Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [art] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | I SHALL be so sorry to see the end of the florin . |
| 2 | Since the Tsar was already an ally against Germany , it was politically inconvenient to demand an end to anti-semitism in Russia . |
| 3 | The leading crews are due to reach the end of their voyage at Southampton on Sunday . |
| 4 | But the other quarter — the professional bit — is so relieved to see the end of that ghastly place that it ca n't help rejoicing in a perverse sort of way . ’ |
| 5 | I also reminded her of her predictions concerning Lord Lovat and herself , and that I hoped very much to see the end of the campaign in Normandy and looked forward to meeting her again in the Highlands . |
| 6 | Ropes and wires are fairly simple to test since it is easy to grip the ends by winding them round the barrel of a winch or capstan . |
| 7 | Given the culture in some countries , such as Germany , where banks readily give subsidised loans to industries in which they have a stake , it seems impossible to put an end to them . |
| 8 | So to my mind , er the , the people dare dance should have been yourselves er I mean some years ago where your jobs are very secure , you knew that you were likely to see the end of the term in e e employed . |
| 9 | Because as I ask him some question about women , wine or wit Dudley Moore is busy chewing his nails until they might well bleed , it does n't seem too rude to mention the ends of his fingertips . |
| 10 | The music wanders on , it is hard to tell the end of one phrase from the beginning of another , and the theme loses shape and becomes unmemorable . |
| 11 | More information was to be obtained on offenders , and their backgrounds , in order that the courts might select methods of disposal ‘ most likely to achieve the ends of justice in relation to the individual offender ’ . |
| 12 | A " yes " vote , he said , would " make it possible to put an end to the devastating processes taking place in our society [ i.e. the continuing rivalry and conflict between the republics and centre ] and make a resolute turn towards the restoration of normal conditions of life and work " . |
| 13 | It is useful to bind the ends with drafting tape to avoid accidents ! |
| 14 | In the country 's largest demonstration since the early 1980s , an estimated 30,000 protesters gathered in Berne , the capital , on March 3 to demand an end to state surveillance of citizens ' political activities . |
| 15 | She had the unusual skill of being able to pull the end down like a tapir when she was angry . |
| 16 | Not until the beginning of his second administration in 1973 was Nixon able to announce the end of the Vietnam War . |
| 17 | Presumably Pool has been able to predict the end of the Dalek War — and therefore the probability of Earth Central taking an interest in what 's going on here ? ’ |
| 18 | In the arable sector , it is clearly important to reduce the end price and to ensure that farmers are able to continue to look after the land . |
| 19 | On April 18 , before leaving on official visits to European capitals , de Klerk announced that he was calling an all-party " peace summit " of political , community , church and business leaders on May 24 and 25 to seek an end to township violence . |
| 20 | An all-party conference called by President F. W. de Klerk for May 24 and 25 to seek an end to the worsening violence in the black townships fell victim to the continuing deterioration in relations between the government and the African National Congress ( ANC ) , which in the end boycotted the meeting . |
| 21 | Marx is therefore able to explain the end of slavery as being due to the fact that wage workers actually were cheaper to use than slaves . |
| 22 | We were able to throw no end of different tasks at him to see how he responded to those . |
| 23 | ‘ It brought us very close as a family , and we were able to make the end of his life as peaceful and comfortable as possible . |
| 24 | Equally , if the mouse was a pest and we are pleased to see the end of it , we do not praise the cat for the saintly way in which it has fulfilled its duty to its household . |
| 25 | Well , there are strange little bits of old-fashioned good Englishness about , dating perhaps from the late forties , when city streets were safe and when people of good will in England were happy and even proud to see the end of Empire . |
| 26 | And even though I am a committed European , I can easily see why many of my fellow Tyroleans are desperate to put an end to this ever-increasing nightmare . |
| 27 | Following the April 1989 PoW releases [ see p. 36602 ] , Iran unilaterally freed a further 49 sick , wounded and disabled Iraqi prisoners on May 23 to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan . |
| 28 | That will be more than enough to put an end to your claims . ’ |
| 29 | Surely it was what he had seen as her present stupidity that had earned her his contempt , since the past was the past , and she was still reluctant to explain anything more than the absolute minimum necessary to put an end to his increasingly unbearable taunts . |
| 30 | Research director Ulrich Seiffert was anxious to put an end to rumours that the engine had been delayed by chronic friction and vibration problems . |