Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before it hatches , the developing larva inside can breathe through a ring of pores at the top of the egg , which allows air to reach it . |
| 2 | Perhaps the most crucial part of the golf swing is the change of directions at the top of the backswing . |
| 3 | Salisbury had remarked in 1911 that " whatever your own opinions , the Conservative party can only assimilate change gradually " , and this was certainly so in the case of personnel at the top . |
| 4 | The chief engineer 's department remained in the old CEB headquarters , and Hacking and Pask were looked upon by the divisions as the engineering heads of the industry , but the division of responsibilities at the top of the BEA , as we have seen , envisaged a role also for Self , as the deputy chairman in charge of administration ( pp. 12–13 , above ) . |
| 5 | If you cut them back when they reach a manageable height they 'll retain their shape but will sprout a forest of shoots at the top . |
| 6 | We met a group of walkers at the top , who cheered as we raced for the cross . |
| 7 | The results often distort the real standing of riders at the top of the general classification , and the stage is cruel to its victims . |
| 8 | Somewhere behind a block of flats at the top of the street , a rectangle of deep inky blue in the twilight , a dog barked . |
| 9 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 10 | It has a fine , strong square tower above the crossing , with a pointed roof , slender arched windows and a row of apertures at the top clearly added for defensive reasons . |
| 11 | Take it ti the last row of squares at the top and you will see that it is in row 38 . |
| 12 | Similarly , the picture we have of the civil service drawn from such programmes as Yes Minister ! only depicts a small number of Mandarins at the top of the civil service . |
| 13 | The lack of women at the top is borne out by the findings of the latest Arthur Andersen Corporate Register , published by Hemmington Scott . |
| 14 | She did not know it well , only that it led to a clump of trees at the top called Beckwith 's Folly . |