Example sentences of "[noun pl] nearing the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | You expect such tactics with cars nearing the end of their life , not with models just months old . |
| 2 | According to Adam Smith , attacks on machinery were symptoms of desperation on the part of workers nearing the end of their ability to remain on strike . |
| 3 | The British delegation was reported to have suggested a deadline of 2010 , claiming that an earlier target date would force countries to waste money on fitting desulphurisation equipment to power stations nearing the end of their useful life . |
| 4 | The last two appear to come from several different red giants — stars nearing the end of their lives — that shed their atmospheres into space as they died . |
| 5 | Consider for a moment the bustle of the scene a hundred years ago , with horse-drawn barges and occasional steam tugs nearing the end of their journeys or perhaps setting out on the return trip towards the sea . |
| 6 | He selected his staff by personal recommendation and from men nearing the end of their careers in other public services , the army and navy , the home and overseas police . |
| 7 | On June 18 the Supreme Soviet approved an amnesty for 20,000 prisoners including women , the handicapped , the elderly , teenagers , war veterans and men nearing the end of short sentences . |
| 8 | During the storm itself , people already ill often become worse , women nearing the end of their pregnancy may go into labour and unbalanced individuals have a tendency to become violent . |
| 9 | The Scottish Office 's ‘ bridging ’ scheme , placing mid-career civil servants in company non-executive directorships , was put forward as an ideal means to broaden the skills of women in functional roles or to refresh those of women nearing the end of a career break . |
| 10 | Worthy replacements for batsmen nearing the end are hard to find . |
| 11 | The facilities such as laboratories , libraries and computing are excellent , and there is a highly professional Careers Service to advise students nearing the end of their course . |
| 12 | Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released : |