Example sentences of "[verb] [art] triumph [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celebrating a triumph of heart over mind |
| 2 | It ratified the triumph of history over all the sciences , though ‘ history ’ in this connection was generally confused by contemporaries with ‘ progress ’ . |
| 3 | He looked round , acknowledging the triumph of logic by a small rocking movement of the head . |
| 4 | Devouring animals ( eg lions , griffins , dolphins , snakes and panthers ) symbolise the triumph of death over life . |
| 5 | He was working against the natural grain of his genius , and the fact that he went on to write two more plays suggests the triumph of will over natural capacity , of idea over sensibility . |
| 6 | In the case of the pine , these are ruggedness and fortitude ; the early-flowering cherry suggests the triumph of Spring over Winter , and so on . |
| 7 | Hindenburg , following the triumph of Tannenberg in August 1914 , was now a German hero and could , in effect , reverse Schlieffen 's plan : that is , seek a decisive victory in the east while merely containing the Western Front . |
| 8 | A speech following a triumph in Australia in Adelaide this year concerning his war-torn nation of Croatia earned him praise . |