The mountain consists of a superstructure of volcanic rocks surmounting the ancient schists, with granites intruded, of the Highlands.
They are noted for the presence, in a few species, of a bony casque, or helmet, surmounting the prominent bill.
Guaraldi had trouble surmounting the tremendous success of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and the corresponding best-selling soundtrack.
Surmounting the structure at intervals of about three feet are Y-shaped pieces of metal, on which are strung strands of barbed wire that have become rusty.
Although around two-thirds of Czechs oppose the radar, the government seems confident of surmounting the final hurdle, a vote in parliament.The Polish approach is more muscular.
The central idea here is that surmounting the midlife hurdle involves breaking down the persona or "false self" that we cling to in our youth.
In one chapter Mr. Gladwell explains how the people who produced "Sesame Street" went about surmounting the weakness of television as a teaching medium.
Even if Hoover had been able to devise a perfect plan for surmounting the disaster, his lack of political skills would have prevented him from enacting it.
The film went on to enjoy surprising success in the US, suggesting that surmounting the supposed gulf between our respective senses of humour requires nothing more than a light skip.
After making a satellite phone call to her doctor, she was confident that she would overcome her malady before surmounting the 4,700-meter 4,700-meter 15,000 feet) that lay before us.
Within seconds of her entrance, she knocked off a gleaming high D, and later the svelte singer proved shattering in surmounting the moral trials imposed by the Empress's unseen father, who rules the spirit world.
