Example sentences of "[was/were] a [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees , The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas , The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor , And the highwayman came riding |
| 2 | The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor . |
| 3 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
| 4 | The Wembley electoral college formula , giving the unions a bigger say in electing Labour 's leader than either activists or parliamentarians , was a triumph of defiance over common sense . |
| 5 | Theirs was a triumph of history over geography , of imagination over reality . |
| 6 | The Annual Conference at Northampton in May 1992 was a triumph of willpower over weakness . |
| 7 | • One senior Mercedes-Benz executive admitted the vulgar V12 badge on the C-pillar of the S-class was a triumph of marketing over design and quickly added that it was a delete option intended for the Japanese and Americans . |
| 8 | We had the hail stones , he said he could look out and there was a cover of snow over everything |
| 9 | On 14 and 15 October — the latter date was the 150th general congregation — there was a touch of drama over the document on the Jews , or , more correctly , the Declaration on Non-Christian Religions , of which the earlier declaration on the Jews now formed a part . |
| 10 | The school 's curriculum manager and acting vice-principal , Phil Dean , said there was a lot of uncertainty over the new number seven overlapping the old C and D grades . |
| 11 | But the price of obtaining the destruction of working-class power and organization was a loss of control over the state by the bourgeoisie and nobility . |
| 12 | If , as seemed likely , one cause of unemployment was an excess of savings over investment , the equalisation of decisions to save and decisions to invest could be brought about by Labour 's plans for progressive taxation which would redistribute income to the poorer sections of society . |
| 13 | What was detested was an excess of form over content , the gratuitous flamboyance of tail-fins on cars , extravagant use of cloth in clothing . |