Example sentences of "[adj] over [art] " 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 | A LONDONDERRY school head has called ‘ foul ’ over dog owners who allow their pets to run free over a play area . |
| 4 | So if you 're free over the weekend you can come round yeah ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You do n't want them emerging with the queasy feeling they could get whacked over the head on their way back to the car . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | By the time the demo was over I was nearly nauseous at the presumptuousness of these notions and despondent over the lack of scepticism in the room . |
| 9 | Both Mr Pitman Senior and Junior were reps who grew progressively despondent over the standard of rooms and services they encountered on their travels . |
| 10 | This criminal neglect has been particularly indefensible over the past couple of decades . |
| 11 | Babies are conceived for a variety of reasons apart from basic urges — some over a wayward partner who shows signs of straying from the fold ; in competition with a sister who has recently conceived or in determination to produce the first grandchild . |
| 12 | Huge lakes of oil , some over a mile square and up to a metre deep , are persisting in the Kuwaiti desert , taking over from the oil fires as the most serious threat to the country 's environment . |
| 13 | ‘ We may have some over the weekend . |
| 14 | Nastiest — I have n't read any nasty things NME has said about me but I 'm sure there have been some over the years |
| 15 | Melt the butter and brush some over the base of a large , deep square or round baking tin or oven dish . |
| 16 | American students emerging from school are far more adept than our school-leavers , even the most academically able , at explaining their subjects , relating their interests to one another over a wide range , and demonstrating some notion of the unity of science . |
| 17 | I 'd finish a bottle in three days and another over the weekend . |
| 18 | One reason why these categories have proved of little practical value is that particular individuals may shift from one to another over the course of time , a fact which also illustrates an additional distinction that has to be made in describing schizophrenia . |
| 19 | She had gone to school with Sarah , and they had helped one another over the years . |
| 20 | Virginia Woolf defined it inimitably when she wrote that ‘ for pages at a time he writes that terse springy prose which is the natural speech of a school of writers trained to the business of moving a large company briskly from one incident to another over the solid earth ’ . |
| 21 | The company was formed on Albert Hill in 1864 and by the time it closed in 1879 it had been responsible for 40 bridges in Denmark , 20 bridges in Sweden all built in 1874 , all the viaducts on the Whitby-RedcarMiddlesbrough line including the Staithes Viaduct , Llandudno pier , a bridge in Syria , another over the Tay in Scotland and a footbridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle . |
| 22 | Well in actual fact to te to tell you the honest truth we 've been so busy one way and another over the weekends have n't we ? |
| 23 | The State of World Population 1992 report , released on April 29 by the United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA ) , projected an annual increase in the world 's population of about 97,000,000 over the next ten years . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The fashion of railway excursions became very popular over the next 100 years , spreading throughout Britain and far beyond , and it is seldom realised that this leisure pursuit began in Ayrshire , with Troon and Barassie as the first seaside resorts for railway passengers . |
| 26 | Given the British Government 's determination to provide official aid to democratic countries — we are seeing the emergence of a growing number of them — does my hon. Friend agree that it would be proper and popular over the next five years to halve the gap between our official aid and the United Nations target ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | London Weather Centre predicted that it would be warmer but wet over the weekend . |
| 29 | Only confectioners , tobacconists and newsagents remain optimistic : every other retailing sector identified in the CBI survey expects business to get tougher over the next three months . |
| 30 | Only confectioners , tobacconists and newsagents remain optimistic : every other retailing sector identified in the CBI survey expects business to get tougher over the next three months . |