Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] top [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ABOUT half of the building society branch managers taking part in a survey of the top 30 societies said that they are insufficiently trained to sell insurance products and services — although the commission earned on the sale of such products is becoming an increasingly large component of society profits . |
| 32 | Alex Hamilton 's paperback bestseller list of 1992 , published last week in these pages and in the Guardian , showed Transworld as the leading publisher of the top 100 titles , with 19 titles on the list . |
| 33 | Carefully carve a slanted roof shape into the top two cakes , sloping down evenly on either side . |
| 34 | Planning for the rest of 1992 , and indeed for the foreseeable future , will be driven b ; y the Canadian Rugby Union 's new mission statement : ‘ To develop the potential of rugby in Canada to maintain our competitive position in the top eight countries in the world . ’ |
| 35 | The University of Edinburgh holds an established position among the top sporting Universities in Britain . |
| 36 | The Top-selling hardback in the British book trade leading up to Christmas 1991 was Pauline Cockrill 's The Ultimate Teddy Bear Book and it had held its position among the top ten hardbacks for over two months . |
| 37 | The empowered organisation , emphasises Kinsley Lord , is held together by forces different from those that bind the command organisation : ‘ If the conventional metaphor for the command organisation is a dinosaur , with the brain at the top issuing instructions to the ponderous body , then that for the empowered organisation might be a shoal of fish , moving rapidly and constantly adjusting its shape through signals that are instantly understood . ’ |
| 38 | The Irish challenge is further strengthened by the enforced absence due to injury of the top two seeds , Kenny Middlemass and Bruce Flockhart . |
| 39 | Once again , investors who put in their minimum £5,000 , will get 90 per cent or 95 per cent of any increase in the value of the top 100 companies in the portfolio . |
| 40 | We will also publish a table of the top 50 companies by employer levels , together with in-depth articles on the changing pattern of the region 's economic and employment make-up , written by Daily Post Staff and authoratative outside commentators . |
| 41 | Working quantities of organic material into the top few inches will markedly improve some plants ' performance . |
| 42 | The final circuit dropped Marrs back to 14th while Barthelsson had worked his way steadily up from 12th after one lap to 4th at the finish , a systematic climb through the top of the fleet but not enough to put a Swede in the top three placings , the initial group ( except Marrs ) not having changed throughout the race . |