Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] [noun] [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE young man filmed in the early hours of yesterday delightedly taking a pick-axe to the top of the Berlin Wall was a potent symbol of the destruction of 28 years of affront to freedom and of the potential dismantling of the system presided over until only a few weeks ago by its architect , Mr Erich Honecker . |
| 2 | This was not a controlled trial but a retrospective assessment of the patients seen over the previous seven years . |
| 3 | He could , Dalgliesh thought , have been judged an outstandingly handsome man were it not for a certain incongruity of feature , perhaps the contrast between the fineness of the skin stretched over the flat cheekbones and the strong jutting jaw and uncompromising mouth . |
| 4 | This must be equal to the integral over the surface were v is the velocity and — the density ; n is the outward normal to the surface S which enclosed V. By Gauss 's theorem we may write and hence Since this must be true for any volume element we have the equation of continuity The conservation of momentum in continuum mechanics relates the rate of change of the momentum integrated over a volume V to the resultant of the forces on that volume . |
| 5 | His cheek-bones were prominent and the paleness of the skin stretched over them was accentuated by the darkness which ran like a stain round his eyes . |
| 6 | Erm the actual percentage of the ingredients used over the first year erm is about five percent for water , twenty three point six percent for the bottle , I 'll explain that later that 's quite high , the cap is four percent , one percent for the gassing , erm one percent for the case , two point seven percent for labour , four percent for transport , a general overhead would be about seventeen point one percent . |
| 7 | By 1852 she was in serious pain and her death chamber was the scene of a drama presided over by her vulturine mother . |
| 8 | Professor Lacey said yesterday : ‘ I have seen the membership of the committee refined over the years to suit the interests of the large food and pharmaceutical companies . |
| 9 | But I discard that idea , for the water is too shallow over the sand and once a fish is hooked the fishing would be finished for a long time while the rest of the shoal got over the scare . |
| 10 | It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor . |
| 11 | Furthermore , an individual is at each moment only a partial manifestation of an identity revealed over time , what physicists call a ‘ sum over histories ’ . |
| 12 | I chose a spot well away from the wasp-infested rubbish bins and kept my eyes on my book when the shadow of a man cast over it . |
| 13 | I found my penknife and kept it close as the shadow of a vulture wheeled over the tent . |
| 14 | The border guard was not amused and demanded to know why there was a photo of a panda pasted over Simon 's picture . |
| 15 | The vast curling crest of the hurricane reared over them , and its face stretched from horizon to horizon . |
| 16 | The Moderator laid on the table a letter dated 4th July which he had received from Mr Sutherland and which having , been read was by unanimous order of the Session thrown over the table . |
| 17 | Moreover , the nature of the evidence adduced and the tone of the argument shifted over time , serving to justify the changing nature of sexual divisions in society ( the ‘ typewriter girl ’ was herself a product of changes in the occupational distribution of women workers ) . |
| 18 | Egyptian ideas about the creation of the world developed over a considerable period of time . |
| 19 | Finally a sheer mountain of a wave smashed over the raft with a furious roar and swept it further on to the reef away from the pounding terror . |
| 20 | Athelstan swung his cloak around him , picked up his writing tray and examined the beautiful embroidery of the dorsar draped over the back of one of the chairs . |