Example sentences of "[adj] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message comes out completely different at the other end . ) |
| 2 | In contrast , the effect of expenditure appears to be progressive , with cash transfers being sizeable at the lower end . |
| 3 | But the Burgermeister , usually so jovial and noisy , had proved to be exceedingly sound , never saying anything at all at the rehearsal other than to praise the faint-hearted at the very end . |
| 4 | A mechanical wound was produced by crushing an area of 1cm 2 at the distal end of the cotyledon of a tomato seedling at the stage of development shown in Fig. 1 a , followed immediately by crushing a similar area on the proximal side of the first wound . |
| 5 | It was a silent final , one of the decisive points being David Smith 's decision to quietly take an easy single at the fourth end rather than wait for a more decisive 2 at the later end . |
| 6 | A sluice gate was installed up the hill where the water that would create our power was diverted from the Meloch into the millpond , and another at the other end of the pond above the terraces at the back of Melin Cottage . |
| 7 | There was so much going on , and in corporate finance you felt that you were very much at the sharper end . ’ |
| 8 | On talking with her son Michael — ‘ Talking with Michael is like going down a water chute and finding yourself in the same swimming pool , very much at the deep end . ’ |
| 9 | Moreover , answers for small loans were concentrated very much at the short-repayment-period end of the scale , while answers for large loans were spread more evenly across the whole range of options from 6 to 36 months . |
| 10 | Both the P-E Inbucon annual survey of executive salaries , and the much smaller Jonathan Wren city salary survey , confirm that salary increases have been bigger at the top end of business and the City than at the bottom . |
| 11 | She could tell by the insignia of his uniform that he did n't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall whose tents were visible at the far end of the park when she cycled up to the house . |
| 12 | As I walked between the walls my mind was already in the byre , just visible at the far end of the yard . |
| 13 | Oddly , it might seem , running the signal through this electronic sausage machine can make it clearer at the far end . |
| 14 | These are said to indicate two broad phases , one apparently following the line of the mid to late second-century north-south cross-street , which is especially prominent towards the western end of the defended enclosure , the other seemingly having its own distinctive alignment more akin to the line of the road running north from the main crossroads ; this is more obvious at the eastern end , and might therefore be earlier in origin . |
| 15 | Only a handful of people were in the pub and they were all at the other end . |
| 16 | County Council 's encouraged by the fact that the introduction Policy E two is supported by all the North Yorkshire Districts and they are after all at the sharp end of implementing structure policy . |
| 17 | All chemical and biochemical reactions depend on electrical charges and biologically active molecules carry charges which may be positive at one end of the molecule and negative at the other end . |
| 18 | A quick telephone call to Membray and a further last minute briefing confirmed that all was well at the other end . |
| 19 | Dalgliesh raised it with careful fingers touching only the extreme edge of the cloth and saw underneath a smudge of blood on the carpet about two centimetres long and thicker at the right end than at the left . |
| 20 | Apart from children , the other groups most vulnerable to accidents in the home are those at the other end of the lifespan , the elderly , particularly those in the over 75 age group . |
| 21 | The centre and one end pair were fixed wheels , while those at the other end were radial . |
| 22 | But its major effect was to make life slightly more tolerable for those at the sharp end of the beat system . |
| 23 | And that 's a view shared by those at the sharp end of publishing , the authors themselves . |
| 24 | Severin Carrell finds those at the sharp end in total support of drinking-time cuts |
| 25 | It will be supplemented by the top 50 companies in terms of employment levels , and both tables will give those at the sharp end of the economy the chance to give their businesses a much higher profile . |
| 26 | And bringing his experience of dealing with and understanding those at the front end of retail financial services with him . |
| 27 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 28 | How many of those at the lower end of this scale could be described as ‘ poor ’ ? |
| 29 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 30 | It is a reasonable assumption — though little more than an assumption that ads in the categories at the lower end of the scale as it appears on the page will be more closely studied , and more thoroughly and consciously used by purchasers , than those at the upper end of the scale . |