Example sentences of "just above the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Postmortem examination showed a right sided parapharyngeal tumour , with the lower border just above the carotid bifurcation and had ulcerated into the pharynx . |
| 2 | We 've come to do Merry Monk , an HVS at its left-hand end which requires us to traverse carefully along its base just above the slow-moving water , grasping strange iron spikes driven into the rock . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sterling opened at Dm2.3157 , just above the all-time low it touched on Wednesday , but picked up through the day as dealers switched away from the German currency . |
| 5 | He could see the horizon just above the shining disc of his propeller , and he fought to drag the leaden nose up to it . |
| 6 | Chesapeake Bay blue crabs , among nature 's hardiest creatures , have been observed dancing with death along the bottom ; they hover just above the anoxic zone , dart down to forage along the bottom , then come up for ‘ air ’ to the oxygenated mid-depths . |
| 7 | The music , so akin to the lighting , was familiar to me , yet only just above audibility , as the lighting hovered just above the visible end of the spectrum . |
| 8 | The general shortage of comforts and of everything which kept us just above the lowest level of life was sufficiently great to make individuals cling to what they had with something like fanaticism . |
| 9 | The Anterior Arms of the Tentorium — The invaginations which form these apodemes usually lie on either side of the frontoclypeal sulcus , when the latter is present , and just above the anterior articulations of the mandibles . |
| 10 | A thick tapestry hung just above the small canopied fireplace , the floor had been polished smooth , and the great bed was covered by a gold-tasselled counterpane . |
| 11 | Following Rissington Mill the Dickler joins the Windrush , just above the New Bridge . |
| 12 | It followed the attack up with a vicious peck just above the other bird 's beak . |
| 13 | Peter Yeo felt a headache starting , and felt the familiar pressure just above the right eye worsen with the realization that in precisely five minutes he would be needed in a meeting . |
| 14 | Julie struck again , this time catching him just above the right eye , tearing the flesh . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was marred by a puckered scar which had destroyed his cheek , beginning just above the right-hand corner of his mouth , but , fortunately for him , narrowly missed his eye to disappear into his hair , twisting and distorting his whole face . |
| 17 | Increases in earnings just above the old NIC ‘ steps ’ ( £75 and £115 ) will no longer be wiped out by higher contributions . |
| 18 | Wycliffe 's head and neck came just above the plaited cane at the back of the chair . |
| 19 | They do n't believe that government promises of an increase in benefits will properly compensate the pensioners , and worry that those just above the level eligible for benefits will be hit hardest of all . |
| 20 | It shows both the classic system of abstract geometric decoration : small black areas , graded zones of pattern with varied maeanders ; and at the same time the introduction on the neck of two zones of repeated animals ( grazing deer , resting goats ) and just above the broadest point of the body , on the shoulder between the handles , a scene of human action . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Drainvalves are generally fitted in the rising main just above the main stopcock and in the cold supply pipe to the hot water cylinder at the point where it enters the cylinder . |
| 23 | It is fitted just above the main stopcock . |
| 24 | For example , the normal centre of energy of a rectangle is just above the geometric centre … this allows for effects of gravity . |
| 25 | One of the things that always intrigued me , and still does , concerned his Oxford tailor who seemed to think that the practice of having the brevet just above the left breast pocket on the tunic should he reviewed . |
| 26 | Convinced that the ploy was about to be put into operation , Manville concentrated his attention on the hood of the Dodge , just above the offside wheel . |
| 27 | Hollis ( the philosopher ) opts for ‘ Understanding ’ and a position just below the horizontal dividing line in Figure 1.1 ; Smith ( the International Relations scholar ) for ‘ Explaining ’ and a position just above the dividing line . |
| 28 | The discomfort would go , and it did , and he slid down , his head resting just above the thick lace of foam . |
| 29 | However , after a trip by taxi along the streets , following the line where possible , I did find that the best location , which showed the monoline to advantage , was at the end of the walkway to Pyrmont Bridge , just above the National Maritime Museum . |
| 30 | However , after a trip by taxi along the streets , following the line where possible , I did find that the best location , which showed the monoline to advantage , was at the end of the walkway to Pyrmont Bridge , just above the National Maritime Museum . |