Example sentences of "[noun pl] at the head " in BNC.
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| 31 | After the disruption of the Cabal , he was honoured by the Royal Society with a fellowship ( 1673 ) and by admission to Gray 's Inn ( 1674 ) ; to him was ascribed the chief credit for the failure to carry the impeachment of Thomas Osborne , first Earl of Danby [ q.v. ] , whose policies at the head of the new administration in 1674 , both at home and abroad , harmonized with his own . |
| 32 | When the hunters at the head of the column discover prey , they swarm all over it , cutting it apart . |
| 33 | The three ministers at the head of the Oliver Twist queue for more are Peter Lilley , Social Security Secretary , Gillian Shephard , Employment Secretary and Michael Howard , Environment Secretary : |
| 34 | After travelling for thirty yards or so from their encampment , the soldiers at the head of the column begin to fan out and start to hunt . |
| 35 | What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of placing a substantial number of political appointees at the head of each department when a new government assumes power ? |
| 36 | They may have to jump again and again before at last they land in the pools at the head of the falls and can continue on their journey . |