Example sentences of "[noun pl] and above " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter noticed that white hairs were even bristling from his ears and above the line on his cheeks where he shaved . |
| 2 | He added that people usually pale below the eyes and above the cheek bones , have many dreams including nightmares and hallucinations , suffer disturbed sleep especially at full moon , get up tired and listless , are prone to attacks of flu , and are driven to drink , drugs and heavy smoking . |
| 3 | Although general courses of various kinds are found in all kinds of institution , the prime examples are the Scottish general degree , the Open University with its foundation/modular structure , and the broader courses in the arts , social sciences and natural sciences in the polytechnics and above all the English and Welsh colleges . |
| 4 | The seats arranged round the three sides of the interior , were slatted benches like those on the cars and above them were picture frames carrying the Company 's advertisements and notices . |
| 5 | His face was equally extraordinary , pale and soft , smooth like a young girl 's , with pursed , prim lips and above them a slightly crooked nose . |
| 6 | These will differ according to local circumstances and above all relationships . |
| 7 | By wishes I am referring to the internal directions and aspirations that people have for their own professional lives and development : their preferences , their ambitions , their chosen career path , their enthusiasms and above all their values . |
| 8 | At the back of the church behind the pulpit were choir room , vestry and toilets and above the vestry a committee room . |
| 9 | For the experiment , eight temporary space lights were installed in the Chamber and the strip lights under the galleries and above the Speaker 's Chair were upgraded . |
| 10 | Springing was provided only on the bolsters and above the axle boxes giving a comfortable ride but a tendency to roll . |
| 11 | And at Wyvis Hall , below the woods and above the river , with the nearest road half a mile away and the nearest house twice as far as that , total silence prevailed . |
| 12 | I was conscious of rich chaos , the sort of jumble that lures one into a junk-shop knowing that under the piles of objects and above one 's head there are riches to be mined . |
| 13 | Accountants need to understand the business , the people , the products and above all the marketplace and then relate that to the numbers . |
| 14 | Poor things , with their cocktails , Ianthe thought , remembering her uncle 's scorn , some of their faces under the elegant hats and above the fur coats were kindly , even noble . |
| 15 | The river needs to be deep enough for the otters to swim and catch fish , the dog otter eating two or three pounds of fish every day , it needs to have thick covering of vegetation along the banks and above all , the water must be clean , fresh and not polluted in any way . |
| 16 | Hellenistic civilization remained Greek in language , customs and above all in self-consciousness . |
| 17 | The outcome of these changes is that the drug bill is rising faster than it has for some years and above the rate of inflation . |
| 18 | And he used to take his white handkerchief out , and go along the corridors and above these , up on these ledges , with his white hanky . |
| 19 | the either side , then below the bumper thing , we had the fog lights and above the bumper we had two spotlights . |
| 20 | Other areas are invited to send along models , camera buffs and above all ideas for the composition of movement photographs ( details from Pat Palmer in March ) . |
| 21 | A hundred pounds and above covered knights and other leading gentry as well as merchants in overseas trade . |
| 22 | The hotel bar was a shadowy place with pink lights on the tables and above the bar . |
| 23 | Sterling bonds have been traded in London for centuries ; they have been issued by commercial undertakings , by foreign governments and their agencies and above all by the British government . |
| 24 | The Income & Growth PEP invests exclusively in the Capital House Income & growth Unit Trust which invests in UK companies with good growth prospects and above average yields . |
| 25 | You need to know the desires , interests and capacities of your subordinates and above all to avoid doing their thinking for them . |
| 26 | Not only should you understand these boundaries but they must be conveyed somehow to your subordinates and above all , your boss . |
| 27 | Members to be Males or Females and above the age of fifteen admitted on paying One Shilling to Treasurer . |
| 28 | Nevertheless what was being demonstrated in the course of 1945 was that — whatever the feelings of affinity that might exist between Britain and the United States — a substantial relationship could not endure without a strong sense of common interests and above all a sense of exposure to common dangers . |
| 29 | The immense width of the two main roads , one with a minimum width of practically a hundred feet and the other of sixty-six feet , reflects the state of even the main roads before the days of the turnpikes and above all of the scientific roadmaking initiated by Metcalf and Macadam in the late eighteenth century . |
| 30 | In the Casa di Diana , two storeys have been preserved ; the street façade with shops on the ground floor , the second floor windows and above this the third floor balcony which projects along the length of the block . |