Example sentences of "[is] [verb] the end " in BNC.

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1 The secret of this is to open the end of the matchbox and , when closing it , pinch a little skin in between the base and the outside .
2 Although financial director Michael Langley said that the product is approaching the end of its life , he believes ‘ there are a few years in it yet ’ , and expects 1993 sales levels to be maintained at roughly the same as 1992s .
3 is reaching the end of her term of office and will be retiring at the AGM .
4 What you do is hold the end of the stick and keep the arm more or less still .
5 Border , too , it is rumoured , is nearing the end of his career and could easily survive at great profit in the county scene having also tasted life in England with Essex .
6 At the age of 37 — old by Australian standards — Border accepts that he is nearing the end of his career but he is desparate to prolong it for two reasons .
7 The veteran former Wimbledon striker , 34 in March , and an almost perpetual substitute for Sheffield United this season , knows he is nearing the end of his big-time career .
8 Next locomotive to be outshopped from Bridgnorth works is likely to be GWR 2-6-0 No. 9303. this former Barry inmate is nearing the end of its restoration and is expected to move again under its own steam this summer .
9 Nothing against Adrian Aymes , but Parks had returned to the side when Aymes was injured a month before and , while Aymes will no doubt play in another Lord 's final in the future , Parks is nearing the end of his benefit year .
10 Both operational SR locomotives , 35005 and 30926 will be in steam both days and , hopefully , 34029 ‘ Broadcastle ’ which is nearing the end of its lengthy restoration will be on display outside the shed .
11 Perth College of Further Education has featured in the educational press already with its National Certificate Rock Music Programme — now the first intake of the college 's HNC Rock Music ( Performer ) is nearing the end of the course .
12 But now Bingham is nearing the end of his remarkably successful time as Northern Ireland 's manager .
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