Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] [verb] above the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are presently around 600 active volcanoes on the continents or exposed above the sea as islands . |
| 2 | This was manifest principally as flushing of the skin and sweating above the level of the lesion . |
| 3 | A very similar hormone , adrenaline , can also be generated by a pair of glands known as the adrenals that sit above the kidneys . |
| 4 | Half nude , she held onto a big , round glass ball which was slowly lowered from the flies and poised above the stalls . |
| 5 | Ensure , too , that you accent the chords as indicated above the notation . |
| 6 | Immediately with a great flutter of wings the pigeons rose into the air and circled above the terrace . |
| 7 | He pitched forward , throwing himself down in the glutinous mud , covering his head with his hands as Farrell replied , bullets slicing through the air and singing above the prone man 's body , missing him , it seemed , by mere inches . |
| 8 | He stared into the mirror that hung above the mantelpiece . |
| 9 | The part of the aquifer that lies above the water table is termed the unsaturated zone . |
| 10 | Workers ' control and workers ' wages for technicians , managers and bookkeepers would prevent the re-emergence of a privileged bureaucratic stratum — ‘ privileged persons detached from the masses and standing above the masses ’ ( p. 97 ) . |
| 11 | Women were often portrayed in Greek dress , usually the chiton , a voluminous tunic , made of lightweight cloth such as linen , buttoned down the sleeves and belted above the waist . |