Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , if local authorities were listed in terms of expenditure , 89 authorities would appear amongst the top 500 British companies . |
| 2 | To force Lawrie Smith to a match-race play-off he must finish in the top six nations . |
| 3 | ‘ Why should n't the people of Coventry enjoy their football and support a winning team that can finish in the top six at least ? ’ |
| 4 | But I 'm sure we 'll finish in the top six . |
| 5 | However despite all this , I think : a/ Leeds can finish in the top third . |
| 6 | If we do n't , we wo n't even finish in the top six . ’ |
| 7 | I still say we will finish in the top ten . ’ |
| 8 | With 45 goals between them , it is hard to imagine , whatever else may be in his mind , that Jimmy Nicholl wo n't offer his prolific strikers new contracts in the summer and the chance to show what they can do in the top 12 . |
| 9 | The 800m world record holder , who is currently training between 50 and 60 miles a week , was quick to play down any suggestion that he would finish among the top runners in the 11th London Marathon . |
| 10 | But McGrath , who has had eight operations on his knees , revealed this could be his swansong , saying : ‘ I will decide at the end of the season , but I 'd rather quit at the top than drop down to a lower level , and the knees cause me a lot of pain . |
| 11 | The ex-Manchester United star admitted : ‘ I 'd rather quit at the top than drop to a lower level . |
| 12 | The prompt LIFESPAN Breakout will appear at the top left-hand edge of the screen and to all intents and purposes this can be treated as if it were the DCL $ prompt . |
| 13 | All you have to do is tear off the top right hand corner of your envelopes , leaving ¼″ of paper round the stamp . |
| 14 | New figures from the British Audience Research Bureau show that A Question of Sport is the sixth most popular programme among FT readers , but does n't feature in the top ten Sunday Sport readers ' list at all . |
| 15 | I had to see Helen , After all , she was just over that hill which I could see from the top windows of the Grand . |
| 16 | On the other hand we did want to keep it medieval looking on the inside , so what we did was we installed these Yorkshire sliding casement but on the inside as you can see at the top window , we put panel window . |
| 17 | a ) How many centimetre squares can fit along the top row ? |
| 18 | Bunk beds should comply with the New British Standard BS 6998 , and remember — children under six should n't sleep on the top bunk . |
| 19 | Teacher : Will it fit on the top shelf ? |
| 20 | Hopes and expectations were high ; Britain was desperate for a car that could compete at the top level with Alfa Romeo and Ferrari , and BRM , with the backing of British industry , was the car to do it . |
| 21 | I 'd stay in the top class cos you got |
| 22 | He added that special incentives should perhaps apply to the top 10 managers , whose performances will be crucial in retaining the franchise . |
| 23 | You can thus arrange the tree in two positions , so try to have most bloom-bearing wood towards the viewing point , and away from where the stake will pass into the top growth . |
| 24 | They say peace , it does n't just go on the top two inches of the surface water , it goes right to the very depths of your life and keeps . |
| 25 | They have fairly regularly staged , what you might call bigger bands who play the university circuit as such and they 're always , you know , dying for people to come along so there 'll , th there 'll be lists published at what time , what events are on at these places if you wan na go and do that and if you wan na go to the top notch bands , Birmingham 's a good venue for that with the Leisure Centre , the M I A the N E C , the K G B etcetera etcetera all that stuff there so there 's always plenty to do , do n't , do n't feel restricted just cos we 're in er the middle of the city centre in this college and there does n't seem a lot to do , there 's a lot going on . |
| 26 | If gravity was strong , I could go to the top floor of the building and speed up my time . |
| 27 | However , he does not even figure in the top 10 of 500 ‘ paper millionaires ’ — whose wealth is in stocks and shares — listed in the January issue of BusinessAge . |
| 28 | But the brain and questions of its function , and the part ‘ memory ’ ( and I put it in quotes ) or rather , a consideration of memory , can play in furthering our understanding of this function , belongs of course to everyone as a human being , from the stupidest person who can not read or write to the top people in biochemical research . |
| 29 | Has it not been proved in the House that a woman can get to the top job in the land ? |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know anybody who lives in a flat who does n't live on the top floor . ’ |