Example sentences of "over [art] surface [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Distances s measured over the surface between a pair of points whose coordinate separations are x and y will be given by Pythagoras ' theorem
2 Even though the epidermis appears to be stretched taut over the surface of a structure such as a growing limb bud , its response to wounding is to close over the lesion , rather than to gape more widely .
3 Even so , they are highly accomplished flyers , shooting over the surface of a pond in a blur of gauzy wings at up to 30 kph .
4 ‘ When the blind beetle crawls over the surface of a globe , he does n't notice that the track he has covered is curved .
5 Flaws can occur anywhere over the surface of a crystal .
6 If you like thinking about capacity for information storage ( I do ) , you can imagine the enormous number of different patterns of flaws that could be created over the surface of a crystal .
7 Before Grant 's shocked eyes , the nightmare figure fell weakly forward against the far end of the big console , its remaining hand groping over the surface towards a red button .
8 The cloth is liberally soaked and wiped over the surface in a smooth sweeping motion .
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