Example sentences of "to [art] [adj] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Dad is a war movie buff you could treat him to the classic Bridge Over The River Kwai . |
| 2 | Where a claimant 's income rises above the ‘ needs allowance ’ , tapers are applied so that , as income rises , the size of benefit falls in direct relation to the excess income over the needs allowance . |
| 3 | Although the territory does not have formal political parties , two loose coalitions have evolved in response to the protracted debate over the compact of free association : the Coalition for Open Honest and Just Government opposes the compact , while the Ta Belau Party supports it . |
| 4 | Two of the leading churchmen , Bishops Wishart of Glasgow and Fraser of St. Andrews , have once more summoned to Scone the Prelates , Abbots , Priors , Earls , Barons and all good men of the country to renew their fealty to the new queen over the water , the Maid of Norway . |
| 5 | The accents , plus an ability to smell a dodgy London pint of Tetley 's , confirm that , indeed , Bivouac hail from plain old England , as opposed to the New version over the pond . |
| 6 | Israel protested to the Egyptian government over the incident . |
| 7 | One is the daughter of Vortai the Black , and there 's bad blood from here to the Eastern Sea over the marriage . |
| 8 | This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture . |
| 9 | Sex crimes against women have emerged on to the political agenda over the last twenty years . |
| 10 | Having been manually entered into FDC locally , the data is transferred to the head office over the telephone line , via a dedicated BT line and Mercury dial-up lines . |
| 11 | According to the handwritten inscription over the cutting it is from The Times , page three , on June 25th . |
| 12 | Since then broadcasting has gradually opened up to the continuing debate over the place of homosexuality in British society , albeit confining it to a number of fairly distinct genres of drama and factual television . |
| 13 | President Clinton has given his staff two months to draw up a balanced solution to the continuing controversy over the logging of the Pacific North-West old-growth forests — fiercely opposed by conservationists , but strongly defended as economically essential by many local people . |
| 14 | The unremitting four-mile ascent to the high pass over the ridge reduced me to a walking wet rag ; I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivulets chasing each other down my bosom . |
| 15 | A German Foreign Ministry spokesperson reported that a meeting of EC representatives in Lisbon on April 2 had approved a German proposal for a formal EC protest to the Turkish government over the recent military action against civilians [ see pp. 38833-34 ; for resignation of German Defence Minister over sale of vehicles to Turkey see p. 38822 ] . |
| 16 | When he did wake , Moran reached his hand across to the coarse shirt over the shoulder and gently began to knead the muscles . |
| 17 | Its yellow distemper had faded to the palest sulphur over the years . |
| 18 | Rees , a key figure in Rugby 's rise from area league status to the top division over the past six years , made his decision for what he called personal reasons , though his increasingly sharp disagreements with Brain became a talking point . |
| 19 | Pipe on to the waxed paper over the outlines , using a small No. 0·5 or No.1 nozzle for very delicate work . |
| 20 | However , Senate President Alain Poher , RPR and UDF deputies and others immediately appealed to the Constitutional Council over the law . |
| 21 | The Press and Information Ministry , rather than re-registering Izvestiya as the Supreme Soviet newspaper , on July 20 appealed to the Constitutional Court over the legality of the Supreme Soviet resolution . |
| 22 | A SWWA document obtained by the Guardian stated that , ‘ If public reaction escalates to a major extent over the weekend the Department of the Environment should be informed . ’ |
| 23 | The theory under attack was the notion that a band of prophets , under the leadership of William Wilberforce , had roused the conscience of a corrupted nation and led humanity to a decisive victory over the evils of materialism , avarice and human exploitation . |
| 24 | The former Australian captain , who retired from international rugby after the world champions ' 26–3 victory over South Africa in Cape Town in August , inspired a guest XV to a convincing win over the Light Blues . |
| 25 | Narrow streets lead to a quaint bridge over the River Nartuby and a tiny square with a pretty little baroque mairie and a pizzeria with its terrace built round an antique fountain . |
| 26 | But the Springboks cruised to a 32-9 victory over the Midlands and received a warm welcome from a capacity 13,500 crowd , with police reporting no significant incidents . |
| 27 | Perhaps that was why de Gaulle 's memoirs of the period , Memoirs of Hope , de-dramatized the whole affair , reducing it to a futile conflict over the essentially nineteenth-century problem of colonial domination , irrelevant to the real concerns of France in the contemporary era . |
| 28 | The affair gave renewed vigour to a running debate over the links between high-ranking members of the government and the production of coca . |
| 29 | The 24-year-old running back , the leading rusher in the NFL , turned in yet another phenomenal performance to lead the Steelers to a 30–14 victory over the Indianapolis Colts . |
| 30 | Jerry Rice 's 42-yard touchdown catch led the San Francisco 49ers to a 27–10 win over the Los Angeles Rams while the Minnesota Vikings continued their march to the NFC Central crown when Aundray McMillan 's 25-yard interception touchdown clinched a 17–13 win over the Cleveland Browns . |