Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the linen-panelled dining chamber , the table had been specially laid , covered by a white cloth of lawn with gold embossed candlesticks placed at either end . |
| 2 | The UN closed Sarajevo airport , a vital aid lifeline for the Bosnian capital 's 380,000 population , after shells exploded at either end of the runway during fighting yesterday . |
| 3 | The raw material , glass fibre , is drawn from bobbins held at one end of the long pultrusion machine . |
| 4 | Essentials include a good-quality , wide carrying-strap and a sufficient number of approximately ½-inch ( 1.25-centimetre ) breather holes bored at each end . |
| 5 | Carefully snip into the paper along its length , to form a row of thin strands joined at one end . |
| 6 | And we try to explain it by saying the craft is accelerating — it 's being pushed on by the rockets placed at that end of the craft . |
| 7 | A fine tower with stepped windows stood at one end . |
| 8 | It 's a geodesic shape with two longer poles running diagonally across the frame of the tent and two shorter poles arched at either end . |
| 9 | In deciding whether police services are ‘ special ’ the court will take into account : ( 1 ) whether the officers are required to attend on private premises or in a public place ; ( 2 ) whether violence has already occurred or is imminent — if so , the services can not be ‘ special ’ ; ( 3 ) the nature of the event — public events like elections lie at one end of the spectrum , private events like weddings at the other , and events like football matches somewhere in the middle ; ( 4 ) whether protection can be provided without using officers who would otherwise be on other duties or off duty . |
| 10 | It takes the form of two parallel fluorescent tubes bridged at one end . |
| 11 | The mammoth hunters of Mezine and Sunghir made use of sections of mammoth tusk to carve penannular bracelets perforated at either end to engage thongs which could be pulled tight when the wearer was actively engaged . |
| 12 | One useful tip is that , towards the end when there are few chairs left , have two children or adults stand at either end of the room . |
| 13 | Pillows banked at one end , and wooden posts . |
| 14 | In the original fertilized egg , for instance , certain chemicals congregate at one end of the cell , others at the other end . |
| 15 | Rusticated masonry arches stand at each end of the bridge , which is now used only for farm access . |
| 16 | The ‘ headlands ’ , where the horses or tractors turn at either end of the ridges , constitute too large a proportion of a smallholder 's roots field to be allowed to lie fallow , but they can not be cultivated and sown until the inter-row hoeing is completed . |
| 17 | The constitutional authorities see a transmission of orders from the many to the controlling few in the government whereby votes inserted at one end of the system become popular public policies and laws at the other . |