Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unexpected swelling , pain or tenderness in the groin or insides of the tops of the thighs . |
| 2 | ( Based on O'Connor & Arnold 1961. ) heading The word or words at the top of a section of printed matter . |
| 3 | Recession may have arrived late north of the border but economic slowdown and the election has pushed devolution or independence to the top of the business agenda and produced an anguished reaction . |
| 4 | Progress is governed partly by disciplinary expansion or contraction , but partly also by internal professional rhythms , like length of training , and attrition , or death at the top . |
| 5 | Drowsiness , photophobia , buzzing or pain in the top of the head ( vertex ) . |
| 6 | People abandoned hope that things would get better , fearing simply that change at the top would mean change at the bottom — for the worse . |
| 7 | Perhaps erm pressure coming from local communities and ordinary people , rather than theologians at the top , and pressure released in order to allow for greater freedom , variety , flexibility , more open approach to other Christians and other religions , and to try to get rid of some of the obstacles that the past seems to place in our way . |
| 8 | Whereas you might think that access to the top of the fingerboard would be pretty straightforward with a double cutaway , in practice the lower cut is just not deep enough . |
| 9 | This suggests that pressure from the top should be exerted through the hierarchical line of accountability , through mechanisms such as Annual Review and , in the post-White Paper era , specific clauses in contracts . |
| 10 | Under pressure from fellow Social Democrats alarmed by the drift and division at the top of their party , Mr Engholm resigned on April 30th from all his posts : premier of Schleswig-Holstein , chairman of the Social Democrats and their candidate for chancellor next year . |
| 11 | ‘ The Welsh Office under my leadership will be committed to prosperity , to putting the search for work and investment at the top of the agenda . |
| 12 | 8 Divide the mixture among the vegetable shells , then sprinkle the cheese and breadcrumbs over the top . |
| 13 | BRIAN Reid and Joey Dunlop are neck and neck at the top of the McBride Fashions Irish 250cc Roadracing championship and this pair will be the focus of attention when the Carrowdore 100 takes place tomorrow . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Russia 's defeat in the Crimean War certainly owed something to poor leadership and complacency at the top . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | She drew both father and child to the top of the sea , and when she saw them a spring of joy burst in her heart and the power of speech returned to her . |
| 18 | The clerks and station officials were normally people of pure Spanish descent , while the managers and engineers at the top were usually British or American . |
| 19 | The view over Reine , Hamnöy and Kirkefjorden from the top of the climb is incredible , making an unreal backdrop for my equally fantastic work of art . |
| 20 | Cairns Tackle member Carl Robson also found the chub feeding taking four totalling 6.13.0 to feeder and maggot from the top of Brampton Field . |
| 21 | There were special lines for Christmas — wooden Christmas trees that opened out green painted branches on the principle of an opening umbrella ; Santa Claus masks , red and white as raw beef ; little tin candleholders shaped like gnomes and sprites for the tops of Christmas cakes . |
| 22 | Good unisons are those formed by flute and oboe ( in the low and middle registers of the flute ) , flute and clarinet ( in all available registers ) , flute and bassoon ( flute of course in its low register , and bassoon near the top of its compass ) , flute and horn ( flute low again here , naturally ) . |
| 23 | Smectite and illite may form preferentially near the weathering front only to be eventually altered to kaolinite , and perhaps gibbsite , as gradual lowering of the weathering front and erosion at the top of the profile effectively causes individual clay mineral particles to move up through the profile . |
| 24 | Then the actual church which is iced by the third tier , the spires and decoration around the top of the building . |
| 25 | So if , for example , a feature like straight line at the top has excitatory connections with the letter detector for E , and curve at the top has inhibitory connections , how can the E-detector be excited by the stimulus e ? |
| 26 | The position of the legs , body , arms , hands and head at the top of the backswing is totally responsible for the success or otherwise of the forward swing . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There was a tantalus and glasses on the top of a bureau , in the alcove to the left of the fireplace . |
| 29 | He turned well in the box before hitting the outside of the post , but Aberdeen held on to go level with Motherwell and Hearts at the top of the table . |
| 30 | He turned well in the box before hitting the outside of the post , but Aberdeen held on to go level with Motherwell and Hearts at the top of the table . |