Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] at [adj] end " in BNC.

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1 Pausanias does not consider the authorship of the metopes , but the difference of approach we noticed between the two groups corresponds so exactly to the difference between the gables that we can safely postulate one designer for the sculptures at each end of the building ; but can it be one man who designed both ?
2 Montgomery Square turned out to be in that part of Pimlico which has not yet become fashionable again , though some of the houses at one end appeared to be newly painted .
3 Many of the vertebrates at either end of the world carry resident populations of feather lice , mites and other ecto-parasites that breed on the body ; nestbreeding fleas and ticks are understandably less prominent in high latitudes , where nest material is minimal .
4 A partition and hinged door closed off the head of the stairs at each end .
5 Seating on the upper deck was two and two , with a single seat near the head of the stairs at each end .
6 To name the top line , simply letter all the corners of the hexagon , ( any letters will do ) , and name the line with the letters at each end of it .
7 What communication is there in the tunnel with the signalmen at either end ?
8 A changeover switch for conduit/overhead was fixed under the stairs at each end of the car .
9 A long , narrow corridor of stone with a portcullis at each end , it was designed to render an invading force helpless once they had entered its confines , when both grilles would be dropped .
10 This is no easy task when it is aimed at an entire work force and when the normal reading habits of the employees may range from The Times at one end to The Sun at the other .
11 And there seemed an almost endless queue of freighters , tankers and oreships waiting in the roads at each end , some at anchor , some jostling politely for the lock entrances .
12 ) Tie knots in the cords at one end , and if using pencil pleat tape trim the tape only to within 1.5cm ( ½in ) of knot .
13 Next , for a four foot tank , an uplift should be fitted to the plate(s) at either end in the back corner .
14 Secondly , we have little information on the sites at each end of the trackways , since only scatters of flints have been found on the higher , drier , islands and uplands .
15 Occasionally , knowing that all but two fieldsmen must patrol the area within the 30-yard circle centred around the stumps at each end , they chip the ball over their heads into the ‘ no-mans 's land ’ beyond them .
16 This pressure is manifest in the gentle coercion of the baby by the parents at one end of the scale to the severe treatment of recalcitrant children and adult criminals at the other .
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