Example sentences of "over [art] whole [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Using the ‘ Deposited Covenant ’ procedure you can pay over the whole of the donation in one go , and we can give you full details of how to do this .
2 Allowed my eyes to wander over the whole of it , he wrote , and almost with satisfaction .
3 Over the whole of Russia there-was a dearth of agricultural goods caused mainly by the Famine , and a comparative glut of industrial products from the towns .
4 During the course of the 1929–31 government , MacDonald gradually appreciated that the hopes which he had entertained during the 1920s of eliminating the Liberals and winning over the whole of the progressive vote for the Labour party could not be achieved .
5 By a suit in the Court of Chancery the Corporation vindicated commoners ' rights over the whole of the waste land within the forest ‘ according to the assize and custom of the Forest ’ .
6 I shall want a met forecast for the weather over the whole of Western Europe .
7 By intensifying and controlling his livestock and introducing arable crops , the farmer must plan carefully to ensure that the natural cycle of return continues to operate evenly over the whole of his land .
8 If the house has a solid floor , that too must have a membrane which extends over the whole of it , and although it is not possible to see it , any defects will show in the form of damp patches under floor coverings , discoloration or loose vinyl tiles .
9 Not surprisingly , therefore , the single person 's pension has remained at around just a fifth of average gross earnings over the whole of the post-war period .
10 Along the edge of the Cromarty Firth there were more seagulls in the fields than over the whole of Lewis .
11 Licences over the whole of the Republic of Ireland were awarded jointly to Ambassador , Continental and Marathon in 1957 and , after some encouraging gas shows during drilling in the Northwest Basin , the consortium acquired licences in the adjacent part of Northern Ireland in 1965 .
12 Interpreting these counts needs care , particularly those for the winter , when very marked fluctuations have been recorded , for , unlike most other waders , the wintering Black-tailed Godwits may move about over the whole of the estuarine complex from Pagham Harbour to Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire .
13 After 1998 , these figures start being ‘ phased down ’ by ½ per cent a year , so that anyone retiring after the year 2008 gets only 20 per cent ( one fifth ) of their relevant earnings , after they have been revalued and averaged over the whole of the working life .
14 Two companies are offering ‘ pay TV ’ over the whole of Canada with a further four operating a similar service in Ontario , Alberta , Quebec , Alberta and in the Atlantic provinces .
15 The Scottish new towns constitute a microcosm of what is happening over the whole of Britain .
16 If spread over the whole of the department 's research budget , the shortfall in the two areas would mean that between 25 and 40 per cent of the cash allocated for 1982–83 has remained unspent .
17 Over the whole of the middle of the range there is the common zebra , with many local races , all with big bold stripes .
18 Prussian industrialisation was part of a wave of change that was sweeping over the whole of Western Europe and which was just beginning to filter into Eastern Europe .
19 At the same time were born new heroes and demigods ; the Hollywood dream factory , which had already indelibly stamped the character of both North America and Great Britain by the 1940s , began to spin its web of enticement over the whole of popular culture .
20 Over the whole of my year in Burma after liberation , nationalist feeling had been worked up , fomented cleverly by the Communists under Than Tun .
21 He had aged noticeably , his voice was higher-pitched and more quavery , but he was still alert mentally and willing to range over the whole of the naval war and his relationship with Hitler .
22 This fear of being left empty and , more simply , that of being left , seems to be the most basic feminine fear , extending over the whole of a woman 's existence .
23 June 8 , 1966 saw ‘ the blackest day in the history of Edwards AFB ’ and an event that was to place a dark shadow over the whole of the XB-70 programme .
24 The question of his metropolitan privileges will require separate discussion , for they cast a long shadow over the whole of Anselm 's life as archbishop .
25 It concerned Canterbury 's claim to primacy over the whole of the British Isles .
26 So far as Canterbury was concerned , the right of primacy over the whole of the British Isles was the greatest of all such gifts .
27 There were several contemporary examples of similar patriarchal claims by the archbishops of Hamburg , Lyons , and Milan ; Lanfranc may have been inspired by these examples when he vigorously supported the Canterbury claim to patriarchal authority over the whole of the British Isles .
28 The privileges of primacy were three : first , the possession of permanent papal legatine authority in England ; second , ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the whole of the British Isles ; and third , the right to hold Councils and summon to meetings participants from this whole area .
29 The vision of a monastic cathedral of Canterbury with primatial authority over the whole of the British Isles , which had inspired Lanfranc , Anselm , and the community of Christ Church during these years , came to nothing .
30 He gave the pope an account of the evidence that had been brought forward , giving first place , and by far the greatest amount of space , to the testimony of Bede 's Ecclesiastical History , which showed that the archbishops of Canterbury , acting on the authority of Pope Gregory I and his successors , had exercised general authority over the whole of the British Isles during the first hundred and forty years of its existence : they had consecrated bishops for all parts of the country , summoned councils , deposed unworthy bishops , and had been generally responsible for spreading Catholic discipline into Wales and Scotland .
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