Example sentences of "[pron] [be] above the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On an international basis , the British rate is calculated at 10.2 per cent which is above the averages for the ‘ Major 7 ’ economies , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , and the European Community . |
| 2 | When Verzy was practically a white grape village ( now almost eighty per cent Pinot Noir ) , the exception was the vineyards near St Basle , which is above the village bordering the famous Faux de Verzy . |
| 3 | During the previous years , Tayside managed to sustain an overall detection rate of 40 per cent but that dropped during 1991 to 38 per cent , which is above the Scottish average of 31 per cent . |
| 4 | The deal , which was above the April 1992 annualized inflation rate of 4.6 per cent , was described as a " political victory " by Monika Wulf-Mathies , leader of the largest public-sector union involved , the ÖTV . |
| 5 | There was once a rockery-keeper living in this cottage on the estate — it was his full-time job to take care of the rockery which was above the cascade created by Capability Brown , which does still exist . |
| 6 | You ca n't , for if you are to have those who are above the average , you must have those who are below the average . |
| 7 | Those who are above the quota at this stage are instantly deemed elected . |
| 8 | Those who know , think it a matter without interest , so that again and again in my enquiries , when some touch of colour has been given illuminating the ways of life among the people who are above the need for help , it has been cut short by a semi-apology : ‘ But that is not what you want to know about ’ … |
| 9 | President-elect Bill Clinton , who takes over from Bush on January 20 , said Mr Bush 's decision gave the message : ‘ If you work for the government you 're above the law . ’ |
| 10 | Column 5 shows that the UFC 's method of applying a threshold to broad subject categories covering a range of departments is particularly hard on the 7 departments who were above the national average for their particular subject category but will receive nothing . |
| 11 | Seven children who were above the third percentile had recently lost weight or were failing to thrive . |
| 12 | Probably Poseidon was worshipped in three aspects , with roles in the heavens , on the earth and in the underworld , just as in the later Orphic literature the phases of the moon were viewed : ‘ When she is above the earth , she is Selene ; when within it , Artemis ; when below it , Persephone ’ ( Servius ad Verg . |
| 13 | There are several reasons for this ‘ regression towards the mean ’ ; it could be based on a genetic process , or it could be because a father ( mother ) who is above the mean in ability marries on average someone who is less able than he ( she ) , and so the child , reflecting the ability of both parents , is less able than the father ( mother ) . |
| 14 | But there were very few people who could sympathise with her — the presumption was that she was fiercely cold-hearted , driven by greed and shallowness , a woman who had convinced herself that she was above the law . |
| 15 | At five feet eight she was above the average height for a woman . |
| 16 | The light danced about , we were above the thin cloud line and suddenly my pains had gone . |
| 17 | You look even over there on that building there 's above the window there 's a drip course , by the doorway , is a drip course for the rain coming down dripping off . |
| 18 | It 'll be , it 's not just look , staining if you look , there 's above the level on the , of the water . |
| 19 | ‘ Nick , they are richer than your wettest dreams , and like all the very rich they think they are above the law . ’ |
| 20 | Sir John Donaldson , president of the NIRC , had said in June : ‘ By their conduct these men are saying they are above the rule of law . |
| 21 | With a lurch they are above the trees and climbing steeply , Paul pressed back into his seat . |
| 22 | The difficult part about this one is that people all have odd shaped heads , now and you find that if you put them on too high they squidge off like that , and you 've got to think of bandaging an egg basically , if you had an egg with a little hole in one end and you 've got to put a bandage round you 'd have to put it very carefully round the widest bit would n't you for it to stay firm and that 's the secret , everyone 's heads different and as you put it round you 've got to see where you can get it , where , sometimes it 's over the ears , sometimes it 's above the ears according to the peoples ' shaped , different shaped heads everyone 's different , anything else ? |
| 23 | It is above the eighth magnitude , and is visible with × 7 , though only as a dim blur ; its real distance is 69000 light-years , so that it is much further away than the brighter globular clusters such as M13 Herculis and Omega Centauri . |
| 24 | There is a fourth division , of grooms and gardeners , which is literally off the map ; it is above the stables where , Kerr advises , smells should be prevented , although the men themselves will be indifferent to them . |
| 25 | It is above the cloud . |
| 26 | As for the King , Tyndale asserted that he was above the law and was obliged to account for his actions only to God . |
| 27 | He was above the idea of taking advantage of headhunters through accepting free lunches and trips without intending to move : ‘ Time is one 's most valuable commodity . ’ |
| 28 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |