Example sentences of "far end " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to go on justifying ends by further ends will involve me in an infinite regress unless I arrive at a terminus in something that I do for its own sake . |
| 2 | At a muddy little pond halfway up the hill swallows were dive-bombing its insect life and three brown pigs browsed at the further end of the meadow . |
| 3 | After a brief interval a reply in a lower key by a similarly religious bird came from what appeared to be a hummock of ivy on a small promontory which jutted out at the further end of the mere . |
| 4 | Two men were standing at the further end of the clearing shooting at a wand . |
| 5 | Most artists use graphite , but only as the preliminary means to a further end , for a simple sketch to then cover with paint . |
| 6 | Nor is it simply looking at them with no further end in mind , which might be the listless action of someone who can think of nothing else to do . |
| 7 | As the deputation withdrew tactfully to the further end of the great chamber , the queen-dowager conferred with her family , listening to their conflicting views and in the process becoming more undecided than ever . |
| 8 | Most artists use graphite , but only as the preliminary means to a further end , for a simple sketch to then cover with paint . |
| 9 | The chapel was small , an altar stood at the further end from the entrance we came in by . |
| 10 | " No , " said a new voice from the further end of the hall , beyond Cowslip . |
| 11 | Not only is there no central vanishing point , but the perspective , rather than being convergent is actually divergent , so that the roof tops and sides of the buildings are often broadest at their furthest ends , and have the effect of opening up , fan-wise , on to the picture plane . |
| 12 | She 'd know his voice anywhere , she realised furiously — in dense fog and darkness , at the furthest ends of the earth . |
| 13 | Externally the most dominating part of the Duomo is the façade , although technically the best is the apse at the furthest end of the Square , which is best seen from either Corso Vittorio Emanuele II or the Piazza Fontana . |
| 14 | A woman walked in and sat at the middle of the counter — Maxim had chosen the furthest end . |
| 15 | It was just before mid-day when Lewis braked sedately outside the Downes 's residence at the furthest end of Lonsdale Road . |
| 16 | ( All this action was at the furthest end from where Leeds fans were stood , so I could n't see much . |
| 17 | She kicked out of the bikini-bottom that Fernando had succeeded in half tearing from her and struck out for the furthest end of the pool , laughter gripping her and weakening her limbs as he lashed out after her . |
| 18 | Some of these were to be offered as votives in the temple 's sanctuaries : others entered a trading network which might take them to the farthest ends of the island or overseas . |
| 19 | He swung her away to the farthest end of the floor from the new arrivals . |
| 20 | At the farthest end of the scale is the person who tries to improve his or her shape only once or twice a year , perhaps even less . |
| 21 | At the farthest end of Russia 's Inner Asian frontier , the Chinese , under the Ching ( Manchu ) dynasty , confronted the Russians on the Amur and put an end to their episodic marauding and colonizing activities around the fort of Albazin . |
| 22 | They ate in the banqueting hall at the farthest end of the table from the motionless Calatin . |
| 23 | At Joppa he embarked on a boat to the farthest end of the known world : Tarshish , in Spain . |
| 24 | The reading knob must be slid to and fro from the far ends of the slot . |
| 25 | If you have the choice , position your cannon at the far ends of your line to allow yourself diagonal shots across the enemy line . |
| 26 | Then , to each node e , we can associate its set of children which are the far ends of the arcs pointing away from e . |
| 27 | Another powerful smell , of decaying rubbish , came mainly from the ash-pits at the far end of the corridor , but also from a deposit scattered over the floor . |
| 28 | At the far end of the room the object of his attention was exhibiting a reciprocal interest . |
| 29 | At the far end of the yard the Duke had planted his branch in the ground and was sitting under it like a potentate . |
| 30 | You strained till thy blood came — still no movement at the far end . |