"Science fiction was one of those places, particularly during the McCarthy era, where you could write whatever you wanted, because it was beneath contempt," he says.
When the interview began, Lauer asked Bair and Born a perfunctory question about their roles in anticipating the financial crisis, then turned to Kennedy to ask about tabloid rumors that her children had begged her to quit New York's Senate-appointee contest, because it was "beneath" her.
Pale Male liked his open Penthouse above a top-story window because it faced southwest, protecting it against the winds and because it was beneath a cornice, protecting it from the rain.
Groundwater is generally assumed to be safe for consumption because it is located beneath the land surface and not typically in contact with the atmosphere (Quist et al. 1988).
In the film, the journalist does not prepare for the interview with the actress because he feels it is beneath him, and goes on to betray her trust.
I was always taught there is dignity in all work, so we citizens shouldn't trash a job because we think it is beneath us.
Today, Martin's rubber bandage is used for this purpose because it is easily tucked beneath itself to create a tourniquet.
The lower Fagfog Formation is present in the Kali Gandaki region but apparently pinches out to the east because it is not present structurally beneath the Kathmandu nappe.
You can laugh at him only because it is possible to discern, somewhere beneath the manipulative whingeing, an underlying sweetness in his nature; a frankness and fragility that makes you not only afraid of him, but also afraid for him.
The water filtration plant, one of the city's largest public works projects in decades, in part because it is being built underground — 10 stories beneath the golf course in Van Cortlandt Park — is nearly $2 billion over budget and years behind schedule.
