Example sentences of "[adj] to the top of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ball should be thrown from about waist high to the top of your head and the hands should make an inward scooping action for the throw . |
| 2 | It is 7 inches high to the top of the frame . |
| 3 | Well the tower is er I 'm not quite sure about the exact height of it it 's I think it 's a hundred and over a hundred and fifty feet high er the to the top of the dome I think it 's a hundred and fifty three feet high to the top of the dome . |
| 4 | Kicking at pine cones on the path , Mungo was halfway to the top of the slope when a slight figure appeared round the corner of the station entrance . |
| 5 | A pelmet or valance would also help to reduce height provided it is fixed as close as possible to the top of the architrave , thereby covering the top part of the glass . |
| 6 | He found the number eighty-two close to the top of the street , looking just as derelict as the rest of the tenements on the shabby street . |
| 7 | The roof of the house was very close to the top of the tree . |
| 8 | Make a hitch with the tarred string around the stake adjacent to the top of the sacking collar , lock knot it between stake and stem , and leave 3–4 inches ( 8–10cm ) hanging ( you will need this for tying off at the end ) . |
| 9 | Capital and corporal punishment , to which majorities in the House of Commons had consistently been opposed , long remained at or near to the top of the short but touchy list of policy issues separating Conservative Ministers from their party followers . |
| 10 | This site has now progressed near to the top of our list of outstanding requests for shelters . |