Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] top [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | That is why , from the very beginning , the Sevso saga , one of the largest and most far-reaching art scandals ever , has been treated as a top secret issue in Yugoslavia . |
2 | Though he only finished 12th last year in 2–8–02 he has since recorded two sub 1–51 marathons and is tipped for a top six place . |
3 | It was lightly teased into the top few inches of soil , after rain , to top up the fertility and to ensure that there are banked reserves to see crops through their long winter haul . |
4 | In HWIM the correct phoneme was included in the top two scores of the vector only 65% of the time . |
5 | I stare , in morbid fascination , at the squashed fly which is adhered to the top right hand corner of the screen . |
6 | NatWest qualification is confined to the top 12 points-gatherers in Minor County cricket , irrespective of the division in which the counties play . |
7 | Fifth-placed man Liam O'Brien from East Cork AC has run every one of the 15 Ballycotton races and has never come outside the top five . |
8 | In 1955 , the year of Guys and Dolls , and again in 1958 , Brando was voted among the top ten box-office stars . |
9 | Peerages are for those who control industry , politics and the media and who invariably were educated at the top public schools . |
10 | The survey also shows that the audit market is dominated by the top 12 firms . |
11 | It will be supplemented by the top 50 companies in terms of employment levels , and both tables will give those at the sharp end of the economy the chance to give their businesses a much higher profile . |
12 | Jones was paid just £1,600 for his involvement in the video , which has ironically shot into the top 10 and threatens to gross more than £1 million . |
13 | It was a notable achievement by 24-year-old Stich , who has slipped from third to 15th in the world rankings since his 1991 Wimbledon triumph , while Krajicek , with the biggest serve in the world game , is the up and coming star , having just moved into the top 10 . |
14 | A total of 35 players will be invited to attend and these will be mainly selected from the top 50 at the 1989 P.G.A . |
15 | After a successful logon , the cursor will be positioned in the top left hand corner of the page , beside Option . |
16 | Powell , who is rated in the top fifteen in the country in his age group , used his size advantage to great effect in both matches , but it was particularly noticeable in the first set of the final , in which he powered his way into a 6–1 opening lead . |
17 | After playing no competitive chess for 20 years , Fischer 's comeback in beating Spassky — still an active player and rated in the top 100 players in the world — by 10 games to 5 with 15 draws is a remarkable achievement that would ( if it was rated ) earn him a place in the world 's top ten players . |
18 | ‘ I 'm not bitter though I can not understand why I 'm not rated in the top 50 in the world . |
19 | He is rated in the top ten in the States . |
20 | Many people still believe that Travis was right and ‘ There Was A Light ’ would have lodged in the top three . |
21 | Now I am not rated among the top three Englishmen . ’ |
22 | However , long before Pete Dye 's Ocean course was planned , other big names in the world of golf course design had made their mark with courses at Osprey Point ( Tom Fazio ) , Marsh Point ( Gary Player ) , where 13 of the 18 holes are framed by water , and Turtle Point ( Jack Nicklaus ) , which is rated among the top ten in South Carolina ( Golf Digest , a leading U.S. golf magazine , refers to it as one of America 's top resort courses ) . |
23 | The recovery programme was to be paid for by reversing the tax gains made by the top 5 per cent of earners under the Conservatives , although specific details were not published , and by reversing the 2p cut in the basic rate of income tax proposed in the 1987 Conservative Budget . |
24 | The bass clef is the normal one used for tenor trombones , the tenor clef being used for the top fifth or so of their compass . |
25 | They always have some excuse , but Russia has far worse facilities than we have and how many players have they got in the top fifty ; three men and three women ? |
26 | All events that have a booking code ( shown in the top right-hand corner of the centre grid ) are bookable in advance through the Festival Booking Office . |
27 | User name this is shown in the top left hand corner and displays the LIFESPAN user name of the current user ( eg. MANAGER ) |
28 | — this is shown in the top left hand corner and displays the LIFESPAN user name of the current user , eg. MANAGER |
29 | All unary operations ( such as negate ) are performed on the top element of the stack , and binary operations are performed on the top two elements of the stack ( after which they are removed ) and the result placed on the top of the stack . |
30 | This was significant , but even more important was the effect of a stainless steel skin being used on the top inner portion of the stabiliser . |