Example sentences of "[art] sense of [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the whole period Britain remained " Great " in the sense of ruling over the largest empire in human history . |
| 2 | It follows in virtue of this control that companies have power not only in the sense of discretion over the allocation of resources between different uses , but also in a more invasive sense of an ability to influence individual desires and conduct . |
| 3 | The sense of urgency over the issue took time to spread . |
| 4 | I would therefore ask for a sense of proportion over the future of general practice , along with some breadth of vision and tolerance for alternative types of general practice . |
| 5 | Joe 's behaviour can also be s\described as mildly odd : his fear of returning to prison shows in his encouragement of the local children to play policeman games , telling them he will put bad boys into his private jail , and a sense of contrition over the faulty aircraft parts means he can not bear having anything the house that ought to be thrown away . |
| 6 | In both craft and continuous-flow production the worker has a sense of control over the work process , claims Blauner . |
| 7 | you may gain a sense of control over the ways in which HIV could affect you , your partner and your family |
| 8 | To grasp the mystic significance of numbers — for instance , the two poles of Solomon 's litter , and the four struts that supported its canopy — was to acquire ( as some wielders of power in modern times have done through astrology ) a sense of control over the contemporary world : to explain the failure of some policies , to plan and time others more effectively . |
| 9 | First , it will give the child a sense of power over the machine . |