Example sentences of "[noun] of [art] [noun] over [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE BBC 'S influential general advisory council will today urge Marmaduke Hussey to resign as chairman of the corporation over his role in the appointment of John Birt as director-general . |
| 2 | Proposals to alter Zimbabwe 's Constitution , following the ending in April 1990 of the 10-year moratorium on constitutional changes , precipitated disagreements within the leadership of the ruling ZANU party , with President Robert Mugabe reportedly opposed by the majority of the politburo over his proposals to introduce a one-party state structure . |
| 3 | In any discussion about the influence of the media over our perception of reality , it is important to recognise that millions of people form an idea of reality which is based firmly on experience , not on media images , and that these millions include most older people . |
| 4 | He shoved a bin liner of the stuff over his head , it stuck to his hair and he collapsed . |
| 5 | He shoved a bin liner of the stuff over his head , it stuck to his hair and he collapsed . |
| 6 | They must count out three paces , turn round quickly and throw the contents of the cup over their opponent . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To stress the importance of a roof over your head . |
| 9 | This averages the current score of a path over its length . |
| 10 | He pulled the top of the shift over her head . |
| 11 | What Smith 's conflation effectively conceals is the authority of the capitalist over his employees , who are ‘ merely the members of a total mechanism which belongs to him ’ ( p. 477 ) . |
| 12 | It is this which establishes the control of the people over their political leaders or of the shareholders over their directors . |
| 13 | Standing on the corpses they laugh and joke , holding the bodies of the babies over their heads like trophies , pitching them back and forth like footballs . ’ |
| 14 | Japan has become the centre of a storm over its plans to build a canal that threatens one of the wetland sites protected under the Ramsar Convention , whose three-yearly meeting it hosts in June . |
| 15 | ‘ Except for the size of the camera over your shoulder , ’ Maggie pointed out wryly . |
| 16 | The huge warped circle of the rising sun shone in their desperate faces and cast the shadow of the pageant over their lower bodies . |
| 17 | The government survived the threat in March of a motion of no confidence over its latest series of radical economic initiatives outlined in the recent 1992-93 budget [ see p. 38762 ] . |
| 18 | Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head . |
| 19 | Then he slung the strap of the bag over his shoulder . |
| 20 | The simplest one is the straight-line method , in which depreciation is recorded as a constant proportion of the original cost of the asset over its anticipated life ; for example , the depreciation on an asset costing 100 and expected to last five years will be 20 per year . |
| 21 | Azra Sultana 's family claim she was the victim of a fraud over her arranged marriage to Azhar Ahmed . |
| 22 | The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round . |
| 23 | The image Mr Lawson presented holed up in his home behind a securely locked gate was unfortunate , in view of the speculation over his political future . |