Example sentences of "be [art] triumph of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | These clips are a triumph of form over content , and by the time you reach the four live songs that close this boxful of banging and shouting , it 's a relief to know that at least this is roughly what they 're really like when they 're not busy being hyperactive . |
| 2 | It 's incredible : it 's the triumph of commercialism over culture and our whole history ’ . |
| 3 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
| 4 | The Wembley electoral college formula , giving the unions a bigger say in electing Labour 's leader than either activists or parliamentarians , was a triumph of defiance over common sense . |
| 5 | Theirs was a triumph of history over geography , of imagination over reality . |
| 6 | The Annual Conference at Northampton in May 1992 was a triumph of willpower over weakness . |
| 7 | • One senior Mercedes-Benz executive admitted the vulgar V12 badge on the C-pillar of the S-class was a triumph of marketing over design and quickly added that it was a delete option intended for the Japanese and Americans . |