Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] end [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving the track a pathless beeline may be made for the lower end of the trees , there ascending a short way to find Yordas Cave . |
| 2 | Three bands for the lower end of the market will also be launched , to reflect the diversity of Forte 's 8,000 hotels across 32 countries . |
| 3 | Then multiply that figure by 0.60 ( 60 per cent ) for the lower end of your aerobic walking rate and by 0.85 ( 85 per cent ) for the higher end . |
| 4 | One can look around the world but even though there are somewhat similar leathers produced in South America and Africa , they 're not really quite suitable for the better end of the Walsall trade . |
| 5 | From the end of the lane , a circular walk may be made as suggested on the map , starting along the path to Selside but turning off after a mile to aim due north for the far end of the Allotment wall . |
| 6 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 7 | So far though it has not been a problem raising money for the sharp end of mountain rescue — for new ropes or new vehicles and the like . |
| 8 | Draskovic kept up his demands , however , for the resignation of the whole Serbian government , which he blamed as a body for the violent end to the March 9 disturbances . |
| 9 | Erm you will also in going for the higher end of the range , er be prejudicing the urban regeneration objectives of those neighbouring districts . |
| 10 | They took-off at 4.47am , well before dawn , and set a compass course of 282° for the western end of the island of Timor , allowing 4° magnetic variation and 1° of drift . |
| 11 | The association reported one item of progress , welcoming the recent closure order for the eastern end of Fairview Road . |
| 12 | This new residence , recently named Alexander Court by the former Principal , Sir Kenneth Alexander , is the first of a series of residential developments planned for the eastern end of the campus , beyond Airthrey Castle . |
| 13 | The Downton company had just teamed them up , with Martinez ’ agreement , to launch a new range of tennis clothing and equipment for the cheaper end of the market , mail order and so on . |
| 14 | These were part of a mental/aural test designed for the upper end of the target attainment range and success rates for the lowest band are thus not available . |
| 15 | So much for the perfect end to a perfect night , she thought resignedly as she walked up the path . |
| 16 | Describing Sellafield as ‘ a byword for the dirty end of the industry ’ , it echoed the arguments of environmental groups that there was now no national economic justification for its operation . |
| 17 | Though originally designed for the other end of the alimentary canal , it was ideal for my purposes ; it was virtually unbreakable and gave accurate readings in half the time of an ordinary clinical thermometer . |
| 18 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 19 | A great monastery might thus in the same year be an importer of quality wine ( for consumption by the monks and their noble guests ) and an exporter of poor wine ( for the other end of the market ) . |
| 20 | Most of the day-to-day trade came from the man in the street , and it would be wrong to infer that every coffin-maker and funeral furnisher hungered after catering for the top end of the market . |
| 21 | They were helped on their way with a fair tide , and a beam reach by a south-westerly of only marginally less velocity than on Saturday , although a lumpy sea gave some problems , and with only two or three short turns to windward it was again a benefit race for the top end of the fleet . |
| 22 | But even the Randolph , which caters for the top end of the market , has felt the chill wind of economic depression . |
| 23 | Baring his teeth in a soundless snarl of frustration and fury , he turned and ran for the opposite end of the alley , away from the oncoming car . |
| 24 | A complex of private houses and flats will be built between Victoria Square and a proposed ‘ town square ’ , which is earmarked for the seaward end of Victoria Road , which will in turn revert to its ancient name of The Horseshoe . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The cool thing would be , during the three-day end of year exams , when you 're allowed to do them at home , to be seen drinking the Students ’ Union or in a pub around here , being terribly laid back while everyone else was hunched over their desks in their rooms . ’ |
| 27 | From there he sallied forth to the underground , and by 1969 got profiled in the Listener as the aesthetic end of the underground , and the acceptable face of pop . |
| 28 | The only other shop was Hargreaves at the lower end of Brown Street between Trinity Street and St. Ann 's Street — generally known as the posh end for it had a number of very large houses . |
| 29 | ‘ At that time Whitedown Road was known as the posh end of town , ’ chuckled Leslie . |
| 30 | The attraction of India is not the breadth and scope of the imperial idea but the sniff of a richly coherent world that novelists rightly value as the supreme end of fiction . |