Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] top [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 're in the top 10 and let go even for an instant then you might as well be 200 , ’ she says . |
| 2 | Of these two sets of firms , 12 have never been in the top 10 , and can be classified either as niche operations or unsuccessful major players . |
| 3 | It probably does n't figure among the world 's top ten sellers for databases , but in Britain it 's been in the top three for years . |
| 4 | Gavin is also 1990 Junior British Champion in the under 45 kilo category , and has been in the top three of every competition he has ever entered . |
| 5 | In addition , 25% have managed only one issue in the relevant period , and no less than 38% have been in the top 50 for less than four years , excluding those who have established themselves in the last four years . |
| 6 | Is the Secretary of State aware that according to figures provided in a parliamentary written answer by the Minister of State about the proportion of seven-year-olds reaching the highest level of attainment — level 3 — Labour-controlled Haringey is equal top and that Labour-controlled Merton , Camden and Hackney are in the top five placings , streets ahead of Tory Wandsworth which is the source of so much dogma about Tory education policies ? |
| 7 | I do n't think they are going to change anything unless they are in the Top 10 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There are adequate championship courses in Britain and many of them are in the top hundred in the world . |
| 9 | Seven of the Sri Lanka team which beat England are in the top 40 in the C&L ratings , which puts them alongside Australia as the country with the strongest all-round batting team in Test cricket at the moment . |
| 10 | ‘ Our goal is to be in the top five , ’ Voss states confidently . |
| 11 | of them will be in the top two bands , compared with only 5.6 per cent . |
| 12 | You are at the moment , the best thing you get is to be in the top hundred . |
| 13 | Each of these companies , if listed separately , would be in the top 10 biggest list in their own right . |
| 14 | Only two cities in ‘ developed ’ countries ( New York and Tokyo ) will still be in the top 10 . |
| 15 | We made a team to give them the opportunity to work together … to give them the respect … to give them the idea that they could be in the top 50 , not by talking but by working together . |
| 16 | I suppose er , he must be in the top ten of all-time great British footballers , would n't you say ? |
| 17 | Just now he 's working on a deal that could give him a big say in the life of a lady who 'll ‘ definitely ’ be in the Top Ten within weeks . |
| 18 | ‘ We are good enough to be in the top three , but our talented players have to work harder individually and as a unit . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We had aimed to be in the top three and we need a real re-think . |
| 20 | But who knows out of the 20,000 people who visited the event this year , there may be similar people to my brother and me who enjoy music to the full and who could be in the top three next year ! |
| 21 | At the end of the club 's first full workout last night , promoter Tim Swales confidently predicted Boro would be in the top three , challenging Berwick and Peterborough for honours . |
| 22 | I still say Easter is the time to be in the top three . |
| 23 | Well one of the problems you see , i if you are perceived as one of the best , you tend to be in the top three or four or so on , you know , the , the people know who you are , but when you are perceived as being the , you know , that sort of effort you sort of find it , find it pretty difficult . |
| 24 | It wants to be among the top three software-systems integration houses in France by the end of 1994 , where it is among the top five today , Tordjman said . |
| 25 | If we assume that you are writing on the right-hand page of an examination book or on loose examination sheets , bound at the top left-hand corner , then the identifying number of the question should be large so that it is easily seen and should be at the top right-hand corner . |
| 26 | If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday . |
| 27 | If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday . |
| 28 | If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday . |
| 29 | ‘ We see ourself as the biggest club in Britain , with a stadium to match , and we feel we are among the top five clubs in Europe . |
| 30 | BP , British Aerospace , ICI , Albright and Wilson , Ford Motor Company , Westland Helicopters , Courtaulds and British Steel are among the top 100 polluters , who together have permits to discharge an estimated 1.2 billion litres of industrial waste containing 23.3 tonnes of toxic metals into the sewers every day . |