Example sentences of "[adv] at the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frequency of a particular kind of syntactic structure ( say a relative clause ) will probably be less important than the fact that that structure tends to occur in a particular position in the sentence ( eg at the end , or at the middle ) . |
| 2 | This way no valuable ground is lost to windward at the end of the turn and it ‘ shuts the door ’ on any one trying to make a furtive inside rounding . |
| 3 | ‘ I was playing better at the end and if it had been a five set match I think I could have fought back . ’ |
| 4 | He succeeds Fr Jim Franks SVD who died suddenly at the end of March . |
| 5 | The Nile appeared quite suddenly at the end of a street , blue and shining between the tall houses . |
| 6 | It used to be a tremendous transition from 1 April when you realised you would n't have the garden to yourself until quite suddenly at the end of October when everybody goes . |
| 7 | there it was , suddenly at the end of the road , Monkey Island . |
| 8 | If they asked me to say thank you very much at the end of a shit interview I would n't , and if they did n't like it , I 'd probably leave . |
| 9 | They do n't leave much at the end . |
| 10 | saw , which er , is obvious a machine , they even had band saws apparently at the end of the last century , cabinet makers band saws oh I 've never seen , all I 've ever seen is the big ones for mills you know the logs , these ones for er , obviously for timber erm |
| 11 | Er but I mean basically at the end of the day , I mean you have to think about to what extent you can increase your sales . |
| 12 | On ‘ Guts ’ and ‘ Fear ( Is A Man 's Best Friend ) ’ , however , the mood is one of aggression , especially at the end of each song which is deliberately hammered into oblivion with a few short , shocking strokes . |
| 13 | It was important to stick to what you knew , right to the end , especially at the end . |
| 14 | For example , in a piece such as ‘ Swing low , sweet chariot ’ the accompaniment could use only the words ‘ Swing low ’ , and just here and there ( and especially at the end ) join the soloist at the repeated ‘ coming for to carry me home ’ . |
| 15 | Something which has been added , especially at the end of a book , eg bibliography , list of references . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , this is an excellent , aggressive account of the Allegro , albeit with a little too much from the timpanist , especially at the ends of rolls where he insists on drawing attention to himself . |
| 17 | Best played as a team game with the class , especially at the ends of days , weeks or terms . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , ’ I asked impatiently at the end , ‘ is n't Mrs Reed a bad woman ? |
| 19 | Man is a god in ruins , thought Emerson , and perhaps at the end of the twentieth century much the same could be said of his world , a still beautiful but ravaged paradise which , regardless of the tenets of sustainable development will not be passed on to the next century in better or even the same condition , in fact , almost certainly in worse condition as a result of meeting the needs of another billion or so people . |
| 20 | Not just one big survey , well perhaps at the end of the year ! |
| 21 | However the best delineation of Tolkien 's new model of courage is perhaps at the end of Book IV chapter 8 , ‘ The Stairs of Cirith Ungol ’ . |
| 22 | Think carefully about when this can be done — perhaps at the end of your knitting day or after you come in from work . |
| 23 | The present bridge was built to an adventurous design wherein the cast iron sections forming the arches were pin-jointed not only at the ends but also in the centre of the span . |
| 24 | Reigning in their verbal and facial expressiveness to play a character so damaged that a big speech is possible ( if at all ) only at the end , they subsequently receive an award from a jury awed that they were clever enough to play so dumb . |
| 25 | Only at the end of November did the State Bank introduce a new denomination of notes equal to the gold content of the pre-war ten-rouble coin . |
| 26 | The changes will take several months to make much difference to most people 's lives ( price controls remain on basic foods , heating and transport ; the auctions of small businesses will begin only at the end of January ) . |
| 27 | In contrast , garam masala is used only at the end of cookery , to add voluptuous scent and flavour , revitalising and extending flavours which have been dulled by heat . |
| 28 | Only at the end did his voice thicken : otherwise brimming self-confidence , he overcame lack of sleep , the exhaustion that comes from travelling 8,000 miles in 21 days , and the pressure of being constantly in the spotlight . |
| 29 | The size of the palazzo , and the intricacy of its design ensured a very long building period , the main staircase being completed only at the end of the century , after Alessi 's death . |
| 30 | Elsewhere in Asia , stations were to emerge as the prime symbols of European power only at the end of the century . |