Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] at the bottom " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic components of Maslow 's theory are often presented as a pyramid , but this seems to imply that those needs situated at the top of the pyramid are more important than those at the bottom . |
| 2 | A clamping bar of aluminium or brass is needed across the top of the assembly to ensure that the clamping force is uniformly distributed over the cross-section of the outer limbs and another at the bottom , though this can be a simple flat strip of brass or aluminium . |
| 3 | Already there were six in one bed , three at the top and three at the bottom , and they would soon have to make room for Matt , the boy born before she took in Corrie . |
| 4 | Furthermore , the whole list of injuries is set aside as a sort of sub-section , marked by three asterisks at the top and three at the bottom , so that the change of topic or scene is explicitly signalled to the reader . |
| 5 | Music TV is by and large at the bottom of the heap when it comes to programme sales . |
| 6 | One method has been the use of graded materials that reverse the normal sequence and give coarse material at the top and fine at the bottom . |
| 7 | He was found trapped and unconscious at the bottom of the shaft . |
| 8 | Horses at the top of the pecking order will have the highest self-esteem , and those at the bottom the lowest . |
| 9 | Even after adjustment the differences between those at the top and those at the bottom remained substantial : among men , those in grade 6 had 3.7 and 6.4 times higher rates of sickness absence than those in grade 1 for short and long spells respectively . |
| 10 | Well now with promotion and relegation , they 've got something to fight for and those at the bottom of the top league have got something really to fight for to save going down . |
| 11 | The military command structure of the Khmer Rouge is tight at the top and loose at the bottom . |
| 12 | There are two rings , one at the top which you fold into a figure eight and one at the bottom which hangs outside . |
| 13 | ‘ That one that 's thick at the top and thin at the bottom is called South America . |
| 14 | All pale and golden and powdery at the bottom . |
| 15 | It can not be said often enough that these are not the people at the top of the organization , but those at the bottom . |