Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] top [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , there is enough material in a glass of water to run a car for ten years , enough in the top few centimetres of Lake Erie to power New York State for a similar time and enough in the oceans to keep us going indefinitely . |
| 2 | Some idea of the standard can be gathered from the fact that among those in the ‘ B ’ final , and therefore not in the top 12 men , were two others from the eight and all the coxless four in Vienna last year , plus two other former medallists . |
| 3 | In April it called for a three-tier market , including an international equity market made up of the top 350 companies , a national market for most of the remaining companies listed on the Official List and the USM , and an enterprise market with minimum requirements for those companies not on the Official List , the intention being that those companies in the enterprise market should comprise higher risk operations . |
| 4 | Never be tempted to dig so deep that you bring up raw clay , but work assiduously on the top few inches only , gradually improving the soil deeper each year . |
| 5 | In 1957 , 74 out of the top 100 firms were from the United States ; in 1972 the figure was 53 . |
| 6 | Produces the leading brand of Scotch whisky in eight out of the top fifteen markets in the world . |
| 7 | Cosmos has been losing market share and falls out of the top four companies in 1986 as British Air Tours takes over ( Table 11.3 ) . |
| 8 | Interestingly enough I looked into the same situation in America and Germany and in all three mighty industrial countries six out of the top ten firms had gone . |
| 9 | It was thought by the producers that the programme slipped out of the top ten ratings for a few weeks because of the squeamishness of some viewers , but this was probably just a seasonal fluctuation . |
| 10 | At the end of a hard day 's racing , there are awards given out to the top six riders in each class , making all the effort worthwhile . |
| 11 | Cec then refused the terms offered by the club in the summer of 1927 and moved to Bristol City , but his 54 League goals for the Palace still keep him well within the top fifteen scorers in the history of our club . |
| 12 | The first was a steady performer who was invariably among the top twenty money-winners at the end of each season . |
| 13 | These four were not from the top trialists and , apart from the top two pairs , the rest will go into the eight . |
| 14 | And it all meant another marvellous morning of wonderfully over the top tabloid headlines . |
| 15 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that a survey conducted recently among the top 200 companies in this country , many based in the north of England and in Yorkshire , showed that 86 per cent . |