Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state is linked to all three components , through a set of institutions which : regulates the sphere of circulation , in order to ensure continued accumulation of surplus value in the sphere of production , but in doing so may promote the interests of certain intra-class groups over others ; oversees the processes of economic , biological and cultural reproduction ; and acts as the arena within which the popular democratic forces struggle over the other two . |
| 2 | The dark blue eyes iced over . |
| 3 | From a seat on the verandah of the Silver Swan Hotel , which overlooked the river , I was able to admire the white foamy torrents hurtling over a weir and beneath the bridge , black and sleek as they sped on their way . |
| 4 | Luxuriant and massive fern ground cover , the visual and aural beauty of the undocumented sacred waters cascading over small waterfalls , contribute to a truly magical atmosphere , a positive retreat from the world above . |
| 5 | ‘ the smoke of the innumerable tall chimneys lies over all like a poultice … houses and shops go on for ever , and at the back of them , blotting out all the rest of the world , rise great precipitous mills like frowning cliffs , at whose base are the small houses where the folks live like coneys at a mountain foot . |
| 6 | Three days a week the Irish cross-channel boats brought over between 600 and 700 bales of bacon , requiring fourteen trucks to convey them to London . |
| 7 | His face creased up in knotted lines again and the vacant blue eyes clouded over . |
| 8 | The other two windows look over the thatched roof of the kitchen hut to a stand of eucalyptus trees , the waters of the lake and the mainland peninsula of Capachica . |
| 9 | The Times Block was a three-storey building with the upper two floors given over to residential flats . |
| 10 | Now the cafés in the quiet , tree-lined High Street were a little shabby , and the handsome Georgian houses taken over as bank premises , solicitors , offices , and old people 's homes . |
| 11 | She 's just one victim of the burgeoning burglary business Which has seen one county Police force dealing with a near five times increase over the last thirteen years . |