Example sentences of "found at the [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Horses with the highest self-esteem are likely to be found at the top of their pecking order .
2 Potential reservoir rocks have been found at the top of the Sherwood Sandstone .
3 In order to group icons into logical groups you can use the Spacer as often as you like — it is to be found at the top of the list of Available Icons .
4 Hamish Turner gave the figure in an unprecedented statement when opening an inquest into the death of Debra Tosio , 30 , a Shaldon shop assistant found at the bottom of 70ft cliffs at Berry Head , Brixham , last week .
5 • Use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk rather than full-fat milk ; • Use cream less often on desserts and not at all in cooking ; • Have only three or four eggs a week ; • Buy more yogurt and less hard cheese ; • Eat less red meat and trim off the visible fat ; • Eat fewer fatty meat products such as sausages , meat pies , and burgers ; • Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps ; • Use less pastry in cooking and buy fewer foods that incorporate pastry ; • Use less fat in cooking ; • If you are having a take-away meal such as fish and chips , leave some of the smaller , fattier chips usually found at the bottom of the bag .
6 After 8 April the aluminium returned to tapwater when a mains burst : sludge was found at the bottom of a glass of water but when it was sent to the authority for analysis it was discarded as ‘ too sludgy ’ .
7 Many of those mysterious , unread , shredded , soggy paper messes found at the bottom of washing machines started life as vital and witty communications from school to home .
8 When Whittlesey Mere was drained in the 1850s , a heap of dressed stone was found at the bottom of the lake , evidence of a medieval boating accident .
9 They were found at the bottom of drawers , in filing cabinets , and stuffed in amongst other papers .
10 He had in his hurry left one drawer just a little open , and was now delving into the carpet-bag , which he 'd found at the bottom of the shelved larder .
11 No less than 173 coins were found at the bottom of the pool together with a large number of rings , bracelets , brooches and other objects : evidence which strongly suggests a votive deposit .
12 In both primary and secondary schools , women were more likely to be found at the bottom of the hierarchy of teaching posts .
13 I believe he was found at the bottom of the same cliff .
14 ‘ Early on Wednesday morning the body of a young man was found at the bottom of the cliff at Adwy-yr-Eryon .
15 There was a glass-fronted mahogany cupboard where Ellen insisted on keeping Bernard 's family photographs , which she had found at the bottom of a suitcase .
16 Police describe Tyrone Evans as extremely dangerous.He 's charged with dismembering the body of a man whose torso was found at the bottom of a lake .
17 Only very fine particles , those with diameters less than 0–2 mm , are carried in suspension by the winds normally found at the surface of the earth .
18 Reports suggested that Lekhanya might have successfully forestalled a coup attempt — Radio Lesotho reported that a large cache of arms had been found at the home of Lt.-Col. Sekhobe Letsie .
19 The ulcer is usually found on the glans penis or the foreskin , although it is sometimes found at the base of the shaft of the penis — the so-called ‘ condom chancre ’ .
20 It is also found at the base of the neo-classical economic theory of capitalism , with its basic tenet of man as a maximizing individual with limitless needs and desires — a notion Sahlins deconstructed many years ago ( 1974 ) , but one that still persists in Western economic and political thought , and which underlies much of the anthropology of conflict .
21 On Tuesday morning , Falconer was found at the base of the tower , his neck broke , his head shattered . ’
22 A Soviet-made pistol was found at the scene of the explosion and a large arms cache — including 17 mines , assault rifles and hand grenades — was later discovered at the home of the two men .
23 Detectives are hoping that he may be trapped through a gold bracelet found at the scene of his latest crime .
24 All had been found at the scene of the crime .
25 That led them to a Kamalian whose secretions matched the saliva found at the scene of the crime . ’
26 Smaller , but still impressive , calderas are to be found at the summits of strato-volcanoes .
27 ‘ But the body was found at the foot of the cliff . ’
28 It is interesting to note , in passing , that rather similar chaotic deposits and slump topography have now been found at the foot of many present.day continental slopes .
29 The muted notes which are found at the beginning of bar 7 should be produced by damping the strings at the seventh position ( approx ) and then picking them with a gentle up-stroke using your r/hand index finger .
30 The origins of trade unions are to be found at the beginning of the nineteenth century and are a response to the rapid process of industrialisation and the change and dislocation which this caused .
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