Example sentences of "[verb] at [det] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The youngsters each could carry one end of a staff with two hives swinging in thick bags in the centre , while Ruari carried a second pole with a skep slung at each end . |
| 2 | Enthusiasts aged 11 and over can be introduced to Superghosts , in which letters can be added at either end of the word . |
| 3 | Well but I mean that 's an example and as I say at this end where you 've no arousal you 're either asleep or dead , there 's no sort of performance performance of any sort and we talk about having those butterflies in the stomach do n't we ? |
| 4 | Bells were rung at either end of a conversation to signal the beginning and end of the call . |
| 5 | I watched it grow at each end , slowly , like a negative developing in the reflected light of the zebra . |
| 6 | When the best signal is obtained , the optical fibre could be secured at each end using PVC tape . |
| 7 | There are two forms of logical shift , which differ in what happens at each end of the binary pattern . |
| 8 | Bevan favoured Barnes 's route ; it was shorter , cheaper and , despite the lock climbs at each end , less complicated than Telford 's . |
| 9 | erm Now , perhaps we come back to what can we do at this end , and I think Friends of the Earth has done an excellent job in bringing it to peoples ' attention that large areas of tropical forest are being destroyed at roughly the rate of 0.7 or 0.8 percent of the forest each year , erm and they , you know I 'm in agreement with them on the fact that forest is disappearing , it 's dangerous in many places , it 's catastrophic in some , for instance , particularly in West Africa , the clearing that 's gone on in the Ivory Coast is pretty disastrous , and erm there are indications that the West African strip of forest along the strip of the West African Coast by removing that you 're going to make not only that area slightly drier , but mainly the northern areas of those countries , and the drier , so it may well affect climate . |
| 10 | Essentially the string galvanometer consisted of a coil of copper wire , connected at either end to two electrodes , and string hanging down within the coil to which was attached a small magnetized mirror . |
| 11 | At the beginning of the 19th century this design was replaced by a convex sauce-boat with a ring handle on the lid , scroll handles at each end and standing in four feet . |
| 12 | It 's a geodesic shape with two longer poles running diagonally across the frame of the tent and two shorter poles arched at either end . |
| 13 | The UN closed Sarajevo airport , a vital aid lifeline for the Bosnian capital 's 380,000 population , after shells exploded at either end of the runway during fighting yesterday . |
| 14 | If we aggregate together everyone in that ‘ dependent ’ age group , i.e. , those below the age of 16 and above pensionable ages remembering the heaviest demands on services are made at each end of the age range , the percentage of dependants to total UK population has indeed remained remarkably stable throughout this century — 30 per cent in 1901 , 36 per cent in 1951 , 41 per cent in 1977 — and it is likely to remain so for the remainder of the century ; it is projected to be 40 per cent in 2001 ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 21 ; table 5.4 ) . |
| 15 | Toll houses were positioned at either end and tolls continued to be collected until 1873 . |
| 16 | Now we have two wonderful sightscreens , and to make matters worse they have been positioned at either end of the ground . |
| 17 | Partly due to this , the long end of the yield curve has been rather stable in the UK , and the need to hedge at this end of the term structure was diminished . |
| 18 | I do n't look at this end of the market very often , so it is a bit of an eye-opener for me regarding the amount of controls there are for changing the sound . |
| 19 | Single poles are used at either end to convert the Tube into a high profile bivi tent . |
| 20 | Seesaws should be properly cushioned at each end — tyres are ideal . |
| 21 | Rusticated masonry arches stand at each end of the bridge , which is now used only for farm access . |
| 22 | One useful tip is that , towards the end when there are few chairs left , have two children or adults stand at either end of the room . |
| 23 | The boot comprised a squared box covered in thick leather bound at each end with iron , measuring about two and a half feet in length and four inches square at the ends . |
| 24 | The platform steps were of the fixed type and roller blind destination boxes were mounted at each end above the upper deck rails . |
| 25 | Now turn to the sleeve material which has to be sealed from fraying at each end . |
| 26 | Most nematodes have a cylindrical form , tapering at either end , and the body is covered by a colourless , somewhat translucent , layer , the cuticle . |
| 27 | Advertisements may be found at either end of a book , but occur much more often at the back . |
| 28 | Now tell me what what you 've got one at a time , starting at this end . |
| 29 | Once the connection is made ( and it must be said at this point that the parallel connection is far and away the faster of the two possibles ) a program rejoicing in the highly descriptive name of ‘ FX ’ must be run at either end of the link . |
| 30 | The ‘ headlands ’ , where the horses or tractors turn at either end of the ridges , constitute too large a proportion of a smallholder 's roots field to be allowed to lie fallow , but they can not be cultivated and sown until the inter-row hoeing is completed . |