Example sentences of "the triumph [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ratified the triumph of history over all the sciences , though ‘ history ’ in this connection was generally confused by contemporaries with ‘ progress ’ . |
| 2 | The declaration , with its renewed emphasis on the importance of unity and on the obstacles to it , reads like the triumph of hope over experience : ‘ We urge our clergy and faithful not to neglect or undervalue that certain yet imperfect communion we already share . |
| 3 | Miss Caroline Crawford , the authority 's spokesman , said : ‘ We can all sneer at people who are caught out by outrageous offers , but it is often a case of the triumph of hope over experience . |
| 4 | And on St Cecilia 's : ‘ The school represents ‘ the triumph of hope over despair , of faith over doubt ’ . |
| 5 | He was working against the natural grain of his genius , and the fact that he went on to write two more plays suggests the triumph of will over natural capacity , of idea over sensibility . |
| 6 | Within a few years some observers even began to sense in his reforms the triumph of capitalism over Communism , in that the USSR seemed to be adopting Western methods . |
| 7 | It 's incredible : it 's the triumph of commercialism over culture and our whole history ’ . |
| 8 | The great wall girdle wall was decorated and inscribed with the drama of " The Triumph of Horus over His Enemies " , with which Imhotep appears to have become connected . |
| 9 | " The Triumph of Horus over his Enemies " is shown in relief scenes with inscriptions on the inner face of the great girdle wall of the Ptolemaic temple of Horus at Edfu . |
| 10 | Devouring animals ( eg lions , griffins , dolphins , snakes and panthers ) symbolise the triumph of death over life . |
| 11 | In the case of the pine , these are ruggedness and fortitude ; the early-flowering cherry suggests the triumph of Spring over Winter , and so on . |
| 12 | Instances of cruelty and mania , in O'Brian and Forester , are not minimised , but they are subordinate to the drive of a story towards the traditional and expected ending in the triumph of right over wrong , of good over evil . |