upper circle BrE

He tapped the small upper circle of the figure eight.

He must have been sitting here, at the very end of the row, where the upper circle met the wall.

Don't they mean it's lower, rather than the upper circle?

Ten minutes later, we had scored five tickets for seats in the upper circle.

Three domed alcoves sit along either side of the upper circle.

We were in the upper circle and could see fine :-) though cheaper tickets would be great, it does seem worth the price.

She pointed at the upper circle, at the point where the top layer joined the wall.

This announcement was met with vehement applause from the upper circles of the house.

And it is time that denial of its existence in the upper circles of government stopped.

The new auditorium had two tiers leaving three levels: stalls, dress, and upper circle.

There was some trouble with the follow-spot attached to the balcony rail of the upper circle.

This was probably achieved more through ties to the upper circles than through scientific merit.

New frescos for the lobby and upper circle were commissioned and put in place.

But she could be seated anywhere - the stalls, the dress circle, even the upper circle.

The Upper Circle is the centre's food court.

One long term staff member, trapped in the upper circle during a blackout, was led to safety by the distinctive outline of a monk.

Far above him in the upper circle of the City the noon bell tolled out the measure of the daylight.

The same straps secured his shoulder blades and neck, to prevent his head from striking the upper circle.

A few Afro-Panamanians broke into the upper circle.

She moved in the "upper circle".

Cloudland also had an upper circle of tiered seating which overlooked the floor and stage.

This upper circle supported a huge carboy.

So as they come out into the upper circles they hear the dreadful shriek of the Nazgul's end.

His background was privileged; and as a successful CPA, he moved easily in the upper circles of the community.

The arrow hammered home in the upper circle of purple and instantly the colour changed, flowing from the wound as golden light.