Example sentences of "and perhaps above " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in Britain this big yellow-red is largely confined to its home region , it has spread abroad , like the Ruby of northern Devon , and seems to be much better appreciated overseas ; it has become established in North America , Australia and New Zealand , South America , and perhaps above all in South Africa , whither it was first exported in 1897 . |
| 2 | From the eighteenth century , borrowers also gained growing legal protection over ways in which lenders could enforce payment ( especially with the starting of county courts in 1846 and the Debtors Act 1869 ) ; and over the conditions and paperwork for loans ( especially with the Pawnbrokers Acts of 1800 and 1872 , and the 1882 Bills of Sale Act , and perhaps above all the Money-Lenders Act 1900 ) . |
| 3 | Perhaps they were justified in recalling early days in makeshift cinemas and perhaps they had to mingle with the masses as they went in search of Chaplin movies , but they must have been aware that prestigious down-town and suburban theatres were now largely being patronized , not exclusively by a lumpenproletariat , but rather by a mix of social classes and perhaps above all by young people who were moving up the social scale into more respectable occupations . |
| 4 | These factors are : conflict between cultures ; a high proportion of displaced people and difficult arrivals ; speed of social change ; and perhaps above all , and certainly the most publicized , violence . |
| 5 | Finally , and perhaps above all others , head for the famed town of towers San Gimignano and stroll amidst its beautiful narrow streets . |
| 6 | As a result of good product design , developments in colour printing , trading up , increased marketing by museums and galleries and perhaps above all the ‘ image ’ culture promulgated by television and the media more generally , calendars have come out of the office and potting shed and into prime sites in the home — and they need to be replaced every year . |