Example sentences of "[adj] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With frequencies less than one kHz apart both are rendered unusable over a large area by light aircraft with the aforementioned ADF equipment . |
| 2 | We can distinguish two main kinds : ( a ) an emphasis on the ‘ informing spirit ’ of a whole way of life , which is manifest over the whole range of social activities but is most evident in ‘ specifically cultural ’ activities — a language , styles of art , kinds of intellectual work ; and ( b ) an emphasis on ‘ a whole social order ’ within which a specifiable culture , in styles of art and kinds of intellectual work , is seen as the direct or indirect product of an order primarily constituted by other social activities . |
| 3 | So Spurs getting the lead they so dearly wanted after all their upsets of recent weeks , but back came United in the eighteenth minute , Les Phillips sent Nogan free over the halfway line and Eric Torsville had to race from his line to hack the ball into the stand . |
| 4 | Height and weight charts are vital in determining the seriousness of the problem and are the best method of assessing whether the food intake is adequate over a certain period of time . |
| 5 | This criminal neglect has been particularly indefensible over the past couple of decades . |
| 6 | On the other hand , if the rug is allowed to remain damp over a protracted period , the colours may run and , more seriously , mildew may form and cause permanent damage to the foundation or pile . |
| 7 | Hearing dogs for the deaf have become increasingly popular over the past ten years — now the staff who train them say they ca n't cope with the demand . |
| 8 | Stress becomes harmful only when it exceeds our ability to cope with the situation , or when it continues unrelieved over a prolonged period . |
| 9 | When observed from the rear , the trailing edge is gull shaped and from the side , the angle of attack created by the bridle is very steep over the central delta and shallow over the outer panels . |
| 10 | I leaned over in my boxy suit and re-signed the credit slip , my bitten fingers shimmering over the scorched trunk . |
| 11 | Despite rising ten-fold over the past decade , the tax on company cars is still just a fraction of the true value of the perk ( see page 27 ) . |
| 12 | It was probably whilst flying high over an approaching enemy that one Goblin got a bit carried away , and steering himself as best as he could with his crude wings , crashed right down onto the enemy army . |
| 13 | They said tension was running high over the mass funeral of 38 of their soldiers whose graves were found close to the convoy 's route . |
| 14 | The economies of Hong Kong and China have grown so interdependent over the past decade that neither could easily contemplate a rupture . |
| 15 | If the variable duty cycle waveform is applied to act as the control parameter of the switching regulator of Fig. 4 , then the voltage will be controllable over a wide range and provide an adjustable and stabilised output . |
| 16 | A report by the human rights organization Amnesty International prepared over the previous five years , and released on June 19 , concluded that government inaction had allowed the proliferation of death squads run by prison officers and off-duty policemen . |
| 17 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh , Pentlands ( Mr. Rifkind ) has made it unequivocally clear over a long period of years that he is wholly opposed to unilateral devolution , which is what the Bill proposes . |
| 18 | It had become clear over the ensuing years that the requirements concerning collective worship had increasingly been disregarded by schools , and there were calls for the introduction of a more flexible system as well as suggestions that as a concept collective worship in school was outmoded and out of line with the more secular society in Britain , and should , therefore , be abandoned altogether . |
| 19 | As reports from the Select Committee on Defence have made clear over the past few years , defence cuts are proceeding at such a pace that , if a future Labour Government continued in the same way , we would be left with Securicor and Group 4 to defend our shores and a steamship company to provide us with a substitute for the Royal Navy . |
| 20 | The Government 's commitment to the coal industry has been clear over the past 10 years or more ; they have also shown their commitment to a successful future for the industry . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman produced a more entertaining account than life itself — and given that life has been fairly entertaining over the past year , that is quite an achievement . |
| 22 | These proposed innovatory Keynesian policies were distinct from the economic policies of the Labour and Conservative parties , for they demanded the use of bank credit , the ending of private land ownership , and the use of public works programmes to swallow up over half a million unemployed over a short period of time . |
| 23 | The number of mental stress claims has increased more than tenfold over the past decade . |
| 24 | Am I sufficiently interested in my question or topic to keep me interested over the necessary time period ? |
| 25 | BR has indeed become more commercial over the past decade . |
| 26 | Second , he was very much a Romantic , with all the Romantic 's preference for the vital , inward and spontaneous over the static , outward and formal . |
| 27 | The third , comparatively new , market segment , is one in which BP has become increasingly prominent over the past couple of years . |
| 28 | If the motor is to operate at a higher speed then the induced voltage is larger and the applied voltage must also increase , so that current flows into the winding over the extended speed range . |
| 29 | The sound of these great explosions was audible over a large part of the Earth 's surface : at Elsey Creek in South Australia , 3,224 kilometres from Krakatoa , the noise was loud enough to wake sleeping people , who described it as being similar to the sound of rock being blasted . |
| 30 | I am surely not alone in feeling profoundly sad over the so-called reprieve of certain regiments in the British Army . |