Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or you 'll catch the sharp end of her tongue ! |
| 2 | For example , a three-link articulated arm ( shown in Figure 7.41 ) can achieve the desired end position ( R ) with the links in many different positions and attitudes . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the above is transcribed into fine-class phonemes and , as we saw in the previous section , we can not expect the front end to be so accurate , and indeed we may not want it to try . |
| 4 | I do n't know whether that will actually happen , because Guild really have the first option , but I was hoping there 'd be a way that we could cooperate and perhaps Eggle could do the British end of it . |
| 5 | With Lamb and Gower about to be dumped and the mightiest of all rounders Ian Botham unavailable today 's Lord 's team declaration will mark the sad end of an era for English international cricket . |
| 6 | The ceremony will mark the successful end to almost 20 years of community fundraising for a pool for the islands of Islay and Jura . |
| 7 | He could n't see the other end . |
| 8 | Environmentalists fear that the arrival in Guyana of Barama Ltd — a partnership between Samling Timbers of Malaysia and Sunkyong Ltd of South Korea — may herald a new era of expansion by companies that can see the approaching end of their domestic lumber supply . |
| 9 | Do you think that maybe most of your fans are going through a phase , and that most of them will emerge the other end and leave you behind ? |
| 10 | There is one long pointed apical papilla flanked on each side by 3–5 long thin oral papillae the distalmost of which may have the free end enlarged . |
| 11 | Also , by watching the angle of other boards sailing across the line upwind you can judge the biased end . |
| 12 | ‘ The least you could do is take the other end of the Chesterfield , ’ Amanda said crossly . |
| 13 | The physiotherapist may hold the other end of the stick and direct the patient 's movements , guiding the patient 's arm and shoulder girdle so that they move in the correct sequence . |
| 14 | The Revenue conceedes that it will mean the virtual end of some 15,000 small schemes with £3 billion in assets . |
| 15 | ‘ That did n't change my feelings , ’ he denied softly , ‘ although I might have known you 'd get the wrong end of the stick . |
| 16 | And it 's understandable coming in , that they can very easily get the wrong end of the stick . |
| 17 | The separation between cytoplasmic content and parietal structures may represent the metabolic end point in which structural components must also be utilised . |
| 18 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
| 19 | Radiological studies are not able to precisely define the muscular end of the oesophagus and when a Barrett 's oesophagus is present with gastric mucosa lining the distal oesophagus , it can easily be mistaken for a hiatal hernia . |
| 20 | And there , some plunging sense of his own inadequacy assured him , he would find the bitter end of his search . |