Example sentences of "over [art] [noun sg] of " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The prince 's remarks follow massive public anxiety over the Duchess of York 's jetsetting antics at the taxpayers ' expense . |
| 11 | These would have claimed much of Miller 's attention , but his expertise would have been in great demand over the cultivation of rare fruits . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ But , ’ I replied , ‘ if any of what we have said is true , why does Queen Margaret grieve over the corpse of an imposter ? |
| 14 | I heard over the weekend of a terrible fuss because one club member was proposing to use an echo sounder to help locate fish on a lake . |
| 15 | The biggest event organised by the Trust this year took place over the weekend of 23 and 24 June when the countryside was brought to Salford in Greater Manchester . |
| 16 | Over the weekend of 10/11 August , I was involved in the search for the two divers who went missing because their club was not following the code of practice worded above . |
| 17 | Over the weekend of 21/22 September 1985 , for example , 60 protesters were arrested for wire-cutting at Molesworth and a further 55 were arrested or reported for the same action at RAF Sculthorpe . |
| 18 | Colville 's diary shows just how shaken the Prime Minister was and how grim the mood that occasionally intruded at Chequers over the weekend of 24–25 July 1954 , during the ‘ stag party ’ to celebrate Oliver Lyttelton 's retirement from the Cabinet : |
| 19 | Here 's some advance warning of what 's happening at this year 's London Music Show , to be held at Wembley Conference Centre over the weekend of 28th and 29th November . |
| 20 | Whatever you 're doing over the weekend of 28th/29th November , forget it , your time could be better spent … |
| 21 | If you are in the south of the country over the weekend of the 23–25 May , then pop along to the English Riviera Centre in Torquay . |
| 22 | Four thousand and twenty six passenger journeys were recorded in two days over the weekend of July 26th and 27th . |
| 23 | NOT MANY preserved steam railways can boast two unique happenings in two days , but the West Somerset Railway did just that at its sixth annual Vintage Vehicle Rally and Steam Fayre over the weekend of August 1–2 . |
| 24 | The climax of the celebrations marking Taunton 150 , however , will be a series of Grand Locomotive Cavalcades on the West Somerset Railway over the weekend of July 4 and 5 . |
| 25 | A host of historic steam diesel and petrol engined vehicles , plus other interesting family attractions , will be on display over the weekend of August 1 and 2 . |
| 26 | It now takes place over the weekend of April 24 and 25 . |
| 27 | THE MIDLAND Railway Centre suffered a disastrous break-in over the weekend of August 15–16 and several major items of Signal and Telegraph equipment stolen . |
| 28 | THE FIRST steam gala that the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley has organised in several years , took place over the weekend of Saturday-Sunday November 28/29th , and was acclaimed as an outstanding success in every respect . |
| 29 | The locomotive is due to arrive at Bury by road and make its first appearance at a hastily-organised Great Western Weekend over the weekend of November 14–15 . |
| 30 | The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway also held its annual diesel gala over the weekend of October 3 and 4 . |