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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alone the top" is not correct in written English
It seems to be a misphrasing and does not convey a clear meaning. Example: "He stood alone at the top of the mountain, enjoying the view."
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In Salt Lake City alone, the top seed (Gonzaga), the third seed (New Mexico) and the eighth seed (Pittsburgh) went down.
This weekend alone the top 12 movies took in $90.2 million, an increase of 7percentt over the same weekend in 2006.
With trips to Chelsea, Everton and Stoke in their next three away games and a match at the Etihad to round off their season, they may do well to finish in the top six, let alone the top three.
It is a solid team, but not one to inspire – attendances at Villa Park are falling – nor one likely to break into the top six, let alone the top four.
In Germany, where attitudes towards sexuality have long been laxer, the expressionist drawings in the literary magazine the Amethyst, to which Kafka subscribed, just don't qualify as "porn", let alone the "top shelf" variety that Hawes discerns.
I can't believe that the top management of the Deutsch agency, let alone the top management of Volkswagen, would feature in a commercial a dad who should be playing croquet — no dig meant to the game; I used to adore it — rather than attempt to teach his son the (im proper technique to throw a ball.
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Only after Stein finally retired in 1973 did Wasserman stand alone at the top of MCA.
China alone occupies the top tier.
I'm working alone on the top floor.
They are no longer alone at the top of a demanding world market.
Nor is Mr. Clinton alone in the top niche of highly paid speakers.
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