Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] at [art] top " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is wrong , however , is the comparison which places universities at the top because they are thought to be concerned with the abstract and academic , polytechnics below , because of their more technological emphasis ( which is itself , as often as not , a myth ) , and which deems schools to be worth considering only if they are seen as primarily devoted to academic ‘ standards ’ , imposed from above by the universities themselves . |
| 2 | He needed somewhere to store the various artefacts he 'd collected on his travelsand decided to build a gothic tower complete with mullioned arched and trefoil windows … crenellated battlements at the top and even a gargoyle to complete the effect . |
| 3 | In the morning the two sides shared the four Foursomes matches but therein hides a tale of powerful enough to displace Neighbours at the top of the TV ratings . |
| 4 | The absence of reference to exchange rates and the EMS was presumably because there was nothing he could say without exciting renewed speculation or reopening divisions at the top of the Government . |
| 5 | Bureaus , as Downs points out , are oligarchic in nature , with power , income and prestige reinforcing the authority of officials holding positions at the top of the hierarchy ( Downs 1967 , p. 58 ) . |
| 6 | In sport , India will play England in a one-day cricket international in Bangalore on Friday , while at home there are important Scottish Premier League matches involving clubs at the top and bottom of the league . |
| 7 | look at erm page forty would you please , this is at if you look at page forty one there you 've got people playing bowls at the top there , maybe another retirement activity and at the bottom of the page forty two it 's dated nine eighty five |
| 8 | It is true that the market for top managers is more international than that for bus-drivers ; some of Britain 's best companies are run by Americans ( Glaxo 's Ernest Mario , for example ) and some of America 's best have Britons at the top ( J.P . |
| 9 | A breakdown of the trades involved in the faults appears to show bricklayers at the top of the blacklist . |
| 10 | Blame lies at the top |