Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at the head " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details of these are listed at the head of the tables for individual faculties . |
| 2 | They have been placed at the head of this chapter only because it is the extreme case which so often bothers the social worker in consideration of what he or she might be involved in if the sexual side of the work develops . |
| 3 | He had been placed at the head of the table , a Solomon come to judgement , but a far from happy one . |
| 4 | In an effort to sharpen the ‘ business nose ’ , Heath has been shunted sideways , to become deputy chairman , while Don Seymour , a businessman , has been installed at the head of the company with the intention of making it profitable by 1984 . |
| 5 | Here BT , p are written at the head of the left-hand array ; by obvious row combinations we find y at the bottom . |
| 6 | The source or place of origin of a document should be given at the head or foot . |
| 7 | It was dynastically imperative that the Prussian heir should be placed at the head of an army , too . |
| 8 | Heavy freight 2-8-0- No. 2857 , on loan from the Severn Valley Railway , hauled hourly services between Toddington and Gretton starting at 11am while 50 year old Bagnall 0–6–0 No. 2566 ‘ Byfield No. 2 ’ could be seen at the head of a goods train shunting from the yard to the bay siding at Toddington . |
| 9 | Bobby Robson 's team , having been seeded at the head of Group F , will play their three first-round matches in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia . |
| 10 | Bobby Robson 's team , having been seeded at the head of Group F , will play their three first-round matches in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia . |
| 11 | If the allies had agreed to a peace settlement before starting a land war , Mr Hussein would have been left at the head of a country whose air force and army were still largely intact . |
| 12 | During the early years of Edward II 's extravagant and oppressive personal rule , his unpopular favourites were placed at the head of the Forest administration . |
| 13 | The zone control valve was mounted on a horizontal range pipe so that the drop pipe from it passed vertically through three levels , an open-sprinkler being mounted at the head of each level . |
| 14 | The view of the Official Historian , Margaret Gowing , on Attlee 's decision is quoted at the head of this chapter . |
| 15 | If there was time , a roughly made cross was placed at the head of the dead soldier holding his beret or steel helmet . |
| 16 | To make matters tidy , Prince Rudolf of Habsburg was placed at the head of the committees to promote Bohemian culture . |
| 17 | At the end of the spacious triple-arched trainshed a heavily corniced three-storey frontage block was built at the head of twin flights of balustraded stairs rising to the entrance on the first floor . |
| 18 | The largest of the nine stones into which it was shaped , the largest Star of Africa ( 530.2 carats ) , was mounted at the head of the Sceptre with the Cross , the second , a cushion-shaped stone of 317.4 carats , was incorporated in the front of the Imperial State Crown ( see Frontispiece ) , displacing the Stuart sapphire , and the third and fourth were mounted in the consort 's crown . |
| 19 | Legion was seated at the head of the table , and to either side of her , and floated up near the ceiling . |
| 20 | As far as the Herbert interest was concerned , therefore , Gloucester was put at the head of an existing connection which he was expected to do little to modify . |
| 21 | As far as the Herbert interest was concerned , therefore , Gloucester was put at the head of an existing connection which he was expected to do little to modify . |
| 22 | When it did so , Smith was elected at the head of the poll . |