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

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1 Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote .
2 Hope you managed to get some sort of break over the weekend and that you 're not too behind on schedule — it 'll probably pick up later on in the shoot !
3 just lay the trace over the top of the pin it does n't come out .
4 Changes in roles over the year and changes in emphasis in areas of responsibility are outlined at the meeting .
5 This also vindicates the Kelsenian thesis of the primacy of the principle of delegation over the principle of subsumption .
6 Pour the custard over the top and bake for about 30–40 minutes until the custard is golden brown .
7 From somewhere out of the back ranks of the fighters , Samson rose up , towering head and shoulders over the rest of the mob .
8 She seemed to be straining her head and shoulders over the counter , and he repeated , slowly and emphatically , ‘ The proverbial washbasket ; you know . ’
9 She looked up and saw Felipe lying at the top , head and shoulders over the drop , and Mitch joined him as she was still looking dazedly upwards .
10 The particular contribution of the teaching of French to pupils ' perceptions will be explored through observation by a researcher based in the two schools over a period of at least six months .
11 Table 6.1 shows the distribution of PNP Scale l/MPG roles revealed by the survey of all schools over the period 1986–9 .
12 The probes were connected to a portable recorder ( Digitrapper — Synectics Medical , Sweden ) capable of holding data from two channels over a period of 24 hours .
13 This leads on to a third aspect — the redistributive effect over a person 's lifetime , rather than just in the current period .
14 Indecent material may only be displayed in licensed sex shops which have no window display and can not be seen into from the street , do not admit people under 18 years of age and which carry a warning sign to this effect over the door .
15 This ends just before the large A4031 bridge from which the canal emerges to cross over an aqueduct over a minor road with a public house below on the left and then crosses over another aqueduct over the railway main line through Birmingham .
16 Davies v. Sumner is the leading authority on the meaning of the expression ‘ in the course of a business ’ and has been followed in a case under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , R. & B. Customs Brokers v. United Dominion Trust , where it was held that a business 's buying of two or three cars over a period of five years was an insufficient degree of regularity for the latest such purchase to be regarded as made in the course of the business ( see paragraph 10–18 above . )
17 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 .
18 On Oct. 3 the EC Commission announced , in response to US demands for radical cuts in subsidies paid out to farmers , that it had proposed a 30 per cent cut in its farm-support programme over the period 1986 to 1996 .
19 She felt his warm stickiness on her tongue , and rolled it around her mouth before placing her lips over the tip of his dying penis to suck up the last few drops .
20 Showing no more emotion over the death of the man than that of the beast , she turned her attention once more to tickling Edward 's toes .
21 They concluded that by taking people out of their own homes , however modest , they were being removed from conditions which they knew and made them feel secure into ‘ a new social environment in which priority is given to the collectivity over the individual . ’
22 They have an album of photos showing the house at different stages of completion over a period of 18 months .
23 The one change in the overseas holdings was the reluctant sale of Berlitz given the uncertainties that followed the Maxwell collapse : these included doubts over the ownership of the Maxwell holdings .
24 In addition to doubts over the ability of the system to survive , there is a noticeable loss of confidence in the basic institutions of the system itself : corporations , trade unions and governments .
25 Finally , the research provides an empirical critique of theories of law , state and class by showing the scope for ‘ private law-making ’ which may contradict public law , casting doubts over the ability of law to control economic elites .
26 President Carlos Salinas de Gortari visited seven United States states and Canadian cities on April 7-12 , in a tour aimed at allaying doubts over the inclusion of Mexico in a North American free trade bloc .
27 There are doubts over the efficacy of the safeguarding arrangements , particularly in the light of the difficulties of ’ policing ’ the system .
28 Then there are still doubts over the future of the custard cream biscuit — whose name suggests to Brussels bureaucrats ingredients which it does not contain .
29 When Huston expressed doubts over the extent to which a Russian promise would be respected , ‘ he remarked that the Soviets might indeed be difficult to deal with , but in his experience he had found that the Soviet Government always endeavoured to keep its plighted word ’ .
30 Doubts over the safety and reliability of the PWR pressure-vessel design were a key reason for the initial rejection of the PWR for the British nuclear programme .
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