Example sentences of "[noun] and shoulder above " in BNC.

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1 Though short , he stands head and shoulders above most .
2 To Catholics , and indeed most Christians , there is one sin that stands head and shoulders above all the rest , and that is sex — thinking about it , and in this case , writing about it .
3 Of these twelve , the first eight are much the most abundant , with silicon and oxygen head and shoulders above the rest .
4 He engineered it so that he was standing head and shoulders above his rivals when they filed past to shake his hand and offer their condolences .
5 Not only is she in excellent condition , but her lovely teak decks and customized interior put her head and shoulders above her sisters .
6 Lightning Linford , the British athletics team captain , stands head and shoulders above silver medallist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia ( right ) and American bronze medal winner Dennis Mitchell — the men he beat with amazing ease to capture the 100 metres gold medal .
7 As former champions , Queen 's Club rested in the fourth round — head and shoulders above the Area 5 pack .
8 Together , nevertheless , these three men indicate that each district was apt to throw up one great entrepreneur at a time who stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries and competitors .
9 This all adds up , not only to a valuable historical reference which nobody intending to perform this music could afford to ignore , but , in spite of its manifest shortcomings , to something which still stands head and shoulders above any of the other recordings in the current catalogue of this much missed composer .
10 But , as in 1990 , Japan stands head and shoulders above the rest in hardware investment intentions this year .
11 Although as a general he may be faulted , in diplomatic skill and political understanding he towered head and shoulders above his Middle Eastern rivals , Muslim and Christian alike .
12 Douglas Adams ' Mostly Harmless ( Pan , £4.99 ) stands head and shoulders above the rest of the pack .
13 Towering head and shoulders above the Customs officer , who stood aside to let him pass , the man strode in , his face as dark and threatening as an impending storm .
14 Here she was , in a strange country , in a beautiful medieval city , with a man who stood head and shoulders above the others in the lounge , so why not enjoy it ?
15 That is what will keep us head and shoulders above any of our competitors even if they do wave a BS5750 certificate around as though it guarantees them a divine right to business success .
16 Champions North-West stood head and shoulders above the rest last year , the only side to remain unbeaten and with the same squad available , will take all the beating once again .
17 The fourth , who stood head and shoulders above them , was older .
18 Head and shoulders above everyone else in the Guadalquivir suite of the Seville hotel where Iberia International Airlines were holding a promotional cocktail party .
19 He grazed through the streets as if he were some sort of god , head and shoulders above everyone .
20 He walked head and shoulders above the crowd in every way , she thought , with such a sudden , overwhelming rush of pleasure at the sight of him that she was tongue-tied .
21 But the surgery has given him confidence to stand head and shoulders above the rest .
22 Today , both he and Anthony Tohill stand head and shoulders above every other midfield pairing in the country — in every sense .
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