Example sentences of "[pron] [is] above all [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the diffusionist and the evolutionary methods contrast with the structural-functional , which is above all contextual , and seeks at least the primary significance of the present in the present rather than in the past . |
| 2 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 3 | It is above all nuclear weapons that constitute a ‘ total ’ use of armed force . |
| 4 | He is always older than the heroine , usually in his early or mid-30s , rich , successful in the vocation of his own choice … he is above all virile . |
| 5 | For he is above all concerned to deny that the point of the universe is somehow to serve human interests . |