Example sentences of "be [prep] the receiving [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her husband and children can really be in the receiving end of her mood changes , and directly affected by her energy levels and lack of knowledge about good nutrition . |
| 2 | You did n't have to be a client or a famous face to be on the receiving end . |
| 3 | What it felt like to be on the receiving end of such operations and the hammering which the landscape endured in those early years of the nineteenth century are painfully conveyed by another poet whose roots were in the East Midlands . |
| 4 | This is often best done in conjunction with those who are going to be on the receiving end of an appraisal interview . |
| 5 | Fail to control your work boundaries and you will assuredly be on the receiving end , like Margaret , of endless inappropriate delegation , buck passing and management by inertia . |
| 6 | A commonplace fault among schedule designers , as mentioned earlier , is not thinking enough about what it is like to be on the receiving end of the questions . |
| 7 | The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved . |
| 8 | I hope this article has given you some insight into what it 's like to be on the receiving end of your cichlid queries . |
| 9 | On the other there was the undoubted fact that we would be on the receiving end . |
| 10 | FOR the first half of the year you should have plenty of attack , although you may be on the receiving end of a show of force . |
| 11 | The largest accounting firms could be on the receiving end of proposed new penalties to prevent abuse of market power including fines of up to 10% of turnover — if they are found to be using predatory pricing . |
| 12 | ‘ But I would never set out to hurt anybody because I know what it 's like to be on the receiving end . ’ |
| 13 | Talk show hosts can also be on the receiving end of questions . |
| 14 | Some LEAs are in the process of major reorganization themselves , so that heads can be on the receiving end of a stream of directives and initiatives that contradict and countermand each other quicker than they can be assimilated . |
| 15 | While from the Secretary of State for Education downwards , they feel themselves to be on the receiving end of all kinds of unfair accusations . |
| 16 | Third , and finally , while it is true that the impact of all policies must be subjected to careful scrutiny , it is clearly particularly important to give attention to what it feels like to be on the receiving end of social policy . |
| 17 | Ten years ago , evidence of the gap between organisations and members was generally hailed , on the left , as a conflict between stodgy bureaucrats and heroic workers ; today , the left is likely to be on the receiving end of complaints about unresponsiveness , paternalism and manipulation . |
| 18 | Today it was my turn to be on the receiving end . |
| 19 | But he does n't remain despairing for long : anger soon reasserts itself , and I 'm certain I would n't like to be on the receiving end of a truly hostile glare from those eyes . |
| 20 | It was about time he learned how it felt to be on the receiving end for a change . |
| 21 | I know how it feels to be on the receiving end of that . |
| 22 | Instead , she felt frozen by a sense of desolation that she would never be on the receiving end of such a display of warmth from Guido . |
| 23 | It was her turn to be on the receiving end of that angry glare . |
| 24 | She knew then , as he stared at her icily that she was going to be on the receiving end of a straightforward , ‘ Not , ’ at any moment now . |
| 25 | While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support . |
| 26 | While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support . |
| 27 | ‘ There could be a final twist in the promotion trail and we do n't want to be on the receiving end . |
| 28 | Next Saturday , Jackson could be on the receiving end of a hammering from Christie , when the pair meet over 60m at the national indoor championships in Birmingham . |