Example sentences of "over and above the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | English constitutional law recognizes no entity , such as ‘ the State ’ , over and above the government of the day , to which the term ‘ the Crown ’ could apply . |
| 2 | The details of this highly publicised scheme are well documented ( eg Challis , 1988 ) , its main features being : the employment of social workers as case managers , with case loads of 25 to 30 dependent elderly people , and with control over a decentralised budget to enable additional facilities or care ( in the shape of specially recruited local helpers ) to be purchased over and above the receipt of normal services . |
| 3 | It may be argued that the King had a special responsibility to preserve the agreement , in that , in a country such as Britain without a codified constitution , there is no reference point , no pouvoir neutre , over and above the exigencies of party politics . |
| 4 | The group has a fairly informal basis , but we feel there must be various ways of forming the group to mitigate the members from losses incurred over and above the level of liability insurance that may have to met in the event of a very serious accident . |
| 5 | How can high-bay warehousing be classified in order to identify different degrees of risk which result from equipment layout and complexity over and above the question of differing degrees of combustibility ( this aspect being adequately covered in the Fire Offices ' Committee Rules ) . |
| 6 | Special thanks to Bing and Robin for their organisation of the event , Jimmy and Peter for the photos and video , Catering staff and to Transport Section for services over and above the call of duty . |
| 7 | Well , Chair , erm , most of my money is under the Resources Management sub-committee , erm , that has been very thoroughly examined , I think the Resources P A G have agreed with me , on the other P A G , and John has written that on to search for saving what I would say , over and above the call of duty . |
| 8 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 9 | over and above the cost of living in the past 12 years . |
| 10 | The commission of a public nuisance can only be tortious however where an individual can prove he has suffered damage over and above the rest of the community and that such damage is direct and substantial . |
| 11 | But it was the rise over and above the increase in real incomes which caused most grief for inflation and the payments balance . |
| 12 | The outcome has been the imposition of more sentences at the higher end of the punishment tariff over and above the changes in the volume of crime . |
| 13 | At the time I am speaking of , over and above the crofters with their tiny , and often sub-divided , holdings there were several thousand squatters in Lewis . |
| 14 | to say that in fairness to them , so what we would respectfully submit is that your Lordship having assessed the damages and erm , together with interest other than court of protection costs that the figure which we had mentioned and , and adjourn the matter for consideration of a structured settlement erm and that 's the first figure erm , that , the , the second thing , is that there is money in court er we would ask for a direction of the balance of the money , the balance over and above the money in court which is an extra three hundred and six thousand , three hundred and forty pounds at the present stage be brought into court within a reasonable time which we would note is fourteen days , maybe the defendant would ask longer , we have n't discussed it . |
| 15 | This often requires analysis of parts of words — the elements in a compound like dog-sled , or the added meaning attributable to the suffix -er in opener compared to the verb open — over and above the sense of each word . |
| 16 | Erm er changes in the central charges which always intrigues me I 'd like to know and erm if I may go back to erm paragraph seven where we 're saying you know allocated thirty five thousand in the committee development over and above the effects of inflation an and this subject six thousand seven hundred recycled savings is available for some revenue development or mortgage charges and then if we look at eight and shortfall in planning applications we are going to use that six thousand seven hundred to write off a shortfall in the planning applications . |
| 17 | Thus , the maximum saving is 15% in respect of the portion of income over and above the aggregate of the 25% rate band ( currently £23,700 ) and allowance ( personal allowance , married couples allowance ) and interest charges and personal pension payments . |
| 18 | These regressions indicate that mortality is related to swings in unemployment levels , over and above the improvement in mortality related to the long term trend for disposable incomes to increase . |
| 19 | Accordingly , recent work has looked at new ways of defining rural deprivation over and above the arithmetic of woe shown in Tables 6.5 and 6.6 . |
| 20 | From such a position , deviant behaviour could be extremely good or heroic behaviour , such as risking one 's life to help others or showing courage over and above the line of duty . |
| 21 | He , along with the artists , masons , carpenters and other craftsmen frequently permeate their work with signs of a love of the task they have undertaken , which leaves the beholder in no doubt that they have given something of themselves over and above the requirements of loyalty to the paymaster and the desire to enjoy applying their crafts . |
| 22 | I despise the idea and practice of blood sports , but this violent reaction threw up a profile of wildly inconsistent attitudes which puzzles me ; how is it that fox hunting is legal and fishing is the most popular outdoor recreational activity in Britain , yet badger killing invokes a desire for public retribution — lynch mob fever , almost — over and above the punishment of the courts ? |
| 23 | Comparing the commercial audit definition with this one , we can see that the Regularity Audit , the Economy and Efficiency Audit , and the Effectiveness Audit are clearly requirements over and above the attestation of financial statements by commercial auditors . |
| 24 | It was difficult to be absolutely sure , but over and above the sound of the torrential downpour outside she was sure she could detect the steady drip of water from inside . |
| 25 | Over and above the nature of the general economic and social developments , the main reason for this is what can be termed the specificity of cultural goods : that is , the fact that ‘ music can never be just a product ( an exchange value ) , even in its rawest commodity form ; the artistic value of records has an unavoidable complicating effect on their production ’ ( Frith 1983a : 10 ) . |
| 26 | Second mortgage Usually not so much a loan in itself as using the value of a home ( over and above the value of any company loan ) , usually large and now mainly for home improvements , for up to , say , seven years ; with fixed monthly repayments . |
| 27 | This exercise is a refinement of the one carried out for the whole district in that it takes more account of local needs and provides additional information over and above the grades of staff required . |
| 28 | Notice that this test is equivalent to testing whether the anticipated component of monetary growth has an additional effect on unemployment over and above the effect of the . |
| 29 | That culture presupposed a high degree of what E. D. Hirsch calls ‘ cultural literacy ’ , particularly in respect of English history and the Christian and classical heritages , requiring competence in Latin and at least one modern language , as well as wide reading in English Literature over and above the demands of the curriculum . |