Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new Church of England Church had also been erected at the southern end of Sutton Lane , and was named St. Michael 's as the money for it had been realised by the sale of St. Michael 's Church in Burleigh Street , London , which had been associated with St. Martins-in-the-Fields . |
| 2 | At its top the uterus is two inches across , and from each side come the fallopian tubes , themselves about 4½ inches in length , which serve as the channel down which the ovum travels from the ovaries , which are situated at the far end of the fallopian tubes . |
| 3 | The vineyards of Mailly-Champagne are situated at the northern end of the village on fairly flat ground where they fare exceptionally well . |
| 4 | Four cottage almshouses had been built at the eastern end of Strand-on-the-Green , in the first half of the eighteenth century , and dedicated ‘ for Ye use of Ye poor of Chiswick for ever ’ . |
| 5 | In order to avoid this ‘ skin deep ’ quality , in the central atrium the brickwork of the original party wall between the buildings has been preserved at the eastern end of this space to the full height and width of the block . |
| 6 | First , a gap had been found at the bottom end of the market , conveying ( or transferring ) small terraced houses with local authority mortgages . |
| 7 | Carrington was directed to a nearby farmhouse where ‘ a tall , dark German airman had been arrested at the sharp end of a pitchfork ’ to find only another crowd of excited neighbours and a labourer called Davie Maclean who was getting fed up with the whole affair . |
| 8 | The Orc army destroyed a small scouting force of Dwarfs who were unlucky enough to be caught at the eastern end of the pass . |
| 9 | The consequences of these same changes can also be seen at the other end of the life course , in old age . |
| 10 | I can quote you three particular instances where farmers have rung in with good information only to be told at the other end of the phone what the bloody hell have you rung us for and they 've got nothing within the local police whatsoever . |
| 11 | The Stock Exchange does not provide a class distribution according to size of holdings , yet the 23 per cent of shareholders who own stock valued at less than £500 are unlikely to be found at the upper end of the income scale . |
| 12 | A circular type known as Clava tombs can be found at the northern end of the Great Glen , many without an entrance , which would seem to signify that each was used only once and then sealed . |
| 13 | The oral papillae are slightly flattened and the distalmost papillae may be widened at the free end or in some specimens larger than the others almost opercular . |
| 14 | As before , any shaping must be conducted at the opposite end of the knitting to the carriage . |
| 15 | Both the DMM Mamba and the HB Hooker are available open-ended so that a standard karabiner can be attached at the other end . |
| 16 | In Nucella , this has only been observed at the upper end of the scale . |
| 17 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 18 | Under the Conservative government , as noted , the tax system became less progressive , with the major reductions being made at the top end of the tax range and there were increases in national insurance and the nonprogressive indirect taxes . |
| 19 | The Interactive product , picked up when Sun acquired that part of Eastman-Kodak Co 's Unix subsidiary , is now being pushed at the lower end of the Intel marketplace and further iterations will appear , though not a Unix SVR4 version . |
| 20 | Several hundred dryads were clustered at the other end of the hall . |
| 21 | Only the hide-covered penthouse was occupied , and the three men in that were jammed at the opposite end , craning to watch the brilliant theatre ; the exchange at the gates upon which their survival depended . |
| 22 | The immigration office is located at the eastern end of the main port authority building ( Edificio Junta del Porto ) . |
| 23 | An Orc army is defeated at the western end of Mad Dog Pass by Dwarfs led by Duregar . |
| 24 | A kitchen is positioned at the opposite end of the dining saloon . |
| 25 | The Chaconne for a Chinese Man and woman … is written at the other end of the volume … no music has been found for the ‘ Grand Dance of Twenty-four Persons ’ at the end of the [ Fifth ] Act ) ; in [ the ] MS there is no break between Hymen 's solo ‘ Love ne'er had yet– and the short Trio ‘ They shall be [ as ] happy ’ ( where , according to the Libretto , the Dance should take place ) , and it seems therefore possible that it was omitted in performance . |
| 26 | I would still however consider that the stop north of Scotmid would be a little closer to Low 's shop then the next stop once it is relocated at the southern end of St Patrick Square . |
| 27 | Projecting from the handle is an iron bar , somewhat twisted and corroded , which is curved at the broken end to form part of a semicircle . |
| 28 | The rig change is done at the very end of the turn which will involve a few seconds of clew first sailing |
| 29 | This is reversed at the opposite end , however : 11.5 per cent of men and only 6.2 per cent of women gained thirds ( Universities Statistical Record ) . |
| 30 | Although some developers provide low cost or rented housing within their schemes , the majority of housing is aimed at the upper end of the market thus setting in motion a house price spiral which effectively freezes the locals out of home ownership . |