Example sentences of "approach the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he approached the end of the passage , Mungo could already see that the furthest room was in darkness . |
| 2 | He was subdued now , and his feet dragged as they approached the end of the bridge . |
| 3 | The intention was for students to complete a short initial destinations questionnaire as they approached the end of their course , and it was suggested that this might be done in the last formal course session , or when projects were handed in ( if appropriate ) . |
| 4 | As the Royal Academy 's Pop Art exhibition approaches the end of its international circuit , closing at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on 24 January 1993 , an important new study , more tightly focused and including only work created in the United States , opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles , at the beginning of this month ( 6 December-7 March 1993 ) . |
| 5 | It is not something any pilot would wish to happen on take-off , when power is at full thrust and the plane has only begun to fly as it approaches the end of the runway . |
| 6 | Home buyers approach the end of the decade seeing the value of their homes fall by an average of three to four per cent over this year and the prospect of an average fall of 10 per cent next year . |
| 7 | This is of course an extremely simplistic presentation of the after life but it may illustrate why many people , as they approach the end of their lives , are concerned to ‘ put their affairs in order ’ . |
| 8 | The signs are that more and more will be heard of this gift as we approach the end of the millennium . |
| 9 | As you approach the end of your second week do n't even think about cheating ! |
| 10 | As we approach the end of the diet and exercise programme , it is important to decide at this stage how you intend to proceed afterwards.If you have a significant amount of weight to lose you have the choice of continuing on the diet menus as included in the daily plans or you can follow the diet contained in my Complete Hip and Thigh Diet . |
| 11 | Well as we approach the end of 1991 , I 'm sure I do n't need to remind you that it has been a very difficult year . |
| 12 | If my right hon. and learned Friend believes in cause and effect , will he assure the House that he has learnt a lesson from it and that not only investment in but the subsidy to British Rail will be maintained to provide the service that people expect from the railways as we approach the end of the century ? |
| 13 | What the right hon. and learned Gentleman said then has , over time , come to be seen yet more acutely as a cogent and sensible analysis of the needs of Scotland as we approach the end of the century . |
| 14 | As we fast approach the end of the first section of the calendar , it is time to gather information for the July — December section . |
| 15 | ‘ It is hard to find words to express the aching loneliness and rejection I have found them experiencing as they approach the end of their lives . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It seems to us that like great ships you are in fact approaching the end of the storm . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It seems to us that like great ships you are in fact approaching the end of the storm . ’ |
| 18 | It was performance that drew applause from a press corps relieved to be approaching the end of at least the first election campaign this year , and brought smiles to previously glum ministerial faces . |
| 19 | Truancy is most prevalent amongst young people approaching the end of their period of compulsory schooling when there is little point in taking legal action . |
| 20 | Buchan , nearly 37 , was approaching the end of his playing days , and in 1928 left to become a sports reporter . |
| 21 | When you are approaching the end of your hospital stay you will have to think about convalescence . |
| 22 | This can sometimes be sensed in elderly persons who are approaching the end . |
| 23 | This , a piece whose mellow , introverted character has led many commentators to see in it the hand of a composer approaching the end of his life , was the work with which Mozart made his last public appearance , in March at a benefit concert for a clarinettist friend . |
| 24 | Every time I go , I feel I am approaching the end of the world . |
| 25 | Although financial director Michael Langley said that the product is approaching the end of its life , he believes ‘ there are a few years in it yet ’ , and expects 1993 sales levels to be maintained at roughly the same as 1992s . |
| 26 | ‘ With players like Gooch , Lamb , Gower and Botham approaching the end of the road at international level an era is coming to a close , ’ says Barnett . |
| 27 | The fragmentation we see around us is typical of social paradigms approaching the end of their life : they polarize around some fundamental issues . |
| 28 | The indenture suggests that he was then approaching the end of his career . |
| 29 | It was approaching the end of the season , of course , but he intended to make a first flying visit to Aphrodisias , where some old friends of his were at work , and then to spend the winter on research in libraries and museums , and have the whole of the following summer for field work . |
| 30 | Can he give an assurance that if the Magnox reactors are indeed approaching the end of their days and Trawsfynydd has no continuing nuclear future , the Government will accept responsibility for finding jobs for those who depend on the industry ? |