Example sentences of "top of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Difficulties can be many , at the top of the list being the number of items to be catalogued . |
| 2 | Besides , there 's only one for the top of the class . |
| 3 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 4 | This means that the yeast , encouraged by the warmth of the wort and the temperature of the brewery , works quickly and vigorously on top of the wort to produce alcohol . |
| 5 | His bleary eyes filled with tears but he tilted his head back and glared at the top of the tent . |
| 6 | I had nearly got to the front door when Father appeared at the top of the stairs . |
| 7 | Top of the list goes to the husband , of course . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Why top of the list ? ’ asked Bob . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a question of how to get the cream to float on top of the coffee . ’ |
| 10 | That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’ |
| 11 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 12 | Top of the poll came : |
| 13 | During a winch launch the potential load on the glider is at a maximum near the top of the launch , when the pull of the cable adds directly to the weight of the glider . |
| 14 | Sideburns shall not extend below the bottom of the outer ear opening ( the top of the earlobe ) and shall end in a clean-shaven horizontal line . |
| 15 | Also her parents hated John and Yoko , switching off Top of the Pops , saying they were sacrilegious : Christ , you know it ai n't easy ! became her silent song . |
| 16 | There are some people who claim to be able to control an axe kick to the top of the opponent 's head , but I have never seen this done effectively enough to score . |
| 17 | Therefore , you should train to lift the level of aerobic endurance by selecting a training routine and working at it until your pulse rate is raised to the top of the aerobic band . |
| 18 | As the men at the windlass rope heaved and a long timber started to rise up and swing , the wheel on the pulley squealed like an injured dog and the man stationed at the top of the wall took a stickful of thick grease from a pot , leaned out , and worked it into the axle . |
| 19 | He rose , flung his arms wide , took a deep inhalation of sea air and climbed the few paces to the top of the dune where he would be visible to the clothed . |
| 20 | I 'm sure they 're the sort that drop sticky stuff on the top of the car . ’ |
| 21 | Gillian took a sip of wine , put the glass down on the table in front of her on top of the brochure from the dating agency , slipped off her shoes and curled her feet up under her on the sofa . |
| 22 | They were free to look over the top of the box to see what size the bricks really were , and they were quite aware that their own view was distorted because one of the portholes contained a magnifying lens . |
| 23 | If a movie were to be made of her American tour , one would see pages fly from calendars , clock hands spin and headlines slapped one on top of the next . |
| 24 | A braindamaged man who lives with his mother near the top of the tenement comes in at eleven o'clock , after sweeping out Seventh Street Pizza . |
| 25 | K-Swiss have launched a ladies version of their Si-18 top of the range tennis shoe . |
| 26 | Lower the bar slowly to the top of the chest , touching the chest lightly with the bar and pressing until the arms are straight . |
| 27 | Slowly press upwards until your arms are straight overhead , then lower gradually to the top of the chest again . |
| 28 | The chair looks better to me if the seat is wider at the front than at the back , but the front of the seat should only be slightly wider than the top of the back . |
| 29 | The top of the bottom rail is scooped as yet another , but much larger echo . |
| 30 | The remaining yeast in the casks turns the residual sugars into alcohol while the natural gas produced escapes through a soft porous wooden peg knocked into the shive hole on top of the cask . |