Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sign ( - ) used to join two words together , to join separated syllables of words broken at the end of a line of writing and to divide a word into parts or to represent hesitant speech , eg b-b-but . |
| 2 | More detailed information about body language can be found in several books listed at the end . |
| 3 | There is a selection of books listed at the end of this book , but this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 4 | His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible . |
| 5 | The cars parked on the end of the runway did n't help either , but Spencer says now that he would n't have made the runway even it they had n't been there . |
| 6 | The Committee of Directors of Polytechnics decided at the end of 1982 to discuss plans to deal with applications for the 1985 intake , involving the appointment of staff and the compilation of application forms and a polytechnic equivalent of the UCCA booklet . |
| 7 | Other proposals included ( i ) a $500 per child increase in personal tax exemption ( beginning Oct. 1 ) for families earning less than $157,000 per year ; ( ii ) a temporary tax credit for first-time home buyers of 10 per cent of purchase price ( up to $5,000 ) on homes bought by the end of the year ; ( iii ) short-term compensation for those selling their homes at a loss ; and ( iv ) a temporary investment tax allowance on the purchase of assets . |
| 8 | A guarantee had been made that any centre submitting all results by the end of a given month would have all candidates certificated by the end of the following month . |
| 9 | refers to type styles introduced towards the end of the 19th century . |
| 10 | Of the 1,274 joint ventures with foreign companies registered by the end of 1989 , only 184 were actually operating . |
| 11 | A private collection of weapons confiscated from Manchester Scuttlers included ‘ old cutlasses , pokers , pieces of strap having iron bolts affixed to the end , the tops of stone ‘ pop ’ ’ bottles fastened at the end of a piece of string and used for whirling round the head , specially made pieces of iron … knives , and loaded sticks ' . |
| 12 | The two-sided station continued to be built throughout the 1870s , particularly in Italy , and Central Europe , though many of them had pseudo-heads , blocks built across the end to link the wings where the main entrances were . |
| 13 | We were talking about budget decisions and after the microphones closed at the end of the programme they commented about that home in Blenheim Road in Kidlington , and to them it was n't healthy . |
| 14 | Some of the heavier elements produced near the end of the star 's life would be flung back into the gas in the galaxy , and would provide some of the raw material for the next generation of stars . |
| 15 | So far 11 of the 24 parks have been established and it is hoped to have remaining areas protected by the end of 1994 . |
| 16 | The Contributions Agency has issued a proposal suggesting that self-employed and non-employed National Insurance contributors pay their fees via bills issued at the end of each quarter . |
| 17 | This criticism leaves open the possibility of a different sort of causal theory , on the lines suggested at the end of 2.2 . |
| 18 | Circumstances changed at the end of the summer of 1986 , when matters , and men , were becoming desperate , and when North also seemed to think he had found a soulmate in the ‘ brave young soldier , who was the Second Channel . |
| 19 | The Games , already destined to be the largest ever , now have to find room for the extra 3,306 competitors and officials registered by the end of last month , bringing the total to 18,306 . |
| 20 | The sample libraries listed at the end are basically of three kinds . |
| 21 | Bella was spreading plants and flowers out on a sheet of newspaper to dry : rose petals gathered at the end of the summer , stock and rosemary and lemon verbena , pinks and thyme and honeysuckle , bay leaves and mint . |
| 22 | However 833.5 million shares changed hands as year-end tax loss selling came into play and brokers prepared for the end of the account . |
| 23 | Britain 's initial position of support for Cramra had been to all intents and purposes relinquished by the end of the meeting . |
| 24 | Chemicals trading results are likely to remain depressed , particularly in the European cracking and polyethylene businesses , as the low margins seen at the end of 1992 persist into 1993 . |
| 25 | Thanks to the changing critical climate , the new ideas circulating among filmmakers and the relaxation of the censorship rules , the British films made at the end of the 1930s were much tougher and more emotionally charged , than anything that had gone before . |
| 26 | Whereas the cinema of the late 1940s had forced audiences to confront the realities of post-war Britain , the mainstream films produced at the end of the following decade diverted their anxieties into laughter . |
| 27 | A private collection of weapons confiscated from Manchester Scuttlers included ‘ old cutlasses , pokers , pieces of strap having iron bolts affixed to the end , the tops of stone ‘ pop ’ ’ bottles fastened at the end of a piece of string and used for whirling round the head , specially made pieces of iron … knives , and loaded sticks ' . |
| 28 | Providing I had no objection , Matron wanted me to work on until my holiday and have three extra days tacked on the end . |
| 29 | UN legal experts noted at the end of July , however , that Nicaragua 's electoral legislation was democratic and comparable with the laws in force elsewhere in Latin America . |
| 30 | Dressed in tropical white , with a panama on his head and a pair of glasses perched on the end of his nose , he was reading . |