Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Corps originated in 1859 when the Volunteer Movement was formed as a result of the panic over the threat of a French invasion . |
| 2 | As a result of the controversy over the rejection by the Royal Academy of his portrait of T. S. Eliot , Lewis had resumed the kind of fame he had attained before the First World War . |
| 3 | The British Museum acquired some of these pieces knowingly , as examples of modern fakes , and by examining the pieces in the scanning electron microscope ( see glossary ) using microanalysis and digital-mapping techniques it has been possible to plot the concentration of the cadmium over the soldered surfaces . |
| 4 | This novel , with its chaotic narrative order and its prominent self-conscious authorial commentary , is an ideal example for the Formalists of the privileging of the syuzhet over the fabula . |
| 5 | A large sycamore tree growing in the front garden had branches which stretched along the side of the house over the trellis . |
| 6 | The Board 's General Manager Tom Frawley said today that the decision to close the Shantallow home had been a difficult one , but claimed it was the only possible course of action ‘ in light of the increase over the last few years in the level of nursing home accommodation and the reduced demand for residential accommodation which has come about as a result of improvements in housing in general and the development of sheltered accommodation and other community alternatives . ’ |
| 7 | It is understood that councillors who voted in favour of the motion are now to consult with the Department of the Environment over the legality of offering waste collection free of charge to Orange halls . |
| 8 | With the world 's transport systems not prepared to align themselves with Athletico training sessions or match kick-offs , Homstat was sometimes absent for weeks on end , giving team talks with the aid of an interpreter over the telephone , or he would be a lone , pathetic figure , sat in the dug-out on a wet Monday morning urging on thin air . |
| 9 | Ada Nield Chew , a working class mother , feminist and labour movement activist , was scornful in her assessment of the debate over the link between women 's employment and infant mortality . |
| 10 | The failure to engage in that kind of self-reflection was part of a self-assurance over the wider common culture . |
| 11 | Alterations to the original building have been largely cosmetic , although some of the remaining part of the wall over the lobby has been converted to a most attractive glazed bay . |
| 12 | In past years erm in the British Isles especially with the British Met Office , we 've only been able really to study part of the atmosphere over the northern hemisphere . |
| 13 | ‘ The main cause of the projected reduction of the group over the PES ( Public Expenditure Survey ) period will be reduced inflows to long-term unemployment rather than the ( slightly ) reduced outflows . ’ |
| 14 | A nerve-wracking wait added to the mounting psychological pressure as we charted the progress of the sun over the Anglesey seascape . |
| 15 | Nothing further was heard from him on that subject but in the meantime Whitbread had made contact with a Bedford surgeon , Samuel Young , who embarked on an extended trial of the remedy over the course of the following three years . |
| 16 | When they were both soaked in the greasy oil , she watched him pour the remainder of the bottle over the rubber sheet . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's been a bit of a crisis over the weekend — some vital supplies have been held up — and , apparently , my presence is urgently required . ’ |
| 18 | Only the defeat of Britain — now widely presumed to be a matter of course — stood in the way , it seemed , of that final victory , and the intoxication of the triumph over the French mingled with a widespread desire , whipped up by almost hysterical anti-British hate propaganda , for the total destruction of Britain . |
| 19 | The article quoted the former editor of the Catholic News , Edgar D'Souza , who accused Lee of using the controversial Internal Security Act ( ISA ) against the Church and of " tricking " the Catholic Archbishop of Singapore , Gregory Yong Sool Nighean , into appearing at a press conference in support of the government over the arrests . |
| 20 | ‘ It sounds as though Wheeler was pursuing his old course of the row over the youth club at Narborough and trying to make out Paul 's part was more dishonourable than the Archdeacon and the Bishop said it was . |
| 21 | If he did so intend then , in the case of a child over the age of 16 , his interpretation of the law was inconsistent with the express words of section 8(3) of the Act of 1969 . |
| 22 | Under Alexander III up to the 1905 revolution , particular efforts were made to Russify the European peoples of the empire , to stretch , in Seton-Watson 's evocative phrase , ‘ the short , tight skin of the nation over the gigantic body of the empire ’ . |
| 23 | Gloucestershire County Council have appointed two Project Officers , Ann Edwards and Tony Jones , to explore the route of the path over the next year . |
| 24 | IN THESE days when money is scarce for most rugby clubs Morley earned themselves £1,500 on the toss of a coin over the weekend . |
| 25 | The result was that the proportion of the population over the age at which state pensions can now be drawn ( 65 years for men and 60 for women ) , increased over the eighty-year period from about one in twenty ( 5 per cent ) to over one in six ( about 18 per cent ) . |
| 26 | Qly Ab Return ; quarterly abnormal return ( per cent ) , this represents the difference between what the share might have been expected to earn over the previous quarter given its beta value and the risk free rate of return , and the return of the market over the same period ( ; where the expected return is equal to ) . |
| 27 | Establishing the sovereignty of the parliament over the state , with all the citizens in the society having control over parliament . |
| 28 | They are likely to include the following : ( a ) the execution and exchange of the acquisition agreement ( by which Newco will buy the business from the vendor ) ; ( b ) the managers having subscribed in cash for ordinary shares in Newco ; ( c ) the passing of any necessary shareholders ' resolutions ; ( d ) receipt by the investors of a satisfactory accountants ' report , audited accounts and management accounts ; ( e ) the managers having entered into service agreements ; ( f ) receipt by the investors of certificates of title ; ( g ) the investors being satisfied with the loan and banking facilities being provided to Newco ; ( h ) keyman insurance having been taken out for the benefit of the company over the lives of each of the managers . |
| 29 | The abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1747 substantially increased the influence of the Government over the Scottish voters by effectively restricting judicial patronage to the Crown . |
| 30 | In 1825–9 he studied at Edinburgh University , graduating MD in 1829 ; the dedicatees of his thesis , ‘ De Ventris in Reliquum Corpus Potestate ’ ( on the influence of the abdomen over the body in general ) , included Professors William P. Alison and James Home [ qq.v . ] . |