Example sentences of "over and above " in BNC.

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31 Extra supplies over and above what has been contracted from Algeria will be necessary over the next decade , partly due to increased demand and partly due to possibly reduced supply from the Netherlands , this contract running out in 1992 .
32 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 .
33 Residuals can tell us about the general level of variability of data over and above that accounted for by the fit ; we can judge atypical behaviour against this variability , as measured , for example , by the midspread of the residuals .
34 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 .
35 The charges related to extra inducements made to players over and above their club wages , an area of football so steeped in secrecy and subterfuge , that the problem is unlikely to go away .
36 There will be no immediate or automatic resource transfers to the LDCs over and above existing levels of aid provided by the North .
37 Over and above country risk associated with bank loans granted to governments and state enterprises there exists an additional risk — sovereign risk .
38 As well as publicizing the activities of the Library the Friends contribute money towards purchases over and above those which can be made from the College funds .
39 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 .
40 It failed because the frequency and intensity of the odour , which constituted the nuisance , was over and above the ‘ general background of oily smells ’ , and had not unlike these general smells , continued for anything approaching 20 years .
41 Therefore , exposure to concentrations over and above the TLV may be permitted where the number of hours of exposure is less than those referred to above .
42 Other activities of a creative sort are ones that are built in over and above that .
43 They are therefore in the ideal position to use their knowledge of these resources to provide evaluation , advice and consultancy over and above the straightforward transaction of information and material .
44 The Israel Bonds Organisation is to sell an extra $100 million in bonds over and above its regular sales as seed money for the project .
45 The purpose is to determine which treatments produce effects over and above placebo levels .
46 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 .
47 Over and above such dramatic ingredients of change and stress you probably have a long-term commitment which is stressful too .
48 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 .
49 Each year , industry spends at least £125 million on charitable activities over and above straightforward donations .
50 It is all very well to hark back and praise what used to be then , over and above what is today , just because the aura of a past age hangs round it .
51 The dividend may be expressed as a fixed percentage of the nominal or paid up value of the shares , or may even extend to participation in any dividends declared over and above that fixed amount .
52 Regardless of whether it is a tithe or an offering over and above , it is good to analyse the sorts of places where we ought to be giving God 's money .
53 Most people have considerable leeway as to how they spend their money over and above basic subsistence requirements .
54 In what has been called ‘ The Age of Psychology ’ , the development of the individual and his self-fulfilment has been promoted and stressed over and above obligations and duties to marriage partners , children and other relatives .
55 Any given rise in unemployment in the winter months , therefore , can only be shown to be significant if it can be demonstrated that the rise is over and above that which is normally expected at that time of year .
56 Most of them would also have borrowed in the open market , maybe from a clearing bank where they had a current account and the manager had allowed them to draw over and above what was in it — an overdraft ( the cheapest way of borrowing ? ) — or perhaps a Personal Loan .
57 Current which is over and above that required by the load is represented on the waveform for I L by the cross-hatched area .
58 It was not only the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric which were distinctive but she herself possessed a bloom and glow over and above her personal beauty , which were absent from all the other women who were there .
59 When we do , however , subject ourselves to prolonged exercise , such as jogging , marathon running or mountain climbing , we experience benefits over and above the merely improved function of our hearts and musculature — benefits at the emotional , mental or spiritual levels .
60 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 .
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