Example sentences of "over every [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It sometimes seemed to me that animal rights must always prevail over every other claim , however strong , including claims from the environment . |
| 4 | Words give us power over every other creature and thing in the natural world . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was a free-thinker — one whose thoughts ranged widely over every unorthodox idea , forging connections where none had previously been contemplated . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If there was flies and rats over every dead thing round here , we 'd have a bigger problem than what we 've got . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | On the basis of these two instances , the NMA placed editorial strokes over every single upbeat . |