Example sentences of "[adj] over [art] [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This criminal neglect has been particularly indefensible over the past couple of decades . |
| 4 | They said tension was running high over the mass funeral of 38 of their soldiers whose graves were found close to the convoy 's route . |
| 5 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh , Pentlands ( Mr. Rifkind ) has made it unequivocally clear over a long period of years that he is wholly opposed to unilateral devolution , which is what the Bill proposes . |
| 6 | These proposed innovatory Keynesian policies were distinct from the economic policies of the Labour and Conservative parties , for they demanded the use of bank credit , the ending of private land ownership , and the use of public works programmes to swallow up over half a million unemployed over a short period of time . |
| 7 | The third , comparatively new , market segment , is one in which BP has become increasingly prominent over the past couple of years . |
| 8 | The sound of these great explosions was audible over a large part of the Earth 's surface : at Elsey Creek in South Australia , 3,224 kilometres from Krakatoa , the noise was loud enough to wake sleeping people , who described it as being similar to the sound of rock being blasted . |
| 9 | I am surely not alone in feeling profoundly sad over the so-called reprieve of certain regiments in the British Army . |
| 10 | This is because if it is not reserved as rent , the Stamp Office take the view that the application of the " contingency principle " means that stamp duty is payable on the full amount of VAT which may become payable over the whole term of the lease . |
| 11 | Because of this skill differential between insiders and outsiders , and hence the strong preference of firms to continue to employ insiders , the power of outsiders , who are unemployed , to affect the outcome of the wage bargain struck between firms and insiders is minimal over a significant range of wage changes . |
| 12 | If the deviation from Raoult 's law is sufficiently great , the mixture may no longer remain homogeneous over the complete range of compositions . |
| 13 | The compressibility of the solvent is equal to the molar volume of the solvent in solution , V 1 , and can be assumed to be unchanged over a small range of pressures , thus giving |
| 14 | These two are cognitively synonymous over a wide range of contexts : |
| 15 | During that , on live TV , President Bush , the leader of the United States of America , collapsed and was sick over the Prime Minister of Japan , the nation they had beaten in the war . |
| 16 | Hence the output voltage , within the design limits , remains constant over a wide range of current and input voltage variations . |
| 17 | Of course , the fact that a price may be constant over a given interval of time may not itself mean that it is inflexible ; the price could be equal to its equilibrium value and the latter could in fact be constant as well . |
| 18 | Let us postulate the existence of a static magnetic field that is constant over a finite region of space , say |
| 19 | Show that the mean value of the force F between the two rings ( i.e. averaged over the periodic time of the alternating current ) is given by |
| 20 | The sheet metal workers , who cut sheet metal to the design of the drawings of the part of a car , earned 2s 6d ( 12p ) per hour , and did a lot of overtime at one and a quarter time , which means that many of them would have been earning £6 or £7 per week , and be well over the arbitrary divide of £4 suggested as a line for the divide between the working class and the middle class . |
| 21 | These are important over a wide range of ability and level of work . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the individuals gradually become knowledgeable over the entire spectrum of aviation to the extent that when they are confronted with something new and different , like hot air balloons or hang gliders , or , at the other end of the scale , vectored thrust and variable geometry ( swing-wing ) aircraft , they are not thrown off balance on the first encounter with something different . |
| 23 | The government became concerned over a growing loss of timber . |
| 24 | The RUC , the government and politicians are deeply concerned over the heightened level of violence — five loyalist murders and two massive IRA bombs in eight days . |
| 25 | INDIA , concerned over the continuing influx of refugees from overpo-pulated Bangladesh , deported 132 illegal immigrants from New Delhi this week . |
| 26 | Their climax came as the flaming sun dipped low over the old city of Seville . |
| 27 | The product has proved to be stable over the anticipated lifespan of the building and has advantages over alternative methods of roof insulation , namely , energy efficiency , ease of installation and speed of erection . |
| 28 | Specialist supervision is available over a wide spectrum of periods ( from palaeolithic to the early historic ) and a broad range of regions ( from Scotland , across Europe , including central and eastern Europe , to the Mediterranean and the Middle East ) . |
| 29 | In Bonn , Chancellor Helmut Kohl was said to be ‘ deeply shocked over the brutal repression of the justified and peaceful protests ’ . |
| 30 | The finish here is an attractive and striking ‘ Arctic Night ’ which looks superb over the distinctive maple of the body wings , adding to the instrument 's air of exclusivity . |