on top of

“I spent all off-season and spring trying to hit low liners and ground balls,” Muncy said earlier this year, “to try and be on top of the ball.”

You have to express the oil from the skin on top of the drink and then rub it on the lip, and drop it in, and you've got a perfect, beautiful martini.

Nevertheless, the figure United would miss out on is eye-watering and would be bound to impact on their transfer strategy, on top of reducing the attractiveness of joining the Old Trafford outfit in the first place.

Wendy English, director of Second Chance, said on average 20 families used the service each day and, "on top of bills and food, people just can't afford clothing".

On top of customary payments, either for services rendered or monthly per-member allotments, the medical practices receive bonuses for meeting targets or improving their performance on core measures.