Example sentences of "have ended with the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A CAREER of 36 years devoted to the wine and spirit industry in Scotland , and to the development of the distilling firm of Matthew Gloag and Son , has ended with the death of Alick Sherriff , its deputy chairman .
2 Otherwise every scrum would have ended with the scrum-halves and both sets of forwards wallowing in the mire with little chance of the ball every seeing daylight .
3 Hardline resistance to Mr Gaidar and his shock therapy programme , which conservatives say is sending millions into beggary , will not have ended with the vote in the Grand Kremlin Palace and is likely to move back on to the streets with more rabble-rousing in coming months .
4 ANYONE who thought that naughty fun-and-games in the Japanese stockmarket had ended with the wave of securities scandals two years ago needs to think again .
5 The previous war had ended with the country unprepared for the transition from war to peace : ‘ The plan was not there .
6 The trial of Sir Terence and the charges against Sir Joh were indicative of the depth of corruption associated with the National Party 's 30 years in office in Queensland which had ended with the party 's electoral defeat in 1989 .
7 The duke 's initial influence in the region had rested on his role as caretaker of the Herbert hegemony and had ended with the readjustments which followed Edward 's return in 1471 .
8 The duke 's initial influence in the region had rested on his role as caretaker of the Herbert hegemony and had ended with the readjustments which followed Edward 's return in 1471 .
9 On three separate occasions before the war he had taken part in manoeuvres dedicated to the capture of Verdun , and each had ended with the conclusion that the attack would have to be made simultaneously on both banks to obviate the danger of flanking fire .
10 Development workers in the towns of Sashemene and Sodo ( 200 and 280 km south of Addis Ababa respectively ) reported that looting which had started on May 21 had ended with the arrival of EPRDF troops in early June .
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