Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It shows remarkable warming and cooling of the sea over a period of just 10 days .
2 Like the mash tun , it has a slotted base and the liquid runs out of the vessel over a bed of spent hops .
3 Since the water had to be raised to the top of the acropolis over a distance of a kilometre , this saved the construction of an aqueduct 100 feet high over this long distance .
4 Fold one end of the strap over a couple of times and punch a hole through the three layers , then feed the other end through the hole to form a ‘ button ’ .
5 Another method is to take a sample of titles or subject areas and follow the progress of the sample over a number of years .
6 Alkaline basalts record the passage of the plateau over a hotspot during the Eocene .
7 Struck at such moments as the end of a verse , these enhanced the impact of rituals performed to promote harmony and enhance the dignity of the state over a period of at least three millennia from the Shang to the Qing dynasties .
8 If so , they would be prepared to supply further evidence of use of the path over a number of years .
9 The use of the model for policy analysis generally presupposes that a forecast of the economy over a period of several years is available .
10 A recent report by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) said the iodine-131 may have killed 13 people through cancer of the thyroid over a period of decades .
11 At the heart of the debate over a squad system lies the virtue of continuity versus the flexibility of selection .
12 For every site , however , the archaeologists ' main concerns are to recover the sequence of plans that result from the changing occupation and use of the site over a period of time ; the stratigraphic sequence of layers ; the relationship of any features such as walls , pits and ditches to one another ; evidence for the dating of these features and of the site as a whole ; evidence for the climate and local environment when the site was occupied ; and the relationship of the site to other sites , both in the locality and further afield .
13 From the crest of this ridge , a comprehensive view of the range unfolds : a magnificent panorama especially when the tops are under snow , the long array of peaks being seen across the deep trench of Loch Fannich which forms the southern boundary of the group over a distance of eight miles .
14 It was intended to see if the total programme of instruction-orientation , introduction and advanced courses in information retrieval affected the pattern of use of the library over a period of five years .
15 First name Surname Form Author 's name Book title Type in data in the order given pressing RETURN after each item PRESS " ESCAPE " TO RETURN TO MENU Option 4 gives a status report and is useful in collecting statistics on the use of the library over a period of two years .
16 The statistics on use of the library over a period can prove useful in presenting reports to the school hierarchy and arguing for increases in resources .
17 THE Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , was accused yesterday of acting like Pontius Pilate in washing his hands of the controversy over a hospital trust which wants to sack staff and reduce wages .
18 In comparison with the constitutions of other countries in Europe it is difficult in Britain to substantiate the charge of excessive domination of the executive over a legislature .
19 The rural development centre CEPROR ( Centro de Romocion Rural ) ran special courses for young women , Sister Asuncion , who was in charge of the programme over a period of two years ( 1975–7 ) , helped train approximately 2.000 young women in community work .
20 To avoid large outflows of funds on the redemption of a large government debt issue , the maturing stock is bought by the Issue Department ( see below ) of the Bank over a period of time to avoid shocks to the financial system .
21 The anxiety of the pope over a rumour concerning Offa 's malice towards him is here very evident .
22 The obvious way to resolve the dispute was to call a Council to decide among them — though such a course of action might be taken to imply the supremacy of a Council over a pope .
23 In effect , these were the same as the general powers of a parent over a child of less than 14 years .
24 Checklists are not appropriate for people who do not have inti-mate knowledge of a child over a period of some weeks .
25 The pound plunged to a record low against the mark yesterday in the wake of a row over a document revealing how Germany tried to prop sterling .
26 If experiments such as creep or stress relaxation are performed on the same sample of a polymer over a range of temperatures a pattern of behaviour is apparent that as long ago as 1943 led to the proposal of a " master curve " to which all observations could be reduced .
27 The row over Landsat equipment comes on top of a dispute over a ground station that China has set up in Peking , with American help , for receiving data from US and Japanese meteorological satellites .
28 Perhaps the other girl did n't mind being part of a deal over a vineyard .
29 In theory , a horse with a rating two points higher than his rivals is considered to be 2lb — the equivalent of a length over a mile and a half - superior .
30 In theory , a horse with a rating two points higher than his rivals is considered to be 2lb — the equivalent of a length over a mile and a half - superior .
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