Example sentences of "be just above the " in BNC.

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1 The cold weather payment scheme is still wholly inadequate , with thousands of pensioners whose incomes are just above the income support level receiving no extra help with their fuel charges .
2 Unless they are pre-mensile eyes you know , they sort of they come out , sort of go down together and be just above the actual eyelid .
3 It 's nice and cool inside the cellar , and not damp , though I guess it can only be just above the water table , and my father seems to know what he 's doing and is confident that the explosive has n't become unstable , but I think he 's nervous about it and has been ever since the Bomb Circle .
4 ‘ The groves were just above the sea , ’ he said .
5 It is prudent , however , to set it on a level plinth , and in the case of a fountain assembly it is vital that the jet unit be just above the maximum water level .
6 For example , the normal centre of energy of a rectangle is just above the geometric centre … this allows for effects of gravity .
7 Waterways , a watering system designed for them , consists of a perforated funnel inserted when making up the basket so that its mouth is just above the compost level .
8 While this sum is just above the average sum of additional income earned by single parents under the previous system , the new rules , again in the name of simplification , have abolished the claimants right to offset child-minding costs against their earnings .
9 The solid is allowed to settle and then the solvent is run off until its level is just above the level of the solid .
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