Example sentences of "over [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By extending judicial review to cover such non-governmental bodies performing ‘ public functions ’ , the courts have provided a valuable means ( even if of marginal importance ) of exercising legal control over the pursuit of governmental aims and policies . |
| 2 | Protests in 1371 were followed by further outbursts in 1376 in the so-called ‘ Good Parliament ’ , whose members suspected that the search for personal profit had , in some cases , taken precedence over the pursuit of the national advantage . |
| 3 | If you were sitting there you would have to peer over the pile of cups on your lap . |
| 4 | The range of these " PAs " is wide — church fetes , gymkhanas , cheque presentations , pushing over the pile of pennies . |
| 5 | With the other he dipped what looked like a hearthbrush into the bucket then flung its load of holy-water drops all over the pile of stones . |
| 6 | Ellen dropped an awed curtsy , rounded eyes gazing up at him over the pile of red woollen mantle in her arms . |
| 7 | The sheriff ran his eye over the pile of guns , ammunition pouches and knives , till it came to rest on a radio transmitter . |
| 8 | These processes are justified by the fact that the audience wields some power over the moves of the managers . |
| 9 | She handed over the small package , and then ran her gaze once more over the chaos in the office . |
| 10 | By summonses dated 16 October , against each plaintiff , the defendants sought a declaration that in the circumstances the English court had no jurisdiction over the defendants in respect of the subject matter of the claim or the relief or remedy sought and an order that the action be dismissed on the grounds that the defendants were domiciled in Scotland for the purposes of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and that Schedule 4 to the Act provided that the defendants should , subject to exceptions which were not applicable , be sued in the courts of Scotland . |
| 11 | Sunset over the Sea of Galilee |
| 12 | Now he lifted the whisk and moved to flick the stiff little brush with swift , sure gestures over the casing of the demi-divine dead paladin , commencing at his massive shoulders , descending reverently to his feet , almost as if dusting him — yet with quite a different consequence . |
| 13 | In between , and amid the unprecedented furore over the axing of Clive Rice and Jimmy Cook , Wessels had become South Africa 's new captain and had taken the squad to Australasia for the World Cup . |
| 14 | Following modifications , a flight test was planned over the Wash for the 13th . |
| 15 | The prince 's remarks follow massive public anxiety over the Duchess of York 's jetsetting antics at the taxpayers ' expense . |
| 16 | These would have claimed much of Miller 's attention , but his expertise would have been in great demand over the cultivation of rare fruits . |
| 17 | So-called ‘ horror stories ’ ( gory illustrations depicting the de-beaking of turkeys , dogs being hanged , huntsmen exulting over the corpse of a fox , or reports of a senile researcher who failed properly to anaesthetise his animal subjects ) may well be effective copy and have an impact upon gullible readers but are of limited argumentative worth . |
| 18 | ‘ But , ’ I replied , ‘ if any of what we have said is true , why does Queen Margaret grieve over the corpse of an imposter ? |
| 19 | Conversing politely over the tea-cups in the huge drawing-rooms , he sensed their quiet desperation . |
| 20 | Visa has final say over the artwork on Visa cards . |
| 21 | In order to copy existing artwork onto film , cut some drafting film to size ( allowing plenty of room as a border ) and place it over the artwork to be copied , perhaps Sellotaping it in place over the page . |
| 22 | Now , looking out over the heartland to the eastern sky already flushed with the first faint gold of dawn , he said aloud : ‘ I let my father die deliberately . |
| 23 | The local newspaper , the Los Angeles Times , put the total number of people shot over the weekend at 53 . |
| 24 | It will be stored over the weekend at Winfrith and on Tuesday will arrive at Dounreay for reprocessing . |
| 25 | ‘ We did very well over the weekend on our van sales and sold 81,000 ice creams to the Co-op . |
| 26 | While everyone else departed , I stayed over the weekend with my mother . |
| 27 | ‘ We will probably have a party for her at my house over the weekend with some fireworks . ’ |
| 28 | It brought the number of people killed over the weekend to 25 . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates , generally regarded as the wealthiest person in the US , is no longer the country 's most eligible bachelor — he became engaged over the weekend to 28- year-old Melinda French , a Dallas-born product manager at Microsoft who joined Microsoft in 1987 and is now product manager for the Microsoft Publisher desktop publishing programme . |
| 30 | But we did did take the opportunity over the weekend to actually run our traffic model er at a very crude level , I have to estimate . |