1.   At the very top of the hierarchy, elite recruitment shows the most social closure.

2.   At the very top of the workforce, the United States is both the most skilled and by far the highest paid.

3.   Gilly dragged a heavy stuffed chair backward to the shelf and climbed up on the very top of its back.

4.   In addition, there is still considerable social closure and self-recruitment at the very top of the occupational structure.

5.   Perhaps, mused the pundits, he is needed now - at the very top.

6.   The book I wanted was at the very top of the pile.

7.   These berries, plump and sweet, grew on the bushes near the very top of the mountain.

8.   We still do not have enough women at the very top.

9.   The house was built at the very top of the hill.