volatile gases from the peat over millions of years and compact it to form coal .
13 The opening moves were automatically registered on the screens , then the lights over one game failed , the press room photocopier jammed and the typewriter refused to function .
14 Fold the edges over 3/4 inch ( 2cm ) top and bottom , so that you now have a double thickness 1½–2 inches ( 4–5cm ) wide with a clean folded edge top and bottom .
15 The average torque produced by the motor over one step at maximum load is : The total phase resistance , R = 18.0 + 2.0 ohms = 20.0 ohms and for a rated phase current of 1.0 A the required d.c. supply voltage c = 20 V. For two-phases-on excitation the fundamental component of supply voltage is V = 4 X d/T ( Fig. 5.5 ) , i.e. V = 25.5 V. The peak magnet flux linkages with each phase winding ( M ) can now be found by solving Eqn .
16 No-one else went around with empty eye sockets and , of course , the scythe over one shoulder was another clue .
17 New members are invited to join the Barton over 60s club .
18 ‘ But I 'm warning you , Adam , I 'll have to leave something in the Dove Trust — a bit over fifteen per cent — or I ca n't justify what I 've done . ’
19 His majority last time was a bit over 5,000 , with the Liberal Alliance second .
20 ‘ Charlie usually brought home a bit over twenty pounds a week .
21 There were also pages of poems forced into some sort of rhyming structure so that they might conceivably have worked as songs , several paragraphs of references to critical works ( Barthes , especially ; Death of the Author ! shouted what looked like a headline over one entire page of notes devoted to ideas about a looseleaf novel/poem ? ?
22 Well , Dell has apparently run a car over one of the new machines and it still worked afterwards !
23 The Melbourne Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group found no difference over one year between perindopril and nifedipine in reducing microalbuminuria and blood pressure .
24 We 've hit a snag over one particular tract of land vital to the project . ’
25 To first order in h , ( with no summation over i ) .
26 In this case the seller has no lien over one instalment of goods to compel payment for a different ( earlier ) instalment .
27 A strike over one issue suddenly becomes a whole different battleground .
28 The police initially reported that he had a knowledge of surgery and , due to a message scrawled on a wall over one of the victims , it was suggested that he belonged to a secret organization , the Freemasons .
29 With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from .
30 He had a patch over one eye and wore a row of medals sewn lopsidedly to the lapels of his ragged jacket .
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