Example sentences of "that [pron] [is] above " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Delors insists that it is up to the pontifical authorities to check that everything is above board . |
| 2 | ‘ A lover is illicit — the whole point of being married , it seems to me , is that everything is above board and clean ’ |
| 3 | A lover is illicit — the whole point of being married , it seems to me , is that everything is above board and clean . ’ |
| 4 | Yet even migraine detained me with its potential , at first because of the popular assumption that it is above all a neurotic disorder and therefore confined to unstable personalities . |
| 5 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 6 | Before examining it , however , let us agree that it is above all an expression of taste . |