Example sentences of "[noun prp] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's been more praise for Brian Clough , at the bottom of the League with Forest , than there has been for Norwich manager Mike Walker at the top . |
| 2 | In the London League , Hampstead and Spencer overtook Surbiton , who snatched a draw at Purley ; Ben Rhydding , beaten 3-2 by Sheffield , were overhauled by Preston and Alderley Edge in the North ; while Trojans , held 2-2 by Anchorians , were joined by Chichester at the top of the South . |
| 3 | In himself , Couples has the potential to displace Borg at the top of the pyramid of Great Baffled Victims of Success . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll work with the finest talents in the business , ’ she 'd said earnestly , ‘ you 'll make oodles of money , and you 'll return to the States at the top of your profession . ’ |
| 5 | Success , of course , brings new problems and with Arsenal at the top , the next task was to keep them there . |
| 6 | GEORGE Duffield is still in hot pursuit of Pat Eddery at the top of this season 's jockeys ' table . |
| 7 | Although mentioned by Conan Doyle as a quiet village to which one of Sherlock Holmes ' clients retired , and the birthplace of Mrs. Beeton , of cookery fame , Penge owes its development mainly to the re-erection of the Crystal Palace at the top of Anerley Hill , in 1854 , when it was removed from the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park . |
| 8 | Both use circulating wires to cut smooth faces in the early Carboniferous limestone , and whereas the first was used to build the high monument to the Grande Armee that overlooks Boulogne ( with Napoleon at the top firmly turning his back on England ) , the Indiana quarry produced the stone facings for the Empire State Building in New York . |
| 9 | Albert Foundry and the rejuvenated Salisbury are the pace-setters in division two , while Larne have a narrow half point lead over Ards and Willowfield at the top of junior division one . |
| 10 | Opinion polls show 70% of voters oppose the White Paper — most people put the NHS at the top of their list of political concerns . |
| 11 | ‘ If she did , it 'll be in the fridge , ’ responded Camille at the top of her voice . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State argues that to allow what my Bill proposes would be to place Scotland at the top of a slippery slope , but his attitude has the effect of placing Scotland at the edge of a cliff . |
| 13 | He was sitting with Mick at the top of a hill and he was wishing with a deep desire that he could remain in time , this present time , forever . |
| 14 | Fiat countered by proposing to merge Alfa with its own Lancia subsidiary and claimed that : ‘ Our aim is to create a company specialising in high performance prestige cars with the sporty , aggressive characteristics of Alfa and the luxurious comfort of Lancia ; a company which can put itself and Fiat at the top of the European car market . ’ |
| 15 | The government 's efforts to wipe out bourgeois liberalism abated during the summer of 1987 but many had suffered , from Hu Yaobang at the top to graduating students at the bottom . |
| 16 | The spectacle from The Beacon at the top of the Down was fantastic . |
| 17 | Lisburn , with a 13-point cushion , go to Strangford Road at the top of their form and if they can come away with a maximum haul of 22 points , will be very comfortably placed at home to North the following week , with the prospect of the trophy making its way back to Wallace Park for the first time since 1980 . |
| 18 | Robert 's Road at the top |
| 19 | ‘ Friends , Romans , countrymen , ’ shouted Fred Stokes at the top of the Forum steps , carrying Arthur Moe in his arms centre stage . |
| 20 | The Lancashire side recorded their 11th successive home win , and were seven points clear of Ipswich at the top , when they beat Newcastle United in February . |
| 21 | Sinan ( Emir Hasan ) , who appears to have served continuously from 959/1552 to Shawwal 964/August 1557 and who had previously been kadi of Aleppo : It is worth noting that the kadiliks in the list are divided into two distinct grades — though if Hezarfen is right , they do not seem to correspond , at least in the way one would expect , to " 300- and 500-akce " kadiliks — and it is no$ impossible that the order as given above represents the order of precedence , with Istanbul at the top and Baghdad at the bottom . |
| 22 | After three games of the championship Willowfield are a point ahead of Cliftonville at the top of the table , with Ballymena , Castleton and Knock a point further behind . |
| 23 | He was seen as a supreme First Division predator , with a sequence of seven top-flight goals in just ten games in the mid-winter months as Palace pursued Arsenal and Liverpool at the top of the table ; he was also offered additional encouragement with recognition at the England B level . |
| 24 | STEVE DAVIS drew level with Stephen Hendry at the top of the Matchroom League when he came from 3–2 down to beat Tony Drago , of Malta , 5–3 at the Dome in Doncaster . |
| 25 | BOBBY GOULD has no choice but to put striker Mick Quinn at the top of his Christmas list . |
| 26 | ‘ Then we put him and Viola at the top of the list , do we ? |
| 27 | So sharp was her sense of the rules having changed that she was shocked to see the name Mary Hunter at the top of the card in the doctor 's hand . |
| 28 | The paper millionaires differ from another recently-published BusinessAge list of the wealthy which put Mr Raymond at the top with a personal fortune of £1.5 billion . |
| 29 | ‘ I want to go now , ’ shouted Danny at the top of his voice . |
| 30 | informal : to Mum , Dad , grandparents , brothers , sisters , to friends , pen friend from Jack at the top of the beanstalk . |