Example sentences of "over [art] [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a well proportioned quantity of water is passed over the unequal surface of a richly coloured rock , which thus aided , glows with borrowed brightness and augmented beauty on the delighted wanderer 's gaze , the spectacle is replete with dazzling fascination , and the mind most avaricious of enjoyment can covet no more . |
| 2 | Prime Minister John Compton defended Fostin by saying that he had been subjected to unjustified attacks in the press over the poor state of the country 's roads . |
| 3 | The problems arose over the two-year presidency of the Argentinian , Sarkis Kaloghlian , who was dismissed from his position in July after financial irregularities in the IJF 's Miami bank account . |
| 4 | However , the degree also has a taught component , as students must attend at least one postgraduate seminar every term over the two-year period of the degree , and are examined on their work in these courses . |
| 5 | Three of the 64 Berkshire commoners are refusing to accept a deal under which they would be paid about £750 each to forfeit rights over the built-up part of the US Air Force base and agree not to exercise them in other areas . |
| 6 | There was merely conventional wisdom about such questions as principles of road design , use zoning , building heights and controls over the external appearance of buildings . |
| 7 | On May 8 Sami Abdul-Rahman , a member of the delegation [ see p. 38127 ] , said that " the talks [ were ] going on in a positive spirit " , although questions relating to international guarantees for an accord and Kurdish control over the oil-producing town of Kirkuk remained unresolved . |
| 8 | The Soviet Union has little or no influence , let alone control , over the vast majority of them . |
| 9 | The very large collections of rocks , minerals and fossils from many parts of the world demonstrate the succession of changes that have taken place throughout the Earth over the vast span of geological time . |
| 10 | For their part the urban middle classes tolerated the Junkers because they guaranteed the shape , content and continuance of German middle-class life and ambition over the vast bulk of the rural German population . |
| 11 | With a low gasp she let her fingers slide up over the daunting hardness of his shoulders , touch the short , thick hair at his nape … he moved his hands down to her hips , in a quick convulsive movement , crushing her against him . |
| 12 | As seasonal temperatures cool , hot and cold air meet , forming a seal over the industrialised valley of the Bilina and Labe ( German Elbe ) rivers on the former border with East Germany . |
| 13 | The total amount ( capital and interest ) is repayable in equal monthly instalments over the agreed term of the loan . |
| 14 | The total amount ( capital and interest ) is repayable in equal monthly instalments over the agreed term of the loan . |
| 15 | The English had removed the head of a king as early as 1649 , and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 could be interpreted as an example of Rousseau 's ‘ general will ’ of the people triumphing over the Divine Right of Kings . |
| 16 | Again , his fingers teased her , running a path of torturing heat about her thigh , and up over the jutting bone of her hip , close — far too close ! — to that part of her where the aching need had its centre . |
| 17 | She was lowering herself from the tip-toe that she needed to look over the panelled backing of the window display when something else caught her eye , further down the road . |
| 18 | I jumped the iron spikes and landed with both feet on the concrete , then ran over the narrow top of the pipe and jumped down on to the island . |
| 19 | Outside the state apparatuses public opinion was becoming increasingly polarized over the contentious issue of greater state powers . |
| 20 | Such a move offered the possibility of a major confrontation between executive and legislature over the contentious issue of abortion only a year before the 1992 presidential elections . |
| 21 | The publication of the photograph led to increased speculation over the contentious issue of the fate of those 2,273 US servicemen listed as officially missing in action ( MIA ) in the Vietnam war . |
| 22 | Yet every afternoon , a group of journalists weaves its way along several gloomy corridors and up various flights of stairs to a cold , windy place with impressive views over the gilded roof of the Houses of Parliament , Westminster Bridge and the River Thames . |
| 23 | Until the Public Records Act 1958 the care and preservation of public records were in the hands of the Master of the Rolls , an anachronistic responsibility for a senior judge who in his modern incarnation is fully occupied in presiding over the civil work of the Court of Appeal . |
| 24 | It is possible that in the Eastern District , the committee and officers were not fully aware of the implications of the Bedfordshire arrangement in their natural anxiety over the immediate issue of continuity of the rural scheme . |
| 25 | He was keeping his head pointed firmly downwards , but he could feel a disresonance and his eyes searched over the stencilling shading of rock , scrub and moor . |
| 26 | Not so much to get over the final break-up of her relationship with Paul — that had been inevitable , she realised that now . |
| 27 | Towering over the modern centre of Newcastle , the provincial capital of the north east , and facing Tyne-wards , he surveys the ancient city . |
| 28 | In debate , the Home Secretary reiterated Wolfenden 's general position over the legal position of prostitution : |
| 29 | It will then have to contend with a challenge in the British courts over the legal status of Britain 's opt-out from the social chapter . |
| 30 | JOHN MAJOR came under fresh pressure over Maastricht yesterday as the Labour leader , John Smith , accused the Government of unnecessary secrecy over the legal status of the controversial legislation on the treaty . |