take from the top

“Eventually it might change, or it might not. Pretty much wide-open every shot I take from the top of the key or the wing.”

“It’s about a lot more than tricks. It’s about line choice and which route you take from the top to the bottom of the mountain.”

Meanwhile, the UK government's tax take from the top 92 professional football clubs in 2014-15 was roughly £1.5bn, up from £1.4 billion the previous season.

One singular proof of Lincoln’s nervousness was in the fact that he had forgotten to take from the top of his ear a long, black lead pencil, which occasionally threatened to shoot out at the audience.

If the tax take from the top rate turns out to be small following the chancellor's review, there will be a strong case for abolishing it before the election - if Labour oppose this they will be painted as a party of higher tax and lower aspirations.