Example sentences of "[adj] at the [adj -er] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , the effect of expenditure appears to be progressive , with cash transfers being sizeable at the lower end . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There was so much going on , and in corporate finance you felt that you were very much at the sharper end . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | How many of those at the lower end of this scale could be described as ‘ poor ’ ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The situation in this respect is better for those at the younger end of the group than at the other , but a man or woman who was 40 in 1978 was only 10 in 1948 ; an impressionable age and a time before there was much relaxation in sexual codes . |
| 8 | THESE are more common at the lower end of the spectrum , but players are known to have received appearance fees from different sources . |
| 9 | I believe it 's going to be a lot more difficult at the lower end of the scale unless the new Football League can come up with really competitive sponsors and TV agreements . ’ |