Example sentences of "[verb] the superiority [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conclusion upsets the superiority of metaphor over metonymy : In what sense metonymic ? |
| 2 | And supposed to see the superiority of socialism in this capitalist |
| 3 | The new pope did not share the general goodwill towards Frederick , and wanted to assert the superiority of pope over emperor . |
| 4 | Other feminist writers , such as Overfield ( 1981 ) , Wallsgrove ( 1980 ) and Fee ( 1983 ) have suggested that dichotomies such as nature/culture , subject/object , emotional/rational are harmful because they imply the superiority of culture over nature , the objective over the subjective , and the rational over the emotional . |
| 5 | His own rise to fame at club level had demonstrated the superiority of management by one man over management by a group , but the England team was still selected by a dozen officials ‘ expressing their views as to the merits of players without proper regard to blend and balance ’ . |
| 6 | Although both Beveridge and Bevan had acknowledged the superiority of prevention over cure , the design of the new system ensured that it remained underdeveloped . |
| 7 | At the root of most medieval writing on the subject was the late fourth-century figure of St Jerome , who wrote a tract adversus Jovinianum , attacking the arguments of a relatively liberal-minded monk , Jovinianus , who had denied the superiority of virginity to marriage . |
| 8 | He may even have considered that to establish the superiority of the Copernican over the Tychonic system would be to reaffirm the superiority of Catholic over Protestant science . |