Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that one of the reasons why it took longer than one would have wished was that the emergency services went to the inappropriate end of the tunnel , further away from the train , and had to be redirected to the other end , which gave easier access to the two trains . |
| 2 | This tends to be skewed towards the favoured end and you should aim to be at the front of the bulge . |
| 3 | The Orc army destroyed a small scouting force of Dwarfs who were unlucky enough to be caught at the eastern end of the pass . |
| 4 | Leaving the track a pathless beeline may be made for the lower end of the trees , there ascending a short way to find Yordas Cave . |
| 5 | Planning and Co-ordination Minister Samuel Doria Medina admitted in late September that final decisions on companies to be sold in the defence area would not be made until the very end of Zamora 's mandate ; presidential and congressional elections were scheduled for June 6 , 1993 . |
| 6 | Nigel Rolnis found out … and in April he 'll be looking at the other end of the market , £6,000 . |
| 7 | The consequences of these same changes can also be seen at the other end of the life course , in old age . |
| 8 | This was the kind of language that used to be attributed to the sharper end of the second-hand book world . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In the case of mouth , if one knew what an animal 's mouth was , and one were to hear , for the first time , a reference to the mouth of a river , I surmise that there would be little difficulty in construing the meaning ; but suppose one were familiar only with mouth used to refer to the mouth of a river , and one heard a reference to the horse 's mouth , it is by no means certain that one 's attention would be directed to the appropriate end of the horse ! |
| 14 | Whereas it is right to make sure that the value of the basic state pension is preserved for all income brackets we believe that any extra resources should be directed to the poorer end . |
| 15 | As before , any shaping must be conducted at the opposite end of the knitting to the carriage . |
| 16 | The original model required a special bracket to be fitted to the aft end of the cockpit coaming . |
| 17 | The jobs questions can also be tackled from the other end : by negotiating more flexibility over the short term contracts provided both by the university and by outside research sponsorships . |
| 18 | Both the DMM Mamba and the HB Hooker are available open-ended so that a standard karabiner can be attached at the other end . |