Example sentences of "on [art] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While studying the relationship between visual stimuli and the EEG , Adrian found that if a regular series of bright flashes was presented to the subject 's eyes there was an equally regular series of blips in the EEG recorded from electrodes on the scalp over the visual areas at the back of the skull . |
| 2 | We used to play marbles in the alley-way together , and sail paper boats down the gutter when it rained , and we 'd spent all our hot summers together playing rounders on the field over the railway line and helping with the donkey-rides on the beach . |
| 3 | They are a very old family who have lived in that house for centuries , as you can see from their name on the stone over the front door . |
| 4 | It relied heavily on Baldwin 's leadership and on the success over the years in persuading the new democracy not to be seduced by socialist abstractions , trade union militancy or Liberal demagogy , but to accept Conservative values as the guarantee of liberty and secure social improvement . |
| 5 | One such , the manor house , has the date of erection and the name of the first owner on the tablet over the front door , inscribed ‘ Elinor Ellis 1743 ’ . |
| 6 | It was a rare study ; most precipitation analyses of late have concentrated on a sexier topic , acid rain ( which also appears to be on the rise over the Chesapeake ) . |
| 7 | 2 ) If you use a ‘ projector marker ’ type pen , you can cross out the rows worked and make notes re : shapings on the perspex over the picture grid . |
| 8 | The prints on the walls were dark and undistinguished , and the large , gilded mirror on the wall over the marble fireplace was speckled . |
| 9 | On the wall over the desk was a print of Munch 's " Scream " . |
| 10 | Languages represented on the Certificate over the years have ranged from the more predictable European ones to Urdu , Hindi , Bengali , Chinese ( Mandarin and Cantonese ) , Japanese , Danish , Russian as well as English . |
| 11 | And when because the family doctor really know whe anything that was happening but was holding on the phone over the phone , oh he 's got a pain you know . |
| 12 | Keeping an eye on the colony over the next fortnight I saw that another half-dozen polyps had followed the first . |
| 13 | As well as being used to produce economic forecasts , the model can be used to answer questions on the impact over the whole economy of alternative economic policies . |
| 14 | This necessarily brief account has concentrated on the debate over the retirement condition between 1908 and 1948 , and the curious ‘ complicity ’ of the labour movement in demanding a measure that was to confirm the economic uselessness of old people . |
| 15 | These five workers have been forced to become adept at tackling the complete range of jobs which may arise on the farm over the year . |
| 16 | Surveys conducted on the shelf over the past year suggest that , contrary to surveys in the 1950s and 1960s , hydrocarbons should be there . |
| 17 | One has only to stand on the bridge over the Trannon at Trefeglwys and look upstream to see the stable narrow river coursing elegantly between its magnificent borders of ash and sycamore , and compare this with the immediate downstream reach , which wanders amidst a waste of gravel . |
| 18 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 19 | At the same moment , a drumming and scraping of feet on the bridge over the moat signalled the arrival of the estate workers from the cottages outside the manor wall … |
| 20 | After the vote last night , in which 26 Tories , including Bill Walker ( Tayside N ) , voted against the Government , Labour was flagging a new amendment which it claims will put the Government on the spot over the social chapter of the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 21 | Spring Ram , which was one of the brighest stars on the market over the last few years , says the acquisition fits with its aims of becoming Europe 's leading maker of home improvement products . |
| 22 | Next they deliver this ultimatum : " Unless you get at least X clients in and on the market over the next week , you 're history . " |
| 23 | Belinda was amazed when she noted the time on an antique clock that ticked on the mantelpiece over the elaborately restored fireplace near where they sat . |
| 24 | I breakfast quickly , drinking several cups of tea , knowing that in this wind I need to avoid dehydration on the grind over the pass . |
| 25 | What you wan na do is I 've just done a seven day report on the er on hazard spotting etcetera etcetera etcetera and all the different surveys we 've had on the site over the past month . |
| 26 | One of the reasons for the improvement in pedestrian safety on the Continent over the past decade , is that the focus of traffic calming work has been on the areas where most people live , that is on existing , not new , residential areas . |
| 27 | For example , on the controversy over the removal of frontier controls , Britain 's Commissioner proposed that controls should be replaced with police and Customs officer powers to check any traveller on suspicion of drugs or terrorist offences . |
| 28 | The verdict came as an immense relief for Mr Major , who put his job on the line over the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 29 | That we really are putting a tremendous number of people on the street over the course of the year , erm that the general public are facing . |
| 30 | A Sotheby 's New York spokeswoman declined to say how much the company had already spent on the treasure over the last two years but acknowledged that it had been ‘ very , very expensive ’ . |