Example sentences of "[pron] over and above " in BNC.

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1 We deserve to be punished because we considered ourselves over and above the deceased .
2 What seems to be missing from the analysis is some measure of how much the savings plan is actually giving you over and above your initial hard earned cash .
3 Bringing a ritual element into the home implies doing something over and above what is physically necessary .
4 The notion of speech acts was introduced by the Oxford philosopher J. L. Austin , who pointed out that in uttering this or that well-formed sentence a speaker is doing something over and above expressing its literal meaning .
5 So it was n't just the joy , he was used to that , this was something over and above that .
6 There were dangers in this silence — Wilson well understood that the steady remittance of funds for the care of Oreste constituted a claim on him over and above that of natural parentage — but she thought them worth risking .
7 he does n't get it over and above his current
8 but he may get it over and above after six months depending what
9 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 .
10 And therefore it must by definition be the case that anything over and above the one hundred and twenty two which I know Selby have not challenged on on on the basis of the assessment , er anything over and above that hundred and twenty two must siphon investment and economic activity from somewhere else because it 's not local , it 's not it 's not unemployed , it 's not local needs and it 's not migration .
11 And therefore it must by definition be the case that anything over and above the one hundred and twenty two which I know Selby have not challenged on on on the basis of the assessment , er anything over and above that hundred and twenty two must siphon investment and economic activity from somewhere else because it 's not local , it 's not it 's not unemployed , it 's not local needs and it 's not migration .
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