Example sentences of "to [be] above the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four regions were found to be above the average : Scotland , 12.2 per cent ; the West Midlands 12 per cent ; the South-west 11.6 per cent ; and London 11.5 per cent . |
| 2 | They could never again claim the right to be above the scrutiny of the media . |
| 3 | The palynological analysis has not been able to identify the exact level of the unconformity but a thin sequence of coals believed to be above the unconformity generally demonstrate Westphalian C ages . |
| 4 | The cross-spar has to be above the front face , and the spine below the rear face of the Powell kite when it is laying face up . |
| 5 | Kelly is at the head of the Football Association and he must be seen to be above the fray . |
| 6 | In that year , according to a report from the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee , of the 75,210 FIS recipients , only 15,000 , or 20 per cent , were estimated to be above the tax threshold when FIS was claimed in the previous year ( Treasury and Civil Service Committee , The Structure of Personal Income , Taxation and Income Support , House of Commons Paper 2021 , HMSO 1982 , table 11 , p. 15 ) . |
| 7 | If a driveage your main driveage is found to be above the legal limit after a series of checks , in theory it should be shut until it 's sorted out . |
| 8 | Nitrogen dioxide levels were found to be above the guideline limits set by the EC at 13 out of 14 sites . |
| 9 | I was delighted to see that th on the if you are now considering buying extra funds to see an encouragement residential home places There is however an important issue where you get shall we say a quality development in a rural area , and I mean a quality development , which would be probably has to be above the rates quoted here where talk a discussion with the owners because they may not be available to local people and that does concern me a bit in rural areas . |
| 10 | Journalists can not claim to be above the law , but what they can claim , in every country which takes free speech seriously , is a right to publish first , and take the risk of conviction afterwards . |
| 11 | They argue that it is easy for someone to appear to be above the age of 17 and say laws should be introduced that place less onus on the newsagent , who may be an innocent victim . |