Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] top [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The massive £45-million building was planned when property prices in London seemed set to rise forever , but the scheme was still dependent on the top five floors being let out for an annual £6 million . |
| 2 | This caused some concern to all present as the top two positions were now held by Scots . |
| 3 | He based his tax cuts on American research by Lindsey that concluded that reductions in the top tax rates to the American Government in 1981/82 were costless as the top 170,000 taxpayers ended up paying $26.6bn under new legislation instead of $26bn under the old . |
| 4 | Inzamam-ul-Haq ducked into his first ball and took it around the shoulder , and while a helmet was being fetched , he tried to pull the next and merely splice it up for a return catch to Malcolm , who later disclosed that , being some way short of the top 100 fielders in the land , he could only murmur , ‘ Oh , my Lord , who 's going to take that catch ? ’ |
| 5 | The San Remo produced another strong performance from the Lancias , three finishing in the top four places . |
| 6 | The open chord of E minor would have the 7th at the top and then if you play A7 , you get the D and C sharp between the top two strings — that 's a really nice quality , I love that . ’ |
| 7 | Persistent surface weedkillers remain active in the top few centimetres of the soil , killing new weeds as they germinate , yet they do not harm most established roses , shrubs and trees , whose roots are well below the surface . |