Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the [adj] end [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approach is typified by Mackay , who has argued that because injury reduction was more realistic in the short term than accident prevention , one should think of the front end of a car ‘ primarily as a structure with which to hit a pedestrian ’ . |
| 2 | The inflated snobbery of purchasing a ritual traditionally reserved for those of a higher social rank did not appear until the very end of the eighteenth century ; conversely , it was a dissatisfied middle class which , towards the close of the nineteenth century , ushered in a less complicated and confusing street procession . |
| 3 | Further proposals on rules of origin were tabled on Sept. 28 by Hong Kong and by the USA-in the latter case involving work in the CCC and later in GATT on a timetable which would run past the proposed end of the Uruguay Round . |
| 4 | By the time I 'd run to the other end of the same streets , I was passing Jackie Onassis ’ front door and unbelievable opulence . |
| 5 | When you first start out you should stick to the lower end of your aerobic range ( 60 per cent ) until you feel comfortable with it . |
| 6 | And when the platform emptied , he could see at the very end of it , a forlorn figure sitting all by herself . |
| 7 | Having three or more moles greater than five millimetres in diameter ( ones you can not cover with the blunt end of a pencil ) ; |
| 8 | Our sportsdesk can detect from the far end of a crease someone who has gone through life under the impression that Bodyline may refer to a one-piece undergarment . |
| 9 | we 're not eating in the back room , he can get stuffed , we 'll eat in the posh end for a change Jul , like we did last time |
| 10 | Meanwhile Crowe , who had been watching the carnage unfold from the other end with increasing horror , unfurled some strokes of class in an attempt to ease the situation . |
| 11 | As it has been shown in the present study , the normal squamous columnar junction does not correspond to the distal end of the lower oesophageal sphincter , and it is located in the midportion of this sphincter , at a mean distance of 17 mm from its distal end measured by manometry . |
| 12 | 2 ) In the relationship of " hole " to " block " two touching faces indicate a through hole , if the faces do not relate to the same end of the hole . |
| 13 | His composure would vanish , his grey eyes would shift around the room and , muttering something about antibiotics , he would disappear to the other end of the room , where some hours later he would be discovered at some local worthy 's side , discussing parking problems at Waitrose with the quiet authority of a great physician . |
| 14 | On this day we would come to the other end of the running spectrum , to the fastest men and women on earth whose triumphs would depend upon mere hundredths of a second in the 100 metres . |
| 15 | 681 ( fig. 35 ) , a little earlier than these last ( which must belong to the very end of the century ) , is exceptional in being very large and in having the virtuosity deliberately played down , flattened out , in an attempt which could hardly be quite successful to monumentalise the type . |
| 16 | First , in the case of the ideal black hole we have been talking about , our spaceship and its crew might indeed travel to the far end of the Universe — but in the form of a spray of raw energy . |
| 17 | SERAFIN : Was it — let's start at the heavy end of the scale — was it a moment of ecstasy ? |
| 18 | My bedroom , for instance , had a ghost that used to come through it every night — it was n't a visible ghost but it was audible — and I used to see the door open at the other end of the room when I was in bed and then would hear this ‘ clunk clunk ’ … . |
| 19 | After an interview with Gedge , it wrote : ‘ The band know that out there lie thousands who would fight to the bitter end for The Wedding Present 's name to be unblemished … |
| 20 | ‘ The sort of people who can afford handcrafted learning toys do n't shop at the wrong end of the Pimlico Road . ’ |