Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] top five [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Is the Secretary of State aware that according to figures provided in a parliamentary written answer by the Minister of State about the proportion of seven-year-olds reaching the highest level of attainment — level 3 — Labour-controlled Haringey is equal top and that Labour-controlled Merton , Camden and Hackney are in the top five placings , streets ahead of Tory Wandsworth which is the source of so much dogma about Tory education policies ? |
2 | ‘ We see ourself as the biggest club in Britain , with a stadium to match , and we feel we are among the top five clubs in Europe . |
3 | The survey estimated that 2.7 million people were in the top five categories , that is , suffering the most severe disabilities . |
4 | Dedicated work in the nets resulted in such an improvement in his batting that he was among the top five scorers in the Cup with 383 runs at 47.87 , including his maiden century against the Leewards , Curtly Ambrose et al . |
5 | Questioned by MORI , an opinion-polling company commissioned by Egon Zehnder , an executive-search firm , only 13% of a 100-strong sample of chief executives from Britain 's 500 biggest firms suggested that representing shareholders was among the top five contributions that outside directors could make to good corporate governance . |