Example sentences of "[be] at the [adj] end " in BNC.

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1 Yeah , you 're at the right end !
2 Casualty doctors who 're at the sharp end see the evidence that speeding is deadly .
3 It must be incredibly frustrating to have the weight of climbing opinion against you if you 're at the front end of the game and you want to climb a new line without considerable risk of topping yourself unless you place bolts .
4 Ah but that 's the devil to try and coordinate that with an orchestra when you 're at the other end
5 If you 're at the other end , you 're actually producing something , bear in mind your opening sentence , your opening paragraph , your headline , your title , must actually hook people in .
6 Squatters have long felt they 're at the receiving end of a bad press and have have welcomed tonight 's opportunity to express their side of the story .
7 You 're at the wrong end of the snake , you 're okay .
8 When the trust is in demand , prices are likely to be at the upper end of the range and the trust is said to be on an ‘ offer ’ basis .
9 On January 22nd Alan Greenspan , chairman of the Federal Reserve , suggested that it would be at the low end of that range largely because much of the equipment being used would not be replaced .
10 The effect of these changes will be far-reaching and transport will , in many respects , be at the sharp end .
11 Ms Hargreaves , 32 , from Derbyshire , will be at the sharp end of the project .
12 Ms Hargreaves , 32 , from Derbyshire , will be at the sharp end of the project .
13 Somewhere people are drumming — it must be at the far end of the village , because at times the rhythm is distinct but when the wind takes it it becomes muffled , merging with the roar of the full monsoon river .
14 Therefore instead of walking all the way along the cliffs that morning , he decided to go down to the beach on the last lap of his journey , knowing that Edna and her small charge could well be at the far end , from whence he could quickly scramble up the pathway to the Tremayne property .
15 As she continued her searching look , trying to make out what might be at the far end , she became aware that she was gliding .
16 ‘ I ca n't picture it , ’ she said , ‘ but it could be at the far end from the flat . ’
17 WHEN engineers working for the Tokyo gas company , get a telephone call in the middle of the night , the chances are that a computer will be at the other end .
18 ‘ Could be at the other end .
19 Among the many shocks being delivered by the declining years of the twentieth century is that of discovering , after decades of thinking we were the true moderns , how modern they could already be at the other end of the century .
20 but you 've got to find the place there it could be at the other end a mile away could n't it ?
21 It is artificially constrained in a way that ensures that the burden is not fairly distributed and those at the top end of the property range , and very likely to be at the top end of the income range , are being given shelter which is not justified .
22 The fortunate individuals who turn out to be at the top end of the income distribution usually own physical and financial capital as well as their own labour , or human capital .
23 Hopefully , I will be at the top end with Hartlepool .
24 because he would be at the top end of the other school
25 Lloyd 's needs to get a grip on more ‘ safe ’ business to offset its increasing tendency to be at the wrong end of big disasters such as Piper Alpha .
26 Lloyd 's needs to get a grip on more ‘ safe ’ business to offset its increasing tendency to be at the wrong end of big disasters such as Piper Alpha .
27 Both our customers and our prospects are feeling the squeeze , and we generally seem to be at the painful end of it .
28 Fully saturated colours , interestingly , tended to be at the red end of the spectrum for the six subjects involved in this study , and only rarely were saturated blues , purples or blue-greens reported .
29 The Lithuanian order is an unusually large one so it is likely to be at the bottom end of that range .
30 Specialeyes marketing director Steve Jacobs says the company has always been perceived as being at the cheap end of the market and it is now trying to raise its image with its professional market and consumers .
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