Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them are riding high on a feeling that all politicians and most of the media now put the environment at or near the top of the political agenda . |
| 2 | The organ here is a fine instrument , well played by Bernard Gavoty , and this account takes its place at or near the top of a very long list . |
| 3 | Racing is in the blood , and while a driver still thinks he can do it , at or near the top , he is always going to be tempted . |
| 4 | Balancing at the top — or near the top — is a trickier business . ’ |
| 5 | Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner , who with boring and automatic regularity voted against the leadership , have with boring and automatic regularity come at or near the top . |
| 6 | ‘ If we can stay at or near the top until Christmas , then our chances get even better and we can certainly expect to finish in the top six at least . |
| 7 | By ‘ best ’ results here it is meant that the correct word occurs first or near the top of the ordered list of allowable strings . |
| 8 | Further , being at or near the top , these persons are those most strongly identified with the goals of the organization … they believe in the , organization , they want to attain its goals , they profit personally from such goal attainment . |
| 9 | It seems reasonable to infer from the above that numerous corporate executives , having already responded to the situational demands necessary for career mobility within an organization by displaying sufficient degrees of competitive ambition , shrewdness , and moral flexibility will experience a further development of these characteristics when they have to respond to the relatively unaccountable and unconstrained power of being at or near the top of a large national , but especially transnational corporation . |
| 10 | But if he entered diplomacy at all he expected to do so at or near the top . |
| 11 | Indeed , the dagger could have come from anywhere : a darkened window , a shadowed door or from the top of any of the low squat buildings which stood on either side of the alleyway . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is as well the Guide Book ends at this point as he was then wondering , if further accommodation was needed when the fulfilment of the first scheme was achieved , about ‘ approaches to many other favourite points of vision on side grounds or from the tops of mountains , ought next to engage the attention of the subscribers . ’ |
| 13 | I tend to have a fairly light touch , often only skimming across the surface of the paper , or over the top of previously applied colours . |
| 14 | The author manages very successfully to convey all his sadness and bitterness and at the same time great strength of his departure from this world without being verbose or over the top . |
| 15 | The centrifuge is operated at high speeds to transport the polymer molecules through the solvent to the cell bottom if the solvent density is less than the polymer , or to the top ( flotation ) if the reverse is true . |
| 16 | Drill several small holes around the rest of the lid , either along the edge or on the top , and you have a very useful undergravel filter . |
| 17 | Sometimes the bravest rats ran out onto the floor or across the tops of the pictures . |
| 18 | The system of creating life peers began in 1958 as a way of rewarding people who had excelled in political service , work with charities , industry or at the top of the professions . |
| 19 | Additional patches are therefore needed on the shoulders or at the top of the arms . |
| 20 | Or cut a stencil and re-spray the doors adding a simple motif — which can be repeated around the splashback , or around the top of a plain painted room . |
| 21 | Under the Mental Health Act , and off the top of my head , I 'd say we certainly cover places like psychiatric hospitals , erm , residential institutions and all the rest of it . |
| 22 | Up the brae , and o'er the top and doon the , eh er , up the brae and o'er the top and doon again and up the brae and o'er the top and doon I drop and that the day and there I stop . |
| 23 | Up the brae , and o'er the top and doon the , eh er , up the brae and o'er the top and doon again and up the brae and o'er the top and doon I drop and that the day and there I stop . |
| 24 | Up the brae , and o'er the top and doon the , eh er , up the brae and o'er the top and doon again and up the brae and o'er the top and doon I drop and that the day and there I stop . |
| 25 | All ribber carriages have holding levers , one each side , usually on the edge of the carriage and near the top . |
| 26 | He eventually scrambled through the door and onto the top of the sinking tanker . |
| 27 | And along the top of the wall where once , back in the peaceful times , you set pieces of broken glass , you now run razor wire , each tine designed for maximum snag . |
| 28 | It is a ten-minute ride to the road , first on a narrow path along the side of a field of parched maize and groundnuts , then down across the stream , up the smooth rounded granite and along the top , passing by my neighbour 's home , down round her fields under the trees and up to the tarred road . |
| 29 | I N like this , down and along the top like a bridge |
| 30 | The lines on his forehead and round the top of his nose looked chiselled in mahogany , as if his face had not been aged but tempered through the centuries . |