11.   Plagued from the top by owners who were broke or fraudulent or uninterested or a seedy combination of all three, the Islanders kept falling short of the playoffs.

12.   Sainsbury has gone some way towards restoring its place at the top by opening a bank in a joint venture with the Bank of Scotland.

13.   Right, a cashmere-wrapped top by Toledo.

14.   Scraire hopes to come out on top by moving money outside Canada, investing more in private equities and less in publicly-traded companies.

15.   That has meant that until now, most women could only make it to the top by sacrificing family life.

16.   The half-Honduran, half-Mexican comic has risen to the top by calling it like he sees it.

17.   The trade is almost completely monopolized by Somalis, in particular at the top by a few individuals in the faction of Mohammad Farah Aidid.

18.   The wall is pierced at the top by a wedge-shaped sign, illuminated with the Reuters name.

19.   Utterly inexperienced in government of course, and really, really terribly arrogant he was, trying to start at the top by becoming a senator like that.

20.   A tie will give second place Liverpool a chance to jump to the top by beating Leeds at home.