Example sentences of "tops of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Tesco 's sorry but the man , men they get in to clean the tops of the ovens are contractors |
| 2 | As the action reaches the tops of the ramps , the check clears the wrestplank . |
| 3 | I do my bedroom out every day — sweep it and dust the furniture and I do something else every day , like I dust the tops of the cupboards or I give the wardrobe a polish . |
| 4 | When the top rail has been fitted onto the tenons the profile of the tops of the uprights is traced onto the top rail , which can then , like the lower back rail , be cut to the correct curb using the template previously prepared from the original . |
| 5 | Maps have been drawn to illustrate just what organ is linked to which part of the sole but the soles are not the only areas used : there are said to be reflexes on the tops of the feet and a short way up the backs of the legs . |
| 6 | The young man came over the tops of the dunes , whistling and casually whacking clumps of reed and grass with a stick . |
| 7 | Work up the sides of the torso and across the tops of the arms and shoulders . |
| 8 | They say that you can easily spot the tourists in the Big Apple — they are the people walking around gazing at the sky , at the tops of the skyscrapers . |
| 9 | The sky was grey , and mist clung to the tops of the cliffs . |
| 10 | In hilly country , horses always like to spend some of each day on the tops of the hills : they need to satisfy their desire for the space and freedom that a hilltop provides . |
| 11 | The householders who lived above the valley bottoms were not happy about paying two sets of rates , needless to say , especially when the towns on the tops of the hills found themselves subsidizing drainage benefits for lowland farmers . |
| 12 | It was a sunless day , the clouds low , obscuring the tops of the hills and threatening rain . |
| 13 | This particular landscape had its origin in two sources — the outcropping of coal , and the presence of running water everywhere , even on the tops of the hills . |
| 14 | The coal-pits near the tops of the hills were worked in preference to those lower down , for various reasons . |
| 15 | The tops of the hills stood sharply like cruel teeth against the sky . |
| 16 | Ace skipped her fingers lightly across the tops of the consoles . |
| 17 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |
| 18 | Otley was mentioned in the diary of 17th September 1816 , when he joined Green at Ennerdale for the evening and next morning ‘ Finished the tops of the mountains ’ is all he says of his work . |
| 19 | It is thought to have been a spout , or larger body of water , which , by the lightening incessantly rarifying the air , broke at once on the tops of the mountains , and descended upon the valley below , which is about three miles long , half a mile broad , and lies nearly east and west , being closed on the south and north sides with prodigious high , steep , and rocky mountains … ’ |
| 20 | The light in the sky is there by courtesy of the vanished sun , but the tops of the mountains are still golden , as though honey had been poured lightly over them . |
| 21 | With the Ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat , the seventeenth day of the seventh month and the waters went away and decreased until the tenth month and the first day of the tenth month , the tops of the mountains appeared , and after the end of forty days , Noah opened the window of the Ark , which he had made and sent forth a raven which went out , ever going and coming again until the waters were dried up upon the earth . |
| 22 | And on the first , on the first of October , the tops of the mountains appeared . |
| 23 | It is generally worth having as much as 150mm of insulation in most homes , although the comparatively shallow depth of most ceiling joists means that you may have to lay the insulation across the tops of the joists to achieve the required thickness . |
| 24 | Remove a slice from the tops of the tomatoes and scoop out seeds . |
| 25 | The tops of the tables are constructed with lippings of solid ebony , tongued onto MDF faced with 3mm sawcut veneer . |
| 26 | There was curling , ornate moulding around the tops of the windows and coats of arms had been set into the metal work of the huge wrought-iron gate . |
| 27 | The whites of the tops of the waves were lengthy , pretty , insistent . |
| 28 | A fresh breeze curled the tops of the waves into tiny frills of foam that glistened white on the sapphire sea . |
| 29 | The tunic only lacked a head and the tops of the shoulders . |
| 30 | Sometimes the bravest rats ran out onto the floor or across the tops of the pictures . |