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

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1 The final element in the policy making process is the response to developments over which governments have no control .
2 It is the lack of disagreement over fundamentals that distinguishes mature , normal science from the relatively disorganized activity of immature pre-science .
3 An important feature of both the bought deal and traditional syndication is the lack of discipline over the price at which members of the syndicate sell bonds .
4 In the standard b -boundary construction , the Riemannian manifold is the bundle of frames over space-time having a positive definite metric induced by the affine connection .
5 A further important issue concerning the relationship between the State scheme , contracted-out final salary schemes and , increasingly , personal pensions , is the terms for contracting-out over the period 1993 to 1998 .
6 The idea is the victory of life over death .
7 ‘ The convulsion of war has opened our eyes to many strange things ’ , he wrote in 1919 , ‘ Few of us had realised till war had exposed it how thin is the veneer of civilisation over the underlying animal proclivities … the failure of religion to direct , and education to balance , the actions of men . ’
8 The most important right is the right of lien over guests ' property .
9 There is no point in painting over dirt , though .
10 ‘ Now all she needs is a bit of work over a mile and a quarter on Tuesday and she 'll be ready for Longchamp .
11 Then there is a suit in Miami over a missing $6 billion ( £3.4 billion ) from Panama 's treasury .
12 And still of a winter 's night , they say , when the wind is in the trees , When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas , When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor , A highwayman comes riding —
13 One of the most important gifts a teacher can pass on to pupils is a sense of control over one 's life .
14 These assumptions may be summarized as follows : ( a ) that the account of how Molla Husrev came to the Muftilik is at least broadly correct ; ( b ) that the Muftilik passed in an uncomplicated manner from Fahreddin Acemi to the Mufti of Istanbul ( though , as has been seen , there is a division of opinion over whether the latter was Abdulkerim or Molla Husrev ) ; ( c ) that Abdulkerim did hold the office of Mufti , that is , the Muftilik of Istanbul ( though again there is disagreement about when he held it ) .
15 There is a lot of controversy over which SPF ( sun protection factor ) creams are best for particular countries .
16 The scenery , it goes without saying , is a miracle of mind over Matterhorn .
17 Running through the history of literary criticism is a series of debates over the connection ( or contrast ) between literature and philosophy , and between the aesthetic imagination and science .
18 Avesco Plc yesterday announced plans to demerge its VideoLogic Ltd multimedia subsidiary , which has joint venture agreements with IBM Corp : it says that Videologic 's turnover for the year that ends today will be not less than £10.4m , which is an increase of 44% over last year : Avesco also plans to raise £12.1m net of expenses in a one-for-three rights issue at 63 pence ; the news put 12 pence on the share price , which reached 97p .
19 But in keeping with the healing theme of the new album , ‘ Natural Beauty ’ is an ode to preservation over annihilation and extinction .
20 We do not have direct evidence of other galaxies , but it seems likely that they are composed of particles and that in the universe as a whole , there is an excess of particles over antiparticles of about one particle per 10 8 photons .
21 However , when demand is slack and there is an excess of supply over the demand for units , the bid price may equal the cancellation price .
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