Example sentences of "[det] [art] top [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brochure features all the top Caribbean locations , with new destinations , including Guano Island off Tortola , the Dominican Republic , the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Calicos . |
| 2 | Nearly all the top rated shows are home-produced . |
| 3 | A third is reportedly facing around $1bn in outstanding claims , and nearly all the top 20 firms are facing claims of some sort . |
| 4 | Herbert Matthews , who was close to the Cuban revolutionaries from the late Sierra Maestra days , wrote that ‘ I made up my mind early in the revolution on the basis of many talks with all the top Cuban leaders that their greatest preoccupation was the conviction that the United States was determined to overthrow the Castro regime ’ ( Matthews : 1969 , p. 171 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Britain now holds almost all the top military jobs in Nato , ’ said a Nato spokesman in Brussels , where the military committee was preparing for today 's talks with chiefs of staff from almost all the east European and former Soviet republics . |
| 6 | I had reached the dizzy heights of compère at the Fiesta , one of the North 's most prestigious night clubs , where I did an hour spot and introduced acts like Ella Fitzgerald and Nancy Wilson , as well as all the top British acts . |
| 7 | The field in the 100 metres was world class with Chidi Imo , the fast Nigerian , Calvin Smith , the world-record holder , and all the top British sprinters . |
| 8 | United Nations data for 1985–6 show that 68 TNCs in mining and manufacturing had annual sales in excess of ten billion dollars , while all the top 50 banks , the top 20 securities firms , and all but one of the top 30 insurance companies had net assets in excess of ten billion . |