Example sentences of "are at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The West Indians are at the top and the Asians are at the bottom . ’ |
| 2 | It becomes graded so that the smallest and smoothest particles are at the bottom and the largest and most angular are at the top . |
| 3 | Humans are at the top of the food chain and because of that occupy a very special and responsible position . |
| 4 | Several Baccarat millefiori weights from the 1840s are at the top of the range . |
| 5 | This is a group of executives who are at the top ; who respect each other ; who are highly committed ; and who agree that developing a viable vision and strategy is long overdue . |
| 6 | Do you know where we are at the top of the high street ? |
| 7 | The gang members , the hit men in here are at the top of their tree . |
| 8 | 1.6 This allowance is based upon staff who are at the top of the grade at the present time and translates into the following : |
| 9 | There is , even with a relatively sophisticated system of cross-phase planning , the difficulty that the children who are directly affected are those who are at the top of the primary school and at the youngest end of the secondary age range . |
| 10 | Make and have are at the top of the binding hierarchy and take the " highly non-verbal " bare infinitive ; order is lower on the scale and takes the to infinitive ; next comes insist , which is followed by a subordinate clause containing a finite subjunctive form , and then think , construed with a subordinate clause in the indicative . |
| 11 | ‘ That is because these days you are at the top of the ladder and it is other men who are sent to places like this . ’ |
| 12 | Kuiken says that : " These animals are at the top of the food chain , so they would have the highest concentration of pollutants in their bodies . |
| 13 | Erm the folders are at the top |
| 14 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 15 | West Ham take their chances , Oxford do n't , that 's why they 're at the bottom and teams like Sheffield and West Ham and Oldham are at the top . |
| 16 | As soon as the goods are delivered to the Buyer in accordance with this contract they are at the Buyer 's risk . |
| 17 | 8(2) As soon as the goods are delivered to the Buyer in accordance with this contract they are at the Buyer 's risk . |
| 18 | True , the only continuing expert system programmes at the moment are at the avionics MU . |
| 19 | The doublings are at the unison , not the octave . |
| 20 | His talents are at the service of the text . |
| 21 | That 's all they are at the minute cards ! |
| 22 | Then at work they are at the whim of the boss . |
| 23 | Perhaps it can be said that , when people are searching for meaning , they are at the beginning of a journey , not at the end of it . |
| 24 | No one , of course , would want to compare the first week of school term with the outbreak of a world war , but we are at the beginning of a New Year and a gateway to the future . |
| 25 | We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives . |
| 26 | Mr Nixon said : ‘ We are at the beginning of our investigations . ’ |
| 27 | Since the wells are at the edge of the block , you will be able to slide the glass to one side to fill the wells . |
| 28 | ‘ You are at the edge of the first forest , ’ Wyn-rajathuk told her ; there was something about the expression on his wounded face , the slight edginess of his good eye , that made Tallis suspect he was holding back . |
| 29 | Michelham Country Foods are at the Priory to provide you with the best of A Taste of Sussex . |
| 30 | For a ‘ hard-rock ’ school , however , with interests in non-sedimentary rocks , this is hardly surprising , since the largest proportion of Britain 's igneous and metamorphic rocks are at the surface in Scotland , compared with England . |