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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The first was a steady performer who was invariably among the top twenty money-winners at the end of each season . |
| 5 | These four were not from the top trialists and , apart from the top two pairs , the rest will go into the eight . |
| 6 | And it all meant another marvellous morning of wonderfully over the top tabloid headlines . |
| 7 | 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 . |