Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] that end " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish him luck in the negotiations that he will vigorously pursue towards that end . |
| 2 | The teacher 's business is to induce learning and the techniques that are used have to work to that end . |
| 3 | ‘ Its success can only be ensured by a maximum effort from all those willing and able to work to that end . |
| 4 | In these capital-market-based systems long-term horizontal linkages , other than of cross-ownership or predatory behaviour oriented towards that end ( or associated strategies ) , are rare . |
| 5 | So there 's not a great deal we can do about that end of , of our responsibilities . |
| 6 | Similarly , the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany argued that a member state might legitimately adopt appropriate criteria with regard to the grant of flag rights in order to safeguard the objectives of the Community system of fishing quotas ; it considered that , if necessary , the criteria adopted to that end might be contrary to the E.E.C . |
| 7 | Nationality and residence constituted criteria which a member state might legitimately employ to that end . |
| 8 | But it 's moving towards that end , where , do it or else . |
| 9 | I could n't tell what to put in that end column . |
| 10 | Contemporary breakthroughs in nuclear science depend on large funding and on the construction of elaborate institutions geared to that end , which in turn depend on political decisions , not those of the neutral scientist in the laboratory . |
| 11 | Get on that end . |
| 12 | To do these effectively you need either an abdominal board which can be used on an incline , or a plank with one end raised on bricks and a piece of rope tied to that end to hook your feet underneath . |
| 13 | The lugubrious publican had seen it as his job to repel strangers and had employed to that end an impressive armoury of taciturnity , malevolent glances , warm beer and poor service . |
| 14 | The powers of the directors are to be employed to that end . |
| 15 | It follows from this reasoning that a company law focussed on the public interest should define management duties exclusively in terms of profit maximisation and should more generally provide a legal framework orientated towards that end . |
| 16 | However , most drama activity should not be seen as leading to a polished end product ; even where this is the result , the most significant educational value of the activity will often have been found in the process that led to that end product . |
| 17 | ‘ In my view , the criterion applied by the court in the B. & Q. judgment , according to which an obstacle to intra-Community trade may not exceed what is necessary for the attainment of the objective pursued , reflects both aspects of the criterion of necessity : the restrictive national legislation is relevant with regard to the objective pursued , since it is necessary for the attainment of that objective and has therefore been enacted with that end in view ; the legislation may not go beyond what is necessary for the attainment of that objective , which implies that a less restrictive alternative is not available . |
| 18 | Go in that end bedroom and feel the bed ! |
| 19 | You 'd like to see the back of me , and all your actions are directed towards that end . |
| 20 | At the eastern end of the Brentford Road was Stamford Brook Lane , turning northward and Chiswick Lane leading southward to Mawson Lane and the riverside houses opposite to the Eyot ( or Ait ) , in turn leading back to St. Nicholas Church , Fishermen 's Place and Church Street , at the other end of which was Pages Yard and Lord Burlington 's Lane , with Chiswick Square on the south side and Hogarth Lane extending from that end of Mawson Lane , linking Little Sutton with that area via Barrowgate Lane . |
| 21 | They would n't come in that end . |
| 22 | Much effort by the Education Services Department has been expended to that end . |
| 23 | Evolutionary motivation , in all its complexity , is primarily directed to that end . |
| 24 | The most significant attitudes are those which either involve , or consist in , the kind of serious wishes that certain things should be done or left undone , which , in appropriate circumstances , will produce actual actions directed to that end . |
| 25 | The year 's end might seem a long way off but the minute-by-minute activities of a Profitboss are always directed to that end and the interim end-results required to achieve it . |
| 26 | The duke himself , meanwhile , wanted to establish himself in the north as quickly and as fully as possible , and control of the Neville affinity offered one means to that end . |
| 27 | The duke himself , meanwhile , wanted to establish himself in the north as quickly and as fully as possible , and control of the Neville affinity offered one means to that end . |
| 28 | As many as possible would cluster at that end , and the stalls would thin out quickly as one went northwards away from the abbey towards the open country , with all its dangers for the peaceful trader . |
| 29 | ‘ Is Mrs Cliburn sitting at that end of the room ? ’ |
| 30 | It has been suggested that the prevalent west and south-west winds tend to set up a longshore drift towards Portland , so that the majority of coarse material accumulates at that end . |