Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prospects : Unlikely , as its implications and perils understood ; and , of the four strategies , it would demand the greatest unity at the top . |
| 2 | I 've taken the bedroom on the right-hand side at the top of the stairs . |
| 3 | The draw cost Norwich crucial points in the championship race and assistant manager John Deehan said : ‘ It would have been nice to close that gap at the top because we now find ourselves a bit adrift . |
| 4 | Often I saw a clean-limbed beech , pale and slender , yet firm in its loftiness , that shook delicately arched branches at the top , and below held out an arm on which a form of schoolboys might have sat , — rising out of fine grass and printing its perfect outlines on the sky , — and I could fancy it enjoyed a life of pleasure that was health , beauty that was strength , thought that was repose . |
| 5 | There is a ‘ classic ’ one , with the strongest male at the top , for ordinary social situations . |
| 6 | To check this look at the top of the axle and , as someone moves the vehicle forward , watch to see if the axle top moves forward slightly . |
| 7 | I even managed some shortswings at the top . |
| 8 | I force my way through some bushes at the top . |
| 9 | He may have been inspired by the fact that the choristers of Magdalen College , Oxford , sing a Latin hymn at the top of the tower there to greet May Day . |
| 10 | I know , I was I went up for some chips at the top |
| 11 | The function keys , or ‘ F ’ keys , are found in the pad of 10 keys at the left of the keyboard or the row of 12 keys at the top of the keyboard . |
| 12 | There are relatively few countries at the top of the spectrum : uncomfortably many have per capita incomes that are very low indeed . |
| 13 | This event seems to be less frequent after the use of stapled anastomosis at the top of the anal column ( 8% compared with sutured ileoanal anastomosis 22% ) . |
| 14 | For instance , some picnickers at the top of a high mountain , directing their glance towards the camp-fire , may observe , ‘ The water is hot enough to make the tea ’ , and then find they were sadly wrong when tasting the resulting brew . |
| 15 | Residents have expressed fears about the move by Surrey County Council after a notice appeared on a wooden pole at the top of Farnham Lane with a map showing the changes affecting three rights of way in Haslemere and one in Chiddingfold . |
| 16 | It was a bit small for the wooden supports at the top of the cabinet but the totter got around that problem by nailing a couple of slats of wood on to the supports to act as a base . |
| 17 | It is arguable that while the most powerful groups in society have placed their cultural tastes at the top of a hierarchy of artistic forms , not all people will be equally devoted to these fashions and traditions . |
| 18 | Just drill a hole in the middle of the lid large enough to take a 15mm 90 degree plastic elbow , to which the pipe is then fitted with another elbow at the top . |
| 19 | So I rung them again and said it was dangerous and they came out more or less straight away and did the few holes at the top . |
| 20 | The Tajik regime did not last for long : it was opposed by Pathans , and the latter rose up to install a regime that lasted , with some changes at the top , till the communist seizure of power in 1978 . |
| 21 | Outlook : High rises at the top |
| 22 | She went in and up the stairs to some rooms at the top of the house . |
| 23 | Several historic buildings around this area at the top of the High Street have been restored in recent years as student residences . |
| 24 | I was like a man in the street who was trying to talk to another man at the top of a very tall building . |
| 25 | It only goes to show that compared to the mid-80s , when there was just Eddie Hemmings and I battling for an England place , there is now much tougher competition at the top . |
| 26 | And some men at the top in little old Moscow are not sure how it is going to work out in the end . |
| 27 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 28 | Any policy delivery visits , number of referrals , total daily approaches at the top , and then what actually happens is , is you complete this , and every , this branch what they do , the people that do it , every Monday morning , they all come in here and have training sessions , and then there 's computers around the branch . |
| 29 | Inefficient government and public services at the top , hard work and good entrepreneurship at the bottom : could Italy , we wonder in the third of our occasional articles on the good news from Eastern Europe , be a model ? |
| 30 | Mr George Henry Quarry , a Belfast solicitor was then applied to for some land at the top of Carrickblacker Road but initially there was no response from him and other possible sites investigated were some ground opposite where James 's Street now stands and land behind where the little Roman Catholic church was later built ( now Pritchard 's Motors ) and near the site of Edenderry Orange Hall . |