Example sentences of "[adv] from above " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giving more than a passing nod to the Amiga classic Sensible Soccer , Graeme Souness International Soccer is played on a vertically scrolling pitch viewed more or less from above , but with just enough tilt to allow for detailed player graphics instead of a bird's-eye head-and-shoulders shot . |
| 2 | Light : Requires good light , especially from above . |
| 3 | Light : Good light needed , especially from above . |
| 4 | Light : Plenty of good light is essential , especially from above . |
| 5 | If you put some of these planarians in a dish illuminated vertically from above , and arrange that the intensity of illumination is greater on one side of the dish , the worms will congregate on the darker side . |
| 6 | Instead , it flashes across between them , coming ‘ vertically from above ’ , and leaving behind only the marks of its passing , much as lightning scorches the earth where it strikes . |
| 7 | The political reform proposals included open meetings of grass-roots party organizations ; the selection of officials up to the rank of Deputy Minister , district APL first secretary or divisional Army or militia commander , and of all enterprise and institution directors , to be " based on elections by the working people , on merit " in order to " have as few cadres as possible appointed directly from above " ; a limit of two terms in office for all members of elective party and state bodies , including the People 's Assembly ( parliament ) and the APL central committee ; a choice between candidates in elections to these bodies ( albeit only communist or communist-backed candidates ; Alia categorically ruled out abandoning " the hegemony of the APL " and allowing rival political parties ) ; and reduction in the bureaucratic apparatus . |
| 8 | More interesting are the other two , both from above the main porch at the east : Artemis and Act aeon ( a subject which , like other brutal divine punishments of mortal error , becomes frequent in classical art ; cf. fig. 119 and p. 72 , below ) ; and Zeus with Hera . |
| 9 | ‘ She died in our midst six weeks later having got a swifter visa to eternity than we have to South Africa but we know she goes with us in spirit and will help our endeavours far more powerfully from above , ’ said Sister Bernadette . |
| 10 | The New Zealander spoke slowly from above . |
| 11 | In the case of socialist parties , which gave the original impetus , the party was very largely an extension of an existing mass movement into the sphere of electoral politics , whereas conservative and liberal parties , which already had a strong representation in parliament and government , created their mass organization mainly from above , under the control of the parliamentary leaders . |
| 12 | And we 're born se again spiritually from above as Jesus says in this chapter . |
| 13 | What visitors to Foxton now see , either from above or below , is a staircase series of two lock flights , separated half way down by a large passing pond , with intermediate side ponds stepping up the east side of the flight . |
| 14 | Light : Good illumination either from above or all round is recommended . |
| 15 | Clockwise from above : See the snow from above in a hot air balloon ; many resorts have entertainments for children ; take a cruise around Stockholm ; cross-country skiing enables you to reach remote areas ; downhill skiing is still a big favourite . |
| 16 | Clockwise from above : Tatiana is a single parent ; Irina , a surgeon , at work ; Tamara , 70 , is grateful to communism . |
| 17 | Clockwise from above : another lonely Londoner Gbenga Agbenugba mother with attitude Naomi King ; novelist in hiding Victor Headley ; publishing 's DIY trail-blazer , Q |
| 18 | Clockwise from above right : Sattareh Farman Farmaian with Indian leader Nehru in 1962 ; far from the harem compound , today Sattareh lives and works in Los Angeles ; Sattareh with her mother . |