Example sentences of "over [art] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fig. 123 the violent diagonal of the hero 's body , twisting back as he throws himself across , lies over the counter-diagonal of the bull , carved in low relief on the background but it too turning its head out and back . |
| 2 | It was asked , since the testator had in a general clause charged a trust relating to all dispositions on whoever should be his heir , to pay whatever legacies he had left or had ordered to be paid or done , whether , when Seia made over the three-quarters of the estate , she should vindicate the gardens in full . |
| 3 | Their extra wide tyres cushion you perfectly over the roughest of roads and each bike has easy-to-use gears . |
| 4 | Cleveland fire service has taken delivery of two all-terrain Pinzgauers vehicles which can climb embankments , drive smoothly over the roughest of ground and keep going in water . |
| 5 | Steve pulled the duvet over the two of them and began fiddling with the remote control . |
| 6 | And so , as predicted , two buckets of pigs blood were poured over the two of them and they were received by hysterical laughter . |
| 7 | What , oh just loves it here right over the two of them he 's a stinker , he 's a stinker , he loves to be with the dogs , he loves to be with the dogs , what do you want ? |
| 8 | He presided over the first of a series of discussions on how the Council could further the cause of integration . |
| 9 | She picked over the nearest of the apples , taking out three which had small brown marks . |
| 10 | Two wooden fences , two wire fences , and all lit as day , all covered by the watch-towers standing in each corner of the compound , and over the highest of the wooden fences he could see only the roof of the prison . |
| 11 | Ice ages , tropical ages , spiritualized eras , wet , dry , hot , cold , high , low — all these and many other uncharted cycles , our Earth must have undergone , and will undergo , over the millions of years of its existence . |
| 12 | Biological anthropology in the present context considers infants and their care within an evolutionary perspective , arguing that over the millions of years it has taken for humans to evolve , infant-parent contact was likely to have been virtually constant for at least the first year of life . |
| 13 | The reason why the coal is so " clean " is unclear , but may be due in part to the very wet conditions in the region over the millions of years during which the coal was formed . |
| 14 | He was abroad from 11 1 5 to 1120 , always with Eadmer as his constant companion , bitterly upholding , but with ever-diminishing hope of success , his claim to primatial authority over the archbishopric of York . |
| 15 | His noble gesture appeased those churchmen who had been appalled by his early obstinacy over the archbishopric of Bourges . |
| 16 | Puzzle over the second of our two reader games ! |
| 17 | The sign ( ¨ ) over the second of two vowels to show they are pronounced separately , as in nai¨ve . |
| 18 | Before you take to the high street , it is worth spending time with your partner to think carefully about what you will actually need and perhaps more importantly what you both like : it is surprising how much tastes can differ over the smallest of items ! |
| 19 | Mrs Fletcher was bending over the last of a bed of weeds , hoping finally to rid herself of them before her husband returned from the potato harvesting . |
| 20 | The new interest gave him the encouragement of success , to help him over the worst of his terrible despairs . |
| 21 | By the time Corrie 's wedding took place Philippa was over the worst of her sadness and in a good position to enjoy it to the full — ; the closest to the centre of the ceremonies , yet fancy free ; and she had had a very good time — much affectionate sympathy from aunts and cousins , and husbands of aunts and cousins , and admiration and flirtation and kissing enough . |
| 22 | Jack nodded , his head bent over the worst of the wrists , suturing the ugly slash . |
| 23 | An asset acquired under a lease that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the Group ( finance lease ) is capitalised as a tangible asset and depreciated over the shorter of the lease term or its estimated useful life . |
| 24 | It should be noted that Optimus say the tank should only be filled to two-thirds of capacity — a little over a tenth of a litre . |
| 25 | Whilst a little over a third of employers thought there was no difference , those employers who did state a preference were , in almost all cases , more likely to prefer other recruits to young people . |
| 26 | True , there was something unbearably starchy about much of the supposed ‘ informality ’ in the film , but it appeared to have cast a full tungsten glare over a few of the secrets of the magicians . |