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

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1 When she did Athelstan poured the dregs of the wine over it , cleaned a dusty part of the room and put it beneath his cloak .
2 The campaigns in Scotland were accompanied by the familiar grievances of the community over taxation and prises .
3 It is , however , indicative of the political harmony and stability Edward had already achieved that the nobility did not seek to exploit the grievances of the community over taxation , purveyance and military service in order to impose measures of restraint upon the king .
4 Strolling down the Strand towards the Savoy for the election-night bash thrown by Conrad Black , right-wing Canadian owner of the two Telegraph s and the Spectator , I meet the dark , unfathomable eyes of a woman over the top of her sleeping bag .
5 How distant now seem the quarrels of the spring over the introduction of new short-range missiles .
6 The housebuilding side of the business has seen a 55pc rise in sales in the first five months of the year over the start of 1992 .
7 Some of these are further extended in the detached bungalow analysed by King ( 1984 ) , as part of an opposition to elements of modernity and urbanization which constitute the major transformations of the environment over the last two centuries .
8 Both men were last at Eagle Mill although they have worked in many areas of the company over the years .
9 Wherever you train you will work in at least three , but usually four or five different areas of the law over the two-year period .
10 Even though the role of the body clock as the internal cause of a rhythm can be investigated after removing external causes by performing a constant routine for 24 hours , this only enables us to assess the effects of the clock over a single cycle of the rhythm .
11 A weekend election in Baden-Wurttemberg , where the extremist Republican Party , led by Herr Franz Schonhuber , a former Waffen-SS officer , gained 10.9 per cent of the votes , was fought mainly on the concerns of the electorate over Germany 's generous political asylum laws .
12 ‘ My father says cold water is the best way to wake up someone who 's fainted , ’ he said , and with that he tipped the entire contents of the jug over the Trunchbull 's head .
13 They must count out three paces , turn round quickly and throw the contents of the cup over their opponent .
14 It would be difficult to reduce the contents of the Review over this whole range to some kind of collective ideological manifesto , but for reasons different from those discussed above in relation to the Newbolt Report .
15 Pour the contents of the pan over the leaves and turn the leaves so they are thoroughly coated .
16 It all started with the idea of re-establishing the archive of the Verein Berliner Kunstlerinnen ( Association of Women Artists in Berlin ) which was destroyed during the second world war and developed into a journey of discovery , which has reached this point with the following achievements : 1200 women artists on record ; many works discovered ; the archive set up ; a profusely illustrated catalogue ( in fact the word catalogue does not give an idea of the range of articles contained in it since it covers the history of women artists in German-speaking countries , to art-business oriented articles , to facets of the history of the association , followed by a chronological development of the association and a full catalogue of the works on show , divided into sections , as they are in the exhibition ) ; a dictionary with short biographies of 1200 artists and 700 friends of art called Kathe , Paula und der ganze Rest — Ein Nachschlagewerk ( Kathe , Paula and the rest of the bunch ! — A Reference Book ) , which has caused something of a stir ; and of course , finally , the exhibition showing the works of 70 of the members and guests of the association over its 125 year life , which includes 250 works loaned by 100 institutions and individuals .
17 As well as its contribution to study skills , the science curriculum for years 3–5 contributed to the Challenge of Change theme in the form of biological surveys ( e.g. comparisons of a field over passing years , investigations of pollution at the town tip , and classifications of flora and fauna in a local creek ) .
18 Figure 9.6 Pessimistic perceptions of the economy over the past year : unsmoothed
19 Figure 9.8 Pessimistic perceptions of the economy over the past year : comparison of median and mean smoothing
20 Figure 9.10 Pessimistic perceptions of the economy over the past year : median
21 Thames Water say they 'll no carry out further studies of the site over the next two to three years .
22 She had all the powers of a parent over me .
23 In effect , these were the same as the general powers of a parent over a child of less than 14 years .
24 They were part of a broader argument against the powers of the state over what could and could not be published and what ideas could and could not be tolerated .
25 He said that some witnesses in the action had strong views about the rights of the public over the beach and quarrying which has been carried on there .
26 Every buyer , lessee and mortgagee of land adjoining a railway should by letter , with a plan , search before exchange of contracts for details of any rights of the Authority over the land or any liability for maintenance of boundaries attaching to it .
27 It will explore how long-run technical change , particularly that associated with energy use , can be modelled and introduced into an economic model , ensuring satisfactory properties of the model over the next century .
28 The course to the north is called ‘ Bruntsfield ’ and they are the owners of the land over which the path runs .
29 She plucked a great hank of silk thread from the girdle of her spinsterhood ; tied one end of it to the wedding ring of her virginity and , looping the two ends of the hank over either wrist , spread her hands and invited Maggie to take the other end and wind a neat ball .
30 She watched cider pressing and said ‘ they pound their apples then lay fresh straw on the press , and on that a good lay of pulp of the apples , then turneth the ends of the straw over it all round ’ .
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