Example sentences of "the superiority [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although both Beveridge and Bevan had acknowledged the superiority of prevention over cure , the design of the new system ensured that it remained underdeveloped . |
| 2 | The superiority of primary over secondary school education lies mainly in the fact that most children of primary school age are open to teaching , and ready to be interested . |
| 3 | The conclusion upsets the superiority of metaphor over metonymy : In what sense metonymic ? |
| 4 | Other feminist writers , such as Overfield ( 1981 ) , Wallsgrove ( 1980 ) and Fee ( 1983 ) have suggested that dichotomies such as nature/culture , subject/object , emotional/rational are harmful because they imply the superiority of culture over nature , the objective over the subjective , and the rational over the emotional . |
| 5 | The superiority of Macbeth over Measure for Measure in this respect is that it needs no external moral force , such as the Duke , to ‘ Unfold the evil , which is here wrapp 'd up/In countenance . ’ |
| 6 | The new pope did not share the general goodwill towards Frederick , and wanted to assert the superiority of pope over emperor . |
| 7 | Recent evidence ( Johnstone et al. 1980 ) suggests that the superiority of ECT over placebo treatment might be short-lived , but supports its use for immediate relief of symptoms . |
| 8 | From a technical point of view the superiority of nephrite over the stones plentifully available for everyday tools would hardly justify the increased cost of ensuring adequate supplies or the enormously greater cost of shaping it to the correct form . |
| 9 | He may even have considered that to establish the superiority of the Copernican over the Tychonic system would be to reaffirm the superiority of Catholic over Protestant science . |