Example sentences of "over every [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Vitruvius , a fall of six inches over every 100 feet was considered desirable and often long detours had to be made to avoid a too sudden descent . |
| 2 | The technological control of nature characteristic of the West has been interpreted as the fulfilment of God 's command to Adam to exercise dominion over all the earth and over every living thing . |
| 3 | The Genesis account is again very clear : ‘ And God blessed them , and God said unto them , Be fruitful , and multiply , and replenish the earth , and subdue it ; and have dominion … over every living thing ’ ( Gen. 1:28 ) and is repeated to Noah ( after the Flood ) in a virtually identical form . |
| 4 | It sometimes seemed to me that animal rights must always prevail over every other claim , however strong , including claims from the environment . |
| 5 | Words give us power over every other creature and thing in the natural world . |
| 6 | This proviso was fundamental , and we can find it expressed in two letters of this period on the preference to be given to the claim of monastic life over every other demand — a theme of central importance in his thought . |
| 7 | It is the law which prevails over every other form of law , and it is not for the court to say that a parliamentary enactment , the highest law in this country , is illegal . |
| 8 | The smallest varieties are the most prized , so the plants have to be picked over every two or three days to prevent the buds from becoming either too large or opening into flowers . |
| 9 | Fully one-third of the marketable federal debt is rolled over in any year ; half is rolled over every two years . |
| 10 | When the Boundary Commission looks at these matters over every 10 years or so , demography and demographic conditions have to be considered , and it is less easy than it appears on paper simply to provide consistency in terms of the demographic relationship of the people living in the country and the number of Members representing them in the House . |
| 11 | His dark eyes picked their way with humiliating slowness over every visible inch of her , from the top of her head to the tips of her toes . |
| 12 | Repeat these rows to form a cable cross over every ten rows . |
| 13 | He was a free-thinker — one whose thoughts ranged widely over every unorthodox idea , forging connections where none had previously been contemplated . |
| 14 | Nicholas wore himself out seeking to keep control over every conceivable decision in his own hands , so convinced was he that the sovereign alone could perceive the common good . |
| 15 | Action plans included laying coats and baggage over every nearby seat , spreading the wrappings of the BR egg'n'cress far and wide ( before the new Sir Clement shrink-wrap ) or simple feigning noisy sleep at every station . |
| 16 | Now the pattern of current variation repeats exactly over every three periods of the source ( picture ( g ) ) . |
| 17 | If there was flies and rats over every dead thing round here , we 'd have a bigger problem than what we 've got . ’ |
| 18 | Which is quite an admirable trait , because most people seem hell bent on playing all over every single track , whether it 's needed or not . ’ |
| 19 | On the basis of these two instances , the NMA placed editorial strokes over every single upbeat . |