Example sentences of "[noun sg] the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | KEITH ARTHURTON hit an unbeaten 157 , registering his maiden Test century and the highest Test score by a West Indian at the Brisbane Cricket Ground , to give his side the edge against Australia yesterday . |
| 2 | In hard rock the edge soon became dull , and the drilling of one sufficient hole could require the use of quite a few of these drills which had to be carried by the miner to his place of work , even though that might entail climbing hundreds of feet of pit ladder . |
| 3 | Yet in the face of environmental stress , a malleable genome has given the microbe the edge on the elephant . |
| 4 | It will definitely give your child the edge when they start to learn word processing at school . |
| 5 | Club Europe Drive is fast and flexible , ensuring you arrive refreshed and relaxed , ready to give your business the edge over your competition . |
| 6 | Perhaps the only disappointment is that the money is to be shared equally , when a winning bonus would give the event the edge it deserves . |
| 7 | What gives this sequel the edge is Danny DeVito . |
| 8 | More realistic was the US Air Technical Intelligence Unit evaluation of 466mph , which would still have given the Shinden the edge over most US fighters . |
| 9 | These effective treatments , along with his rejection of blood-letting , purging and polypharmacy which weakened rather than helped the patient , gave homoeopathy the edge over orthodox therapy for most of the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | Drummer Larry , bassman Adam and guitarist The Edge have been together with Bono since schooldays . |
| 11 | Guitarist The Edge took the mike to give us ‘ Numb ’ , while Bono and the rest of the lads took to a satellite stage to deliver the soothing and pulse-filled ‘ The First Time ’ . |
| 12 | Light chemical washes simply task the edge off the harsher colours , reproducing a degree of the tonal mellowness that comes with age , and have only a minimal effect on the integrity of the pile . |