Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] above " in BNC.
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| 1 | Courses on Oct 26th and Nov 9th will be aimed at paddlers above grade 2 with corresponding courses on the successive Sundays for those of SI level or above involved in coaching . |
| 2 | And while it is easy enough for an experienced journalist to write that synopsis from memory ( checking for the elusive name of Software Arts and making sure that it really was PrairieTek that vanished last year ) , it would take a deal of research and above all deep thought to put together a dissertation on why things panned out the way they did , the fatal mistakes , the good decisions that each company made to achieve triumph or disaster , or both in quick succession . |
| 3 | But it believes it must take its message into all areas of life , to press causes , such an end to official silence on environmental problems , an investigation into glaring election fraud and above all an honest look at why so many are leaving . |
| 4 | It would impose unnecessary red tape and above all it would destroy jobs . ’ |
| 5 | The uncertainty of the fat child or the onset of puberty which can make swimming baths one of the first circles of hell for the adolescent , so vividly evoked by Kathryn Ensall 's ‘ Girls in Line at the Swimming Baths ’ ( 1988 ) , or the terrifying prospect of the first day at school captured by Shanti Panchal are all expressions of modern sensibility and above all , of childhood and adolescent anxiety , constructed out of an acute embarrassment with themselves and their situation . |
| 6 | Employers also make gains and losses ( the areas below the demand for labour and above the wage line ) . |
| 7 | The loose storyline of ‘ UF Orb ’ draws on Timothy Good 's books Alien Liaison and Above Top Secrets as prime inspiration . |
| 8 | This meant obvious limits on capacity and above all it meant no cars and no lorries which were the most lucrative traffic . |
| 9 | But contractors found the dust behind the Speaker 's Chair in the ministerial corridor and above the parliamentary library . |
| 10 | But we had in our midst … the capacity to fight , to resist injustice , to organise , the sentiment of unity , the pride of the proletariat and above all class consciousness . |
| 11 | Lightweight inexpensive fabrics like cheesecloth and muslin can be shirred and hung between rods , wires or traverse poles attached below the ceiling and above the skirting or baseboards , and either caught back at doors and windows or fixed around them ( with rods or wires attached to the top of the frames ) . |
| 12 | It is the bone ( reduced to a fine ash ) that gives china its whiteness , translucency and above all its considerable strength . |
| 13 | However , the argument for adopting a similar approach in the case of financial services is based on the complexity and sophistication of the regulatory scheme created by Parliament to achieve the legislative aims of facilitating efficiency , competitiveness , flexibility and above all investor protection . |
| 14 | It is no longer the case that the romantic style means dancing classically from the feet to the waist and above that allowing the body , arms and head to express themselves to describe the moods , emotions and actions of the characters . |
| 15 | As the election campaign threatens to engulf us , think through the trivia and above the bickering to the real values of the Conservatives compared to the phoney , intrusive dictums of the leaners to the Left . |
| 16 | All his talents were called on on such a day — his powers of calculation , of decision-making , of patience , of amiability , of firmness and above all of steering his excellently stocked , freshly painted and cleaned up vessel of an inn through the increasingly unpredictable currents of the day . |
| 17 | We are saving a way of life in which the features are kindliness , freedom and above all , wisdom . |
| 18 | The rising sun glared in the new , round , precious , shining , glass mirrors above Gabriel 's throne and above God 's , and filled the courtyard with a warm , flickering orange . |
| 19 | The headteacher 's report is an opportunity to celebrate heroes , to show passion for the school , to show persistence and above all consistency . |
| 20 | There was the binding of wounds and examining of bruises to be considered , and the saying of prayers and sewing-up in bedding of those whose lives had been forfeit and above all there was a great deal of talking to be one , for , as the Magistrate scientifically observed , nothing unusual can happen among human beings without generating an immense , compensating volume of chatter . |
| 21 | ‘ Fuck you , ’ the Maggot screamed at whoever fired at him and I looked out of the Beechcraft 's side window to see palm trees going past at over 150 miles an hour and above us . |
| 22 | It ran over Gwendoline 's shoe , up her stocking and above her knee . |
| 23 | And to the right and above them were the black floor and lighter awning and sides of the gallery , which contained three nervous men who had already let off their handguns at random . |
| 24 | It has particular significance for those churches who over the last decade , aided by the enthusiasm which stemmed from the Archbishop of Canterbury 's report ‘ Faith in the City ’ ( December , 1985 ) and the subsequently established Church Urban Fund , have tried to put their buildings , their membership and above all their local networks at the service of the wider community . |
| 25 | It is considered a vital part of the mission of the AMF(L) to make an outward display of friendliness towards the population and above all to display unity within the Force itself . |
| 26 | It merely conceals the true reality of power that resides untouched by democracy in the rest of the state apparatus and above all in the market economy itself . |
| 27 | The clear implication behind this statement is that careful attention and above all , adequate time must be allowed at the planning stage . |
| 28 | The attempts to describe pottery at present are totally inadequate and highly subjective in all aspects such as colour , surface finish decoration and above all , fabric and the effects of kiln control , or lack of it , and the critical cooling temperature ( Curie point ) . |
| 29 | The anterior or basalar sclerites are never more than two in number , and lie just above the episternum , while the posterior or subalar sclerite is almost always single and lies behind the pleural wing process and above the epimeron . |
| 30 | Only when they have examined what hands , arms , legs and feet , body and above all the head can do in isolation and then in harmony with the story , theme or music , can they set out and create a style which will be general in structure and particular in texture , with the right quality , mood , emotion , action and character . |