Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] to an end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The itinerant ticker of classic gritstone , steeped in the lure and legend of this most elemental of climbing forms , must sooner or later come to an end of the unusual circuit of well-publicised , polished testpieces and crowded crags . |
| 2 | Le Monde of Oct. 5 , 1989 , reported that Parliament had approved a law allowing the establishment of local private television stations and thereby bringing to an end the state broadcasting monopoly . |
| 3 | His legal advisers are anxious to establish a functioning police and judiciary system so that Somalis can begin to administer themselves — and thus bring to an end the violent anarchy that has caused the death from famine of up to 400,000 people . |
| 4 | She sat quietly , however , until the music found its way into calmer waters and then came to an end . |
| 5 | At a roadside cottage at the end of the village ( a former toll bar ) , a narrow lane turns off the main road to the left and continues beyond a crossroads and the old railway track to start a long climb on the side of Casterton Fell and ultimately come to an end at Bullpot Farm . |
| 6 | ( According to the so-called " linking rule " , a spell of employment lasting less than this time is considered an interruption to a single spell of unemployment , whilst a spell of employment lasting longer than this but then coming to an end opens up a new spell of unemployment . ) |