Example sentences of "[vb pp] to the top " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rain entering the soil disturbs the equilibrium in the same way as water added to the top of the capillary tube or towel ; water drains through the unsaturated zone to the water table . |
| 2 | Only the top two elements of the stack are ( for speed ) held in processor registers A and B. Operands are added to the top of the stack by being placed in A , whose contents ( if any ) are moved to B. The remainder of a process 's stack is a vector of contiguous store locations . |
| 3 | If you are like me , and feel hopelessly inadequate having toiled to the top of your favourite peak in what seemed to be ‘ the worst weather I 've seen for years , ’ only to come across a party equipped with jeans , trainers , and Tescos bags , then the Mourne Mountains are for you . |
| 4 | I had come to the top of a long hill , so steep that the wheelbarrow was almost wrenched from my hands as the descent began . |
| 5 | The term associate publisher was also , said RH chief executive Gail Rebuck , and appropriate one ‘ for someone who has come to the top of the tree ’ . |
| 6 | I know your your bottom of the list has come to the top now . |
| 7 | The final example is perhaps an unexpected mathematical experience as there is no discussion of the tower itself but rather the child has been carried to the top of the high tower in his imagination and asked to look down at the people below . |
| 8 | For an overall impression of the site a visit is recommended to the top of the observation tower . |
| 9 | Poles are inserted into continuous sleeves sewn to the top of the fly . |
| 10 | Successive washes of burnt umber mixed with Prussian blue are applied to the top of the composition and pulled down , blotting out the light sections and leaving the shadows to create their own shapes . |
| 11 | The actual contouring and shape of the body is almost exactly the same as the Berlin Pro , but Jim asked that some additional chamfering be applied to the top of the body . |
| 12 | Successive washes of burnt umber mixed with Prussian blue are applied to the top of the composition and pulled down , blotting out the light sections and leaving the shadows to create their own shapes . |
| 13 | Some pressure must also be applied to the top of the assembly to keep them from lifting apart . |
| 14 | On early models this is a disc soldered to the top of the rad . |
| 15 | THROWING MUSES , whose warmly-received new 4AD LP ‘ Red Heaven ’ shot to the top of the indie charts , forge ahead with their British tour this week . |
| 16 | Instead , the value of Italy 's currency shot to the top of the parameters and there was a mass inflow of money as people realised that it was a more stable currency and there was less of a case for high interest rates , which were brought down still further . |
| 17 | Shabini , recorded in Zimbabwe in 1987 , shot to the top of the indie charts in Britain and the Bhundu Boys began to gather momentum . |
| 18 | Such tips were conical in shape , their height determined by the ease with which material could be moved to the top . |
| 19 | In our alternative report , this paragraph and any explanatory paragraphs for a qualified opinion have been moved to the top . |
| 20 | The middle item was then moved to the top of the list . |
| 21 | A remarkable feature of the last decade is the way in which the environment has been moved to the top of the political agenda . |
| 22 | Tumilty , who was anxiously awaiting news of today 's Harp Senior League decider between Bann and Holywood , scored one of the goals and set up two others as George Blackwood 's squad moved to the top of the table overnight . |
| 23 | When an attempt is made to add an item which is already in the cache , the item is moved to the top of the cache . |
| 24 | It 's made from walnut , matching the fingerboard and headstock veneer , and is glued and bolted to the top of the body so there should be no danger of it ever lifting . |
| 25 | Salt water would be pumped to the top and released to fall as artificial rain , meeting hot air rising from openings at the bottom . |
| 26 | His is the sort of pedigree which has produced figures who have risen to the top of public life for generations . |
| 27 | It is also a fact that many of the Chief Executives of Insurance Companies have risen to the top by the actuarial route . |
| 28 | A cart track leaves the Ingleton — Hawes road east of the inn and passes below the railway viaduct to Winterscales , whence a steep beeline is made to the top . |
| 29 | This they can most easily accomplish by following the wall between Sunset and Meregill upwards to the skyline depression to the left of the summit , a dull climb with no views other than those in retrospect until the ridge is reached and a turn to the right made to the top . |
| 30 | In May or June they are secured to the top of the stakes in a bush-like fashion similar to the Goblet system practised in Beaujolais . |