Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [art] [adj] end " in BNC.
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1 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
2 | Sir Charles Sherrington argued that the evolution of neuronal integration of reflexes concerned with movement gave rise to large ganglia situated at the front end of mobile animals , for that is where the sense organs develop . |
3 | The first person in each team is given a balloon and has to blow it down the room over tape placed at the other end without touching it . |
4 | Lido di Camaiore lies at the northern end of Viareggio , next to Marina di Pietrasanta , in the most fashionable part of the Tuscan coast . |
5 | The Coroner was in his early forties , a gaunt , greying man , with thick spectacles perched at the very end of his nose . |
6 | There had been a cancellation so two seats would be available on a Tarom flight five days hence with a Romanian Automobile Club hire car waiting at the other end . |
7 | The lower — rough gravel and during the winter months flooded at the far end . |
8 | We now have to pass the wire all the way through the sleeve so that its bend or fold emerges at the other end . |
9 | The manufacture of the 12 ton covered wagon underframe commenced at the eastern end of the shop , with assembly of the headstocks , diagonals , and longitudes in a fixture ; these were then riveted by pneumatic rivet machines . |
10 | At eleven o'clock the big Volvo appeared at the far end of the hangar and drove slowly towards him , coming to a stop with its engine running forty feet away . |
11 | Flinging it wide , she made to thrust the other woman from the house , only to be brought up short by the sight of two gentlemen standing at the other end of the long covered porch . |
12 | The frequency of political discussions rose sharply between the pre-campaign week and the final campaign , but then it continued to rise steadily throughout the campaign to peak at the very end . |
13 | it creates extra communication problems , since top management is more remote from the work done at the bottom end of the organisation , and information tends to get distorted or blocked on its way up or down through the organisation hierarchy ; |
14 | Attached to the bottom of the betalite , which is encased in a plastic tube for protection , is a length of braided terylene tied at the other end to my back rod-rest , so that when I strike the indicator pulls off and drops to the ground . |
15 | Such eminent builders as Conrad Graf ( 1782–1851 ) and Johann Fritz ( active between 1810 and 1825 ) used the Walter type of check , the single batten sprung at the treble end . |
16 | A couple of minutes later , she heard footsteps approaching at the other end of the line . |
17 | A hound spoke at the far end of the wood . |
18 | ‘ Indeed … ’ began Wu Shih , then stopped , turning as his Chancellor appeared at the far end of the gallery . |
19 | A large man and a small boy appeared at the other end of the platform : she hobbled on her heels , humping her heavy suitcase , towards them . |
20 | Roscarrock Hall stood at the southern end of the village of Polruan , occupying several acres of terraced fields , outbuildings and woodland . |
21 | The Upper Mill stood at the western end of the village , and was always a corn mill . |
22 | The junction lies at the far end of Junction 6 of the M6 , Gravelly Hill Interchange or Spaghetti Junction , the most complicated motorway interchange in Britain , offering freeflow routes between the M6 , A38M and A5127 and also linking in various local roads . |
23 | The clamped end of the system is then vibrated laterally at a given frequency v and the amplitude of the vibration induced at the free end of the sample is recorded . |
24 | Easily Accessible : The village of Raskelf is a rural community lying at the northern end of the Vale of York , a few miles from the Hambleton Hills which form the southern edge of the North York Moors . |
25 | but Hans Segers at the other end had a busier first half as United piled forward … |
26 | His room lay at the very end of the corridor , beyond the locked doors of closets and bedrooms and attic steps . |
27 | As well as engineering this link , James Brindley also built the Staffordshire and Worcestershire ( or Wolverhampton ) Canal connecting at the other end with the Severn . |
28 | Very soon after , a file of malai troops passed at the other end of the road . |
29 | I sat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other end . |
30 | A sharp click sounded at the other end of the line and a voice muttered something . |