Example sentences of "[noun] and [noun pl] above " in BNC.
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| 1 | The river again , the far bank was nearer but here was a black smooth stretch , he half knew that he was dreaming , he wanted to stop the dream and he wanted to get across , if only he could raise his mouth and nostrils above the swell of the water … |
| 2 | Her shoulders partly , her thighs and legs above the ankle , the lower part of her belly . |
| 3 | Voices and footsteps above us heralded their return . |
| 4 | The light was an intense green and she could tell the passage of sun and seasons above her . |
| 5 | The wildness of the day suited Matthew 's own mood as he galloped across Sara 's fields into the woods and hills above the town . |
| 6 | Though short , he stands head and shoulders above most . |
| 7 | To Catholics , and indeed most Christians , there is one sin that stands head and shoulders above all the rest , and that is sex — thinking about it , and in this case , writing about it . |
| 8 | Of these twelve , the first eight are much the most abundant , with silicon and oxygen head and shoulders above the rest . |
| 9 | He engineered it so that he was standing head and shoulders above his rivals when they filed past to shake his hand and offer their condolences . |
| 10 | Not only is she in excellent condition , but her lovely teak decks and customized interior put her head and shoulders above her sisters . |
| 11 | Lightning Linford , the British athletics team captain , stands head and shoulders above silver medallist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia ( right ) and American bronze medal winner Dennis Mitchell — the men he beat with amazing ease to capture the 100 metres gold medal . |
| 12 | As former champions , Queen 's Club rested in the fourth round — head and shoulders above the Area 5 pack . |
| 13 | Together , nevertheless , these three men indicate that each district was apt to throw up one great entrepreneur at a time who stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries and competitors . |
| 14 | This all adds up , not only to a valuable historical reference which nobody intending to perform this music could afford to ignore , but , in spite of its manifest shortcomings , to something which still stands head and shoulders above any of the other recordings in the current catalogue of this much missed composer . |
| 15 | But , as in 1990 , Japan stands head and shoulders above the rest in hardware investment intentions this year . |
| 16 | Although as a general he may be faulted , in diplomatic skill and political understanding he towered head and shoulders above his Middle Eastern rivals , Muslim and Christian alike . |
| 17 | Douglas Adams ' Mostly Harmless ( Pan , £4.99 ) stands head and shoulders above the rest of the pack . |
| 18 | Towering head and shoulders above the Customs officer , who stood aside to let him pass , the man strode in , his face as dark and threatening as an impending storm . |
| 19 | Here she was , in a strange country , in a beautiful medieval city , with a man who stood head and shoulders above the others in the lounge , so why not enjoy it ? |
| 20 | That is what will keep us head and shoulders above any of our competitors even if they do wave a BS5750 certificate around as though it guarantees them a divine right to business success . |
| 21 | Champions North-West stood head and shoulders above the rest last year , the only side to remain unbeaten and with the same squad available , will take all the beating once again . |
| 22 | The fourth , who stood head and shoulders above them , was older . |
| 23 | Head and shoulders above everyone else in the Guadalquivir suite of the Seville hotel where Iberia International Airlines were holding a promotional cocktail party . |
| 24 | He grazed through the streets as if he were some sort of god , head and shoulders above everyone . |
| 25 | He walked head and shoulders above the crowd in every way , she thought , with such a sudden , overwhelming rush of pleasure at the sight of him that she was tongue-tied . |
| 26 | But the surgery has given him confidence to stand head and shoulders above the rest . |
| 27 | Today , both he and Anthony Tohill stand head and shoulders above every other midfield pairing in the country — in every sense . |
| 28 | The upper storeys had not yet been floored and through the concrete joists and beams above the sky was visible . |
| 29 | This is because The top line in figure 6.10 is the total pressure curve for an ideal solution consisting of two components A and B. At all vapour pressures and compositions above the line , the mixture is a liquid . |
| 30 | At temperatures and pressures above this point water vapour can not be converted into liquid water no matter how great the applied pressure ( see also section 3.1 ) . |