Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what we had in mind in looking at this through the the local plan was that er we 'd be looking at specific end users to see what the benefits were of those those end users and to assess those benefits against any environmental harm that there would be and strategy as a whole . |
| 2 | Lijphart 's ( 1968b ) typology of democratic systems classified liberal democratic systems along two dimensions — the extent of their social heterogeneity , ranging at one end of the continuum from homogeneous to fragmented at the other ; and the extent to which elite behaviour is collaborative or competitive . |
| 3 | In this case , try feeding at one end of the tank and then , while the bolder fish are busy , feed the timid ones at the other end . |
| 4 | Now turn to the sleeve material which has to be sealed from fraying at each end . |
| 5 | Most nematodes have a cylindrical form , tapering at either end , and the body is covered by a colourless , somewhat translucent , layer , the cuticle . |
| 6 | Starting at one end of the wing , the elevator moves across the pile while it is continuously delivering the crop . |
| 7 | Now tell me what what you 've got one at a time , starting at this end . |
| 8 | The village green was oval shaped , with the road entering at one end and houses along one side , with a large chateau , a farm and a row of houses on the other side . |
| 9 | I even managed to sneak a ride on the engine , changing at one end to the other , just going out , round and coming back on then . |
| 10 | And the theory is that every individual has an innate inborn preference for behaving at one end or the other . |
| 11 | Rodney was standing at one end of the table , a turquoise can in his hand . |
| 12 | ‘ Is Mrs Cliburn sitting at that end of the room ? ’ |
| 13 | There was nothing obviously wrong — Albert sitting at one end of the table in front of his books and Hepzibah making an apple pie at the other , pressing the pastry top with a fork to make a frill round the edge — but it was as if a light had gone out . |
| 14 | George was sitting at one end of a vast empty dining table , with a little oasis of bottles , coffee pot and cheeseboard at his elbow . |
| 15 | Fraulein Winkelmann was sitting at one end of a small kitchen table , separated from a big colour set at the other end by a cup of coffee and a plate of cream cakes . |
| 16 | With a lot at stake for both sides the game began at a frantic pace with a goal arriving at each end in the first ten minutes . |