Example sentences of "come top " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And they want you to come top . ’ |
| 2 | Now he aims to come top in the ring when he faces the more experienced Dark Destroyer . |
| 3 | Thus individuals believe it is important and desirable to come top of the class , to win a race or reach the top of their chosen profession . |
| 4 | If I had to list the assets I was born with she would have to come top . |
| 5 | As Diane Bailey 's Curtis Cup team were chosen in 1986 that means that in four of the past five years a team have come top of the poll . |
| 6 | YORK has come top in a survey to find the most cycle-friendly place in the country but the rest of the region has come a cropper . |
| 7 | COURTAULDS Packaging Colodense has come top in a prestigious survey of major flexible packaging companies in the UK . |
| 8 | Brians Dark won the Best Mild award , Cains Bitter the bitter category , Bathams Best Bitter won its class , Fuller 's ESB came top in the Strong Bitter section and Theakston 's Old Peculier the Old Ale and Barley Wine class . |
| 9 | Mauldon 's Black Adder came top in the Stout and Porter category and Worthington White Shield was voted top bottle-conditioned beer . |
| 10 | Unemployment came top of the list of issues that the public thought the parties ‘ should be ’ talking about ( see Table 7.2 ) . |
| 11 | Drugs and terrorism now came top of the list . |
| 12 | Some months later , Gary came top of the class with an average mark of 93% . |
| 13 | Even so , he came top of the class in many subjects . |
| 14 | We note that it came top of the apostles ' agenda when the members of the brand new church ‘ devoted themselves to the apostles ’ teaching' ( Acts 2:2 ) . |
| 15 | Princess Diana came top . |
| 16 | Although Elonex came top of the rankings for both competitively priced products and services , it was the Dell Computer Corporation that recently came top for overall quality in the Computer Weekly /Kew Associates annual survey of IT suppliers , thanks to ‘ its consistent supply of reliable computers and services . ’ |
| 17 | Conjugal visits came top of demands in a survey of Britain 's jails . |
| 18 | Wright 's winner against his old club needed no hyperbole and was arguably THE highlight of a soccer-saturated weekend when Sky 's £304 million alliance with the BBC clearly came top of the entertainment stakes , if not the viewing figures . |
| 19 | And as Mr Duffy represents the Transport Workers Union , the biggest block-voter of all , he came top in the trade union section of the National Executive Committee elections . |
| 20 | I sympathised with her for , after all , Notts County was the oldest league club in the world , and this was the season when Tom Keetley scored a record thirty-nine goals and we came top of Third Division South . |
| 21 | I was at Nottingham Grammar School , I always came top in science , and literature , and I loved reading and learning , which I knew would be vital to become a doctor . |
| 22 | I came top in my class this year and I 'm glad she pushed me into it now . |
| 23 | If ever a comparative survey of the I.Q. of the nations of the world was undertaken , there would be no particular surprise if we came top of the league table : It is as clear that we have the ability to solve our problems as to win the only battle that really counted in World War II — the last one ! |
| 24 | For a start she was a graduate , and although intellectual ability was by no means the main criterion she took her studies seriously and came top of the class in most subjects . |
| 25 | THE Murray Curvex and enamelling department came top of the class in Imperial Pottery 's inter-departmental annual health and safety competition . |
| 26 | Terry Daniels of the polishing shop at Alexandra Pottery proved he is in the know on the green scene when he came top in the environmental competition in the last edition of Newsline . |
| 27 | QUIZ king Tim Brownsett came top of the boffs once again when he scooped the Brain of North Staffordshire title for the second time . |
| 28 | The analyst programmer based at the Barlaston computer department , who compiles all of the quizzes for Newsline , came top from 32 teams of four . |
| 29 | Apricot came top of everything . |
| 30 | Among mature students the proportions gaining good degrees did not vary much however the 26 to 30 age group again came top . |