Example sentences of "top of the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Shabini , recorded in Zimbabwe in 1987 , shot to the top of the indie charts in Britain and the Bhundu Boys began to gather momentum . |
| 3 | It 's the sort of performance that has placed the gentle West Indian giant at the top of the bowling averages . |
| 4 | But er they 're never going to , I do n't think they 're ever going to get on top of the waiting lists because they 're introducing so many new operations . |
| 5 | By the time we 've finished the book , bang we 're on top of the Easter holidays . |
| 6 | The Ark rested on top of the Ararat mountains , on the seventeenth of July . |
| 7 | Parents will naturally clamour to get their kids into schools at the top of the performance tables . |
| 8 | Backpacking sacks have additional straps between the main body and the top of the shoulder straps which can be tightened to bring the top of the sack closer to the back and thus more upright . |
| 9 | The Cajun Kings will , under the red sun on the western sky and on top of the hay bales [ outdoors , weather permitting ] , perform some nice down home music . |
| 10 | Her room was on the first floor , at the back , opposite the top of the kitchen stairs . |
| 11 | His last customer took the smile with him as he unwillingly left the warm room and limped back with chattering teeth to the unwelcoming flat at the top of the stone stairs . |
| 12 | It was several minutes before Tommy , wearing the dead German 's pickelhaube , appeared at the top of the stone steps . |
| 13 | He was lying on the floor outside his bedroom at the top of the back stairs . |
| 14 | At the top of the back stairs I made them wait . |
| 15 | Some of these guns were on the top of the submarine pens , others were on concrete towers as large as a couple of houses but far more strongly built . |
| 16 | Although most of these implementations will be layered on top of the operating systems — Moss believes users will turn to Tivoli for solutions and applications . |
| 17 | Although most of these implementations will be layered on top of the operating systems , Moss believes users will turn to Tivoli for systems and applications . |
| 18 | It does not take much imagination to understand the effect of a Tornado flying at 250 knots and at 250 ft , on a cavalcade of 200 horses on top of the Border hills . |
| 19 | At the top of the Exit Cracks the three men stopped for a rest . |
| 20 | IT was on a very wet Saturday afternoon that I found myself on the top of the North Downs observing whiffs of smoke emerging from a boiler which to all intents and purposes was standing among a mountain of waste metal in a field almost miles from anywhere . |
| 21 | Karrimor , having dipped their toes into the boot market last year , launched their Garment collection whose top of the range models , the Baltoro and Annapurna , are four season boots . |
| 22 | Their middle and top of the range boots were obviously a cross between a ski boot and a walking boot , designed to give a better fit , stability , and support , and some models even had a built in gaiter . |
| 23 | SURGE THROUGH the water with these top of the range flippers . |
| 24 | Their top of the range shoes are highly prized by fashion-conscious youngsters … and can cost 70 pounds a pair and upwards . |
| 25 | Speyside in the Highlands is home to the malt whisky industry — the top of the range Scotches that attract a fanatical following among whisky buffs . |
| 26 | Restlessly , she got up and went into Nina 's office where a small black-and-white television sat on top of the filing cabinets . |
| 27 | The second series established Pemberley near the top of the TV ratings . |
| 28 | In the morning the two sides shared the four Foursomes matches but therein hides a tale of powerful enough to displace Neighbours at the top of the TV ratings . |
| 29 | Every boy charters a hansom and the spectacle of a mite of ten or twelve years , with stick and blue ribbon bow complete , gravely trying to fold his arms on top of the hansom doors above which scarcely more than his top hat is visible is an amusing one … |
| 30 | Wright 's winner against his old club needed no hyperbole and was arguably THE highlight of a soccer-saturated weekend when Sky 's £304 million alliance with the BBC clearly came top of the entertainment stakes , if not the viewing figures . |