Example sentences of "but over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The polemic in the newspapers had begun not over the kidnapping but over a fight that had broken out a few days previously in a bar much frequented by the young Sardinians who hung around the city and by the city gangs who sold them drugs . |
| 2 | ‘ But over a couple of months of pilot programmes , I simply felt I had made a mistake by leaving . |
| 3 | But over a period of time , two things disturb this equilibrium : evaporation and infiltration . |
| 4 | The third type requires such intervention but over a period of years , usually nearly into adolescence , and often there is never complete resolution . |
| 5 | I want a powder , a potion , one which will not kill immediately but over a period of months , undetected by her or any physician . ’ |
| 6 | But over a period of time , erm , they are not directly equivalent , but very nearly so . |
| 7 | No , he 'll be out went out at ten to seven but over a sort of I 've been up since seven , I 've not really sat down all day . |
| 8 | The route taken into the city was not the shortest way from Bethany , but over the shoulder of the Mount of Olives . |
| 9 | The sketches seemed to be of a great age , but over the surface of some of them were drawn in fresher colours smaller and more recent scenes , and rude forms of animals , such as the kangaroo , wallaby , porcupine , crocodile , etc . ’ |
| 10 | But over the year we 've drifted apart they had a family , we had a family |
| 11 | The comparative performance of the French economy may be judged more or less favourably , depending on the criteria and the time-frame used , but over the decade of the 1960s as a whole it grew at an annual rate that matched or surpassed the record of most of France 's main trading partners . |
| 12 | ‘ He was very surprised , but over the moon about the ring . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ There will be a great variety but over the day some carols may be repeated because we want to make sure we have enough truly popular ones so people can sing along and raise the roof . ’ |
| 14 | It was a wonderful vision but over the course of centuries , the gardens became building plots , access to the new houses being obtained by demolishing part of the ground floor of a house to provide a passageway through to the new dwellings . |
| 15 | I could never have said it to him face to face , but over the telephone I hesitated and said , ‘ But I thought the newspaper business was booming ! ’ |
| 16 | The daring manipulation of space , and especially of height , is deceiving : the internal length is only 131 feet , the width of the nave and the apse 30 feet , the width at the transepts 79 feet , but over the nave the intrusion of the cavernous tribune , on great round arches and with three windows to light its gallery , lifts the eye and leads it through while at first appearing to block the view . |
| 17 | Clouds still heaped in the west , but over the crossroads at Quatre Bras , and above a stream just north of Fleurus , the sky was clear as glass . |
| 18 | I sympathize because in my little way I grieve too , but over the people in my life I have allowed to die without ever having shown them any particular affection . |
| 19 | But over the years enthusiasm gave way to mere tolerance . |
| 20 | Traditionally the dominant class had its basis in landownership , but over the years these elites have often shifted their capital to the urban sector because of the possibility of better returns on it , and , on occasion , because of agrarian reform . |
| 21 | But over the years , because of the dictates of bank balance and burgeoning family , we have spent much of our time exploring Scotland ; and our love of game fishing has provided a marvellous excuse for tramping moor and mountain in seach of peace , seclusion , and a few wild brown trout . |
| 22 | But over the years both internal difficulties and external economic and regional pressures have put these policies under strain . |
| 23 | But over the years , his sales techniques have irritated as much as they have impressed , and he has been periodically banned from Celtic Park , Tynecastle and Fir Park . |
| 24 | But over the years , the government did little except to remove contaminated soil , even though the trail of dioxin was showing contamination from a few to a several hundred PPB . |
| 25 | ‘ In the early days we worried a bit about comeback , but over the years we 've just got more outrageous , ’ he says . |
| 26 | On three occasions all 12 have been Unionist , but over the years the usual figure has been 10 Unionist . |
| 27 | But over the years , Joe 's tragic-comic character has been tamed by Ramsay Street , progressing from a down-to-earth bit of rough to a civilised dad and owner of golden labrador Bouncer . |
| 28 | But over the years Laura has always been one of Diana 's closest confidantes . |
| 29 | I do n't know what happened , but over the years it was me who came to the band 's aid when it was needed . |
| 30 | Originally there were only what are now called provinces , but over the years the largest cities have grown in importance and have become self-governing . |