Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [det] end " in BNC.

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1 Bevan favoured Barnes 's route ; it was shorter , cheaper and , despite the lock climbs at each end , less complicated than Telford 's .
2 Partly due to this , the long end of the yield curve has been rather stable in the UK , and the need to hedge at this end of the term structure was diminished .
3 Standard controls are a single wheel on a fixed left-side-only or throw-over yoke pivoting fore-and-aft on a centreline pillar ; but as it is partly intended for training G-DHCB has twin control wheels at either end of a Y-shaped structure .
4 A second option to ease Selborne 's traffic nightmare is the introduction of pinch points at either end of the village , with road humps in between to slow drivers down .
5 The youngsters each could carry one end of a staff with two hives swinging in thick bags in the centre , while Ruari carried a second pole with a skep slung at each end .
6 At the beginning of the 19th century this design was replaced by a convex sauce-boat with a ring handle on the lid , scroll handles at each end and standing in four feet .
7 The boot comprised a squared box covered in thick leather bound at each end with iron , measuring about two and a half feet in length and four inches square at the ends .
8 With a lot at stake for both sides the game began at a frantic pace with a goal arriving at each end in the first ten minutes .
9 It has been suggested that the prevalent west and south-west winds tend to set up a longshore drift towards Portland , so that the majority of coarse material accumulates at that end .
10 They walked up to a large wooden table covered at each end with a pile of books .
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