Example sentences of "[be] at the top [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | you ought to see underneath the fridge , he does this in the kitchen and they 've all gone under the fridge , when you 're at the top shop or any other places where the will you have a look on the cards in the window , I 'm looking for a slide , you know , but a smaller one for him for the garden for the summer really , cos that 's just about had it that one ? |
2 | And mark my words , Oxford United will be at the top half of the , of the division by Christmas , I promise you , once they get it sorted out , there 's not one side in the second division who are better than Oxford . |
3 | It is artificially constrained in a way that ensures that the burden is not fairly distributed and those at the top end of the property range , and very likely to be at the top end of the income range , are being given shelter which is not justified . |
4 | The fortunate individuals who turn out to be at the top end of the income distribution usually own physical and financial capital as well as their own labour , or human capital . |
5 | Hopefully , I will be at the top end with Hartlepool . |
6 | because he would be at the top end of the other school |
7 | The results were at the top end of analysts ' expectations . |
8 | Dudley and colleagues quote the proportions of patients managed by nurse practitioners in their department on the two days in question and annually , which were substantial ; our census showed , however , that such proportions were by no means typical but were at the top end of the range . |
9 | Lloyds ' figures were at the top end of market expectations and , combined with an inflation-beating 11 per cent rise in the final dividend to 12.5p , helped the shares firm 6p to 534p yesterday . |
10 | Though the figures were at the top end of City expectations while the company is in the middle of a four-year business plan , the shares fell 2p to 168p . |
11 | The figures were at the top end of expectations and Bunzl 's shares firmed 2p to 132p . |
12 | Interim figures unveiled yesterday show a 16% leap in pre-tax profits to £95m and are at the top end of market forecasts . |
13 | Most amateur gardeners are ‘ afraid of the knife ’ and do not prune hard enough , leaving too much old wood , with the result that the growth buds that grow on are at the top end of 3 or 4 or more inches ( 8 or 10 or more cm ) of the previous season 's growth . |
14 | Roger Jacobi has described a vivid picture of hunters around Cheddar Gorge using the many shallow access valleys from the Levels to the top of the Mendips as ambush points for animals moving to and fro over the seasons , and it is noticeable how many of the Mesolithic sites located by Joan Taylor and Rebecca Smart are at the top end of shallow valleys in the front of the Mendips and close to former springs . |
15 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
16 | All men at Maidstone are long sentence prisoners , serving more than four years , and it is at the top end of the scale , with life sentence prisoners , that Maidstone performs its second specialist task . |
17 | The new 820 has four ‘ engines ’ and is at the top end of the IBM mainframe family but is not actually the most powerful . |
18 | CPU : with a CPU performance rating of 111.45 , this machine is at the top end of the performance scales . |
19 | The district council actually commented to me that they 'd like to see that entrance opened where that er derelict building is at the top end of Church Street car park , which would be an ideal entrance . |
20 | Apart from Classic Illustrated , which was at the top end of the market , a wide range of other comics contained significant amounts of chemistry . |
21 | I was at the top end one , and all the draught come through the door , paralysed me . |