Example sentences of "over [art] [noun pl] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran the torch over the shelves cabinets table drawers but there were no more photographs and no obvious photo albums . |
| 2 | The other animals gasped and put their paws , trotters , wings — anything — over the piggies mouths . |
| 3 | And you do n't pay over the odds prices because it 's not an expensive place to have your shop . |
| 4 | But at least there is some form of official control over the films children see in cinemas . |
| 5 | Over the centuries officers had had to nurse their wooden ships for structural reasons and this had provided a certain measure of protection against excessive sail-carrying . |
| 6 | Over the centuries clearings were made and settled . |
| 7 | So it seems that over the years pandas have learned to enjoy food which was in great abundance . |
| 8 | Over the years brambles had spread in all directions and had wound round the barbed wire , so it would have taken an axe or some other sharp tool to have gained entry , one certainly could n't have reached the top of the stairway at all . |
| 9 | Over the years girls came and went : Jane Robinson , Alice Knowles , Agnes Townson , Mary Mossop , Elizabeth Bowness , Margaret and Mary Walker , Margaret Kinsala , Priscilla Pepper , Isabella Robinson , Ellen Redmond , Margaret Dixon , Mary Martindale , Fanny , Nancy and Mary Tomlinson , Katherine Ryan , Nancy and Elizabeth Smith , Nancy Thompson , Elleanor and Ellen Marr , Caroline , Elizabeth and Mary Ann Truscott , Alice Knowles , Ann and Sarah Birkett , Elizabeth Williams , Ann Parker and Jane Relph et al . |
| 10 | Over the years laws have been made and amended declaring certain kinds of action to be criminal and punishable with imprisonment or fines . |
| 11 | Despite the performance penalties and useful load restrictions caused by their weight , over the years floats have been fitted to almost every type of single-engined lightplane — and many twins . |
| 12 | Over the years councils had been forced into deep conflict with Scottish ministers over matters which were too often more akin to right-wing dogma than to relevance . |
| 13 | Over the years adaptations of style and emphasis have meant that we have not been left behind in the changing exercise scene . |
| 14 | Over the years audiences have licked their way through 61,500 gallons of ice-cream during the nail-biting performance . |
| 15 | Over the years graduates of the course have found employment in the United Kingdom and a number of overseas countries in a wide range of occupations . |
| 16 | In this last named authority , relied upon by Mr. Reynolds in support of his contentions as to the true interpretation of the word ‘ office , ’ it is noteworthy that Lord Wilberforce , at p. 860 , commented that over the years words of ordinary meaning had acquired , in the context of tax legislation , a signification coloured by legal construction in a technical context , and that return to the pure source of common parlance was no longer possible . |
| 17 | ( For instance ) over the years retailers have accessed Census statistics with increasing sophistication to evaluate site and market potential and to target new and expensively developed retail propositions . |
| 18 | The winter sun came out over the signals aerials on the top of the regimental headquarters and I warmed my neck , rubbing it against the collar of my knitted undershirt . |
| 19 | I count being courteous as part of being professional — and the noise level of delegates and their guests chatting over the awards announcements was at best discourteous to other guests and at worse downright rude to the awards organisers . |