Example sentences of "placed at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were to construct a ‘ ladder ’ of non-fatal offences , starting with the most serious and moving down to the least serious , the offence of attempted murder should be placed at the top . |
| 2 | For this reason , if shelter sheds are placed in a paddock , they may have to be placed at the top of the hill and preferably near the gate . |
| 3 | ( Notice how , in both these waist exercises , the weight is also supported by the non-working arm with the hand placed at the top of the thigh . ) |
| 4 | Something had been placed at the top of the steps , a human figure , bundled up in a blanket . |
| 5 | To make a room look wider , long horizontal bands of mirror can be placed at the top and bottom of walls , or vertical floor to ceiling panels can be added to walls at right angles to a window . |
| 6 | Now that 's what I 'd prefer , but in every , you know the majority go against me and they want it in a as I say I I would , I think that it 'd be better placed at the top . |
| 7 | It has been estimated that the real cost of an average package holiday was 16 per cent less in 1987 than 1980 , and this value for money is likely to keep the large groups well placed at the top of the market share listings . |
| 8 | The coarsest sieve required is placed at the top of a nest of sieves in which the screen openings become progressively smaller downwards . |
| 9 | For example , when a ball is placed at the top of a hill , it will roll downwards . |