Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new ARL 3580 inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer installed at the end of last year has been calibrated for the determination of major and trace elements in water . |
| 2 | This interpretation has proved to be compatible with other results , including the finding that a click located near the end of a clause tends to elicit longer reaction times than a click located at the beginning of a clause ( Abrams and Bever , 1969 ) . |
| 3 | Intravenously administered vasoactive intestinal polypeptide instantly changed absorption to secretion and the effect stopped after the end of the infusion . |
| 4 | The sign ( - ) used to join two words together , to join separated syllables of words broken at the end of a line of writing and to divide a word into parts or to represent hesitant speech , eg b-b-but . |
| 5 | More detailed information about body language can be found in several books listed at the end . |
| 6 | There is a selection of books listed at the end of this book , but this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 7 | The Bush campaign , which had had its late surge halted at the end of October by fresh Iran-contra revelations against the President [ see pp. 39134-35 ] , was unable to recover its momentum before polling day . |
| 8 | His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible . |
| 9 | The cars parked on the end of the runway did n't help either , but Spencer says now that he would n't have made the runway even it they had n't been there . |
| 10 | The Committee of Directors of Polytechnics decided at the end of 1982 to discuss plans to deal with applications for the 1985 intake , involving the appointment of staff and the compilation of application forms and a polytechnic equivalent of the UCCA booklet . |
| 11 | A broadside written towards the end of the 1680s defended the Church of England against the charge that their stress on obedience and subjection had been pressed so far as " to set up arbitrary Power , and the Will of the Prince , above Law " . |
| 12 | Roll , roll , roll the spliff twisted at the end |
| 13 | Roll , roll , roll the spliff twisted at the end , fuck a duck |
| 14 | If Sabesp fails to get its fifth study approved by the end of August it will lose US$110 million in World Bank funding and would have to abandon the project . |
| 15 | Other proposals included ( i ) a $500 per child increase in personal tax exemption ( beginning Oct. 1 ) for families earning less than $157,000 per year ; ( ii ) a temporary tax credit for first-time home buyers of 10 per cent of purchase price ( up to $5,000 ) on homes bought by the end of the year ; ( iii ) short-term compensation for those selling their homes at a loss ; and ( iv ) a temporary investment tax allowance on the purchase of assets . |
| 16 | A guarantee had been made that any centre submitting all results by the end of a given month would have all candidates certificated by the end of the following month . |
| 17 | Traditionally the tram has drawn its power through a phosphor-bronze trolley wheel mounted over the end of a trolley arm . |
| 18 | An extra planetary gear set on the end , together with a new rear casing , provides the extra , overdriven ratio . |
| 19 | refers to type styles introduced towards the end of the 19th century . |
| 20 | Without a word Ramses led us to a boat moored at the end of the dock , a small felucca with a heavily patched sail . |
| 21 | The Gulf spill first appeared as a slick in a satellite photograph taken at the end of March . |
| 22 | The upper roof extended over the end balconies with deep valances which incorporated the destination boxes . |
| 23 | A blue-headed wagtail balanced on the end of a twig trying to give a warning ‘ tseep ’ with its mouth full of insects . |
| 24 | If the company 's business involves dealing in goods the records must also contain a statement of stock held at the end of the financial year and statements of stocktakings from which that was prepared , and , except in the case of goods sold in the ordinary course of retail trade , statements of all goods sold or purchased , in sufficient detail to enable the other party to be identified . |
| 25 | They may have been the gigantic reptilian analogue of the elephant , and it may be no coincidence that the elephant also has its nasal openings on top of the skull , with the nostrils in this case sited at the end of the trunk it has been suggested that some sauropods may have had a proboscis of some sort . |
| 26 | Of the 1,274 joint ventures with foreign companies registered by the end of 1989 , only 184 were actually operating . |
| 27 | ‘ If you remember , Robyn , ’ he replied crisply , ‘ I did say that I wanted this work completed by the end of the summer . |
| 28 | Put that one in , put the plus B squared at the end there . |
| 29 | Further information on any of the items mentioned may be obtained from the contacts and the bibliography given at the end of the review . |
| 30 | A private collection of weapons confiscated from Manchester Scuttlers included ‘ old cutlasses , pokers , pieces of strap having iron bolts affixed to the end , the tops of stone ‘ pop ’ ’ bottles fastened at the end of a piece of string and used for whirling round the head , specially made pieces of iron … knives , and loaded sticks ' . |