1.   Not the upper upper echelons, but Digby level echelons.

2.   The days of the upper echelon are over.

3.   The nobility of Savoy was also closely linked to the upper echelons of the clergy.

4.   This insoluble predicament was the source of the Decay, corruption and mounting tension evident within the upper echelons of the regime.

5.   We heard stories of corruption in the upper echelons of the firm.

6.   There were also wide-ranging personnel changes in the upper echelons of the armed forces and the police.

7.   The SS were recruiting gifted young scholars for their upper echelons.

8.   The divide has been bridged in a number of ways, one being shadow Cabinet elections putting people like Tom Clarke or John Prescott into the upper echelons.

9.   It said the decision was wrong and accused Mr Hussey of an error of judgment which had raised questions about the upper echelons of the BBC.