Example sentences of "of [noun sg] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shadow cabinet elections are arousing unusual interest because of change at the top . |
| 2 | Of course at the top of Derbyshire at junction thirty on the M One we still have the work there . |
| 3 | ‘ Lowering the ceiling ’ involves reducing the concentration of income at the top by the use and enforcement of tax laws . |
| 4 | The first ten minutes inside the ring at the Thomas and Mack Centre may determine whether Bowe has the will and the skill to produce another change of direction at the top of the heavyweight division . |
| 5 | Although not located on a structural culmination , the well had a small show of methane at the top of the Lower Permian Sandstone beneath the Magnesian Limestone and Zechstein salt . |
| 6 | a line of type at the top of a page which repeats a heading . |
| 7 | Someone laid a spear or a piece of wood at the top of the steps whilst the hospitaller was at his usual place at the far end of the parapet walk , near Salt Tower . ’ |
| 8 | Another factor which depressed general morale was the occasional rumble of disagreement at the top of the regime , notably involving President Khamenei and the formidable Majles Speaker Rafsanjani . |
| 9 | The rest of Rutland , of which it was the administrative as well as commercial hub , was measurably richer at £6.5 per capita , the slight tendency to a concentration of wealth at the top of the town community being offset by an exceptionally high proportion ( for this shire ) of labourers and poor men . |
| 10 | Academic medicine : plenty of room at the top |
| 11 | I have around 15 more good years ahead of me , but I fail to see plenty of room at the top for women like me . |
| 12 | The depth of excavation at the bottom of the slope was 30 feet and there was a similar amount of buildup at the top of the incline . |
| 13 | The consequence is that the nonsensical at the bottom disappears as utterly as the sense in works of art at the top . |
| 14 | Well erm I 'm very concerned about the congestion of traffic at the top of erm Morrell Avenue , on the erm junction of the roundabout with Warneford Lane . |
| 15 | It was in the vicinity of these steps that my father fell , scattering the load on his tray — teapot , cups , saucers , sandwiches , cakes — across the area of grass at the top of the steps . |
| 16 | As Rafiq disappeared out of sight at the top of the stairs , Maisie staggered in with a step-ladder and started to put up black drapes at the windows . |
| 17 | Soviet decision-making in this sphere ( as in many others ) combines what to a Western mind might seem incompatible : hierarchy and consultation , centralisation and a wealth of horizontal communication links , flexibility and ease of communication at the top , along with compartmentalisation and secrecy below . |
| 18 | His wife , Barbara , made £508,000 as Millie 's Story , her tale of life at the top through the eyes of her dog , soared into the best seller list . |
| 19 | If the thing was so valuable , then the secrecy and the size of the fee were understandable And if how the Emissary lived was any indication of life at the top on Fraxilly , presumably the God-King did like to own things worth a planet 's ransom . |
| 20 | You could safely disregard Paul 's opinion that marriage was a prerequisite of life at the top , because Owen could think of notable exceptions , Kitchener included . |
| 21 | Unless the sphere of darkness at the top of the Tower ( see below ) is destroyed , ‘ dead ’ Wraithwisps will reform at dusk . |
| 22 | ‘ If there 's a protected species of plant at the top of relatively new routes which happen to be of good quality , then we 've got a really complex problem to manage , ’ Bill Wright commented , ‘ but if it 's just cotton grass , then the damage done by agricultural pesticides is probably much greater . ’ |
| 23 | The club was the victim of dissension at the top which permeated down to the players and sapped their confidence : the familiar malaise among clubs under the old style of management . |
| 24 | ‘ There could be a problem with conflicts of interest at the top , ’ she says , ‘ while at the bottom end of the scale there is a question about experience and back up . ’ |
| 25 | If judges consistently award damages for a particular type of injury at the top of the range , then that type of injury may gradually move up the scale of relative seriousness . |
| 26 | Whether the central role of the party and concentration of power at the top of the political hierarchy would be changed as reforms were carried out remained to be seen . |