Example sentences of "[noun] from above [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The light fades to black , to be replaced suddenly by a crash and a burst of light from above as a giant ring pull seems to tear from the ceiling . |
| 3 | That they never bore fruit was due as much to Bolshevik neglect of them as to the eventual insistence from above on the abolition of the private farms . |
| 4 | Much of their concern centred on what they saw as the imposition from above of particular versions of ‘ good primary practice ’ and the relationship between teachers ' allegiance to these and their career prospects . |
| 5 | The Education Act provided a convenient peg upon which to hang ‘ statist ’ notions of reform — from those of all political parties who advocated reform from above through increased power to central government . |
| 6 | I find that a flat piece of clear perspex or glass with the edges smoothed is the ideal material , as a check can be kept on the eggs from above without disturbing the tank in any way . |
| 7 | He slides among suspicious groups of heat-seeking , light-shunning nomads , who had made temporary camps up lesser conduits , who milk sweet , pure water from above from the gleaming concrete walls . |
| 8 | They are constantly seeking to impose changes from above on their language , rather than allowing it to live , breathe and evolve in a more natural way . |
| 9 | When next the red kite appeared , it sailed below us , allowing us views from above of its long dark wings , streaky red body , red notched tail . |
| 10 | Like every other ruler of a great State , the empress was the captive of the historical situation in which she found herself , and in her case this forbade any radical change in the social structure of Russia or any far-reaching amelioration from above of the position of the peasant . |
| 11 | In this signal AC/189 , against the background of " the situation in 5 Corps area becoming unmanageable " , Gen McCreery was asking for decisions from above on three distinct issues . |
| 12 | Divine intervention , that is to say , a good turn from above concerning him , cf. children of Israel , or retribution from above concerning me , cf. Lot 's wife . |
| 13 | When gravitational radiation is incident from above with its polarization axes aligned along the two arms the lengths of these arms will expand and contract in anti-phase . |
| 14 | Capitalism , Habermas argues , replaces the traditional mode of domination from above with a new mode of domination from below — bourgeois ideology . |
| 15 | In the shot from above of Deckard hanging from the side of the building , the painting , mostly in shades of blue and purple , represents the precipitous drop beneath his feet . |
| 16 | Divine intervention , that is to say , a good turn from above concerning him , cf. children of Israel , or retribution from above concerning me , cf. Lot 's wife . |
| 17 | In such a situation of role confusion and role strains a person at the end of the line is not disposed to react to new policy initiatives from above as if he or she were a mere functionary . |
| 18 | Their job then was to relay tradition from above to below , and congregants ' requests in the opposite direction . |
| 19 | The view from above in Fig. 194 illustrates the plan and construction of the building and shows the present entrance door on the left and the eastern apses on the right . |