Example sentences of "[coord] at the other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The more sceptical and critical attitude towards nationalism which appeared to develop in the postwar period , and the fresh attempts to create ( even within a limited area ) supranational organizations , or at the other end of the spectrum to revive local and regional communities , provided an opportunity to redirect the sense of belonging , at least to some extent , upon political units other than the nation state .
2 When you start to build bonfires in someone 's back garden , there 's never enough space between the fire and the property , and consequently you can get all sorts of damage er either of a minor nature of blistering , or at the other end of the scale complete burn out of the house .
3 Well I think one of the advantages of a nursery schooling is certainly a considerable amount of social interaction for the children , which very often they wo n't be obtaining , either if they 're living in high rise flats , or at the other end of the social spectrum if they 're parents are living in large houses with large gardens and no other children within the vicinity .
4 Or at the other end , we get a reaction which is entirely aggressive , because the child is trying to grapple with something he does n't understand , he does n't get a sense of caring feeling from the person trying to teach him , so he reacts aggressively .
5 Well I think one of the advantages of a nursery schooling is certainly a considerable amount of social interaction for the children , which very often they wo n't be obtaining , either if they 're living in high rise flats , or at the other end of the social spectrum if their parents are living in large houses with large gardens and no other children within the vicinity .
6 It can be so slight as to be hardly worth the name … or at the other extreme , it can almost totally paralyse action . ’
7 The reason it 's in this format , is this is now the national standard form of accounts for social services , and the thinking behind it is , whether you were an authority that provided all of its services directly at one extreme , or at the other extreme , you were in a party that provided no direct services , and bought them all in from other providers , you would still need to meet , to meet those costs .
8 Nor at the other extreme must they be technically efficient robots .
9 He looked at Kraal , who called out in loss and anger , and at the other eagles up and down the Cages , as if somewhere there there might be some help .
10 At one of these plants the coatings are dominated by ICI and at the other Taubmans supplies the metallic topcoats .
11 For example , among those carers living with a dementia sufferer , there were some who gave little care because the sufferer did not need much , because they went out to work , or because they themselves were frail ; and at the other extreme were people who ‘ did everything ’ for a sufferer , and rarely left the house without him or her .
12 And at the other extreme , the success of social purity never silenced the defenders of the double standard .
13 Set at right angles to one side of the fireplace was a two-seat wooden settle , and at the other side a much larger leather couch .
14 and all was accurately , now if it was done really with the hope that the council and winder would get together and come to some decent arrangement and at the other side of er Lancaster er down by the
15 The heads form a cap which covers the shoulder joint , and they are attached at one end to the upper arm and at the other end to 3 points to the front , top and back of the shoulder .
16 Thus there are in the cytoplasm many different kinds of tRNA molecule , each kind being characterized by two ‘ labels ’ : at one end is the anticodon ( which pairs with a codon in the message ) , and at the other end an attachment site for an amino acid ( which is recognized by an enzyme carrying that particular amino acid ) .
17 South Wales with its early potato enterprises headed the specialised markets and at the other end of the scale Speyside , Powys and Cumbria had little or no specialised farming enterprises .
18 At the one end it is very shallow and at the other end it is deep .
19 The centre-piece was a perspiring bloke who was plainly at the end of his tether and at the other end of the tatty tether was a huge hairy bundle who 'd decided he was now one of the family and acting in a suitably demented manner ; noise effects included whoops , cheers , shrieks , curses , admonitions and deep explosive barks which provided punctuation in the manner of the cannon fire in the 1812 Overture .
20 Jake Howard , who was on the Australian coaching staff for the World Cup , has joined Wanderers for next year and at the other end of Lansdowne Road the Landsdowne club have enrolled Graeme Taylor , formerly a Counties back and more lately involved with the All Blacks ‘ seconds ’ squad .
21 Buckingham Palace is at one end of the Mall , and at the other end people are sleeping in cardboard boxes .
22 Thus about 48 percent of the Pakistani/Bangladeshi group are aged 0–15 compared to 20 percent in the white population , and at the other end of the age spectrum only 2 per cent are aged over 60 compared to 21 per cent among the white population ( Central Statistical Office , 1988 ) .
23 At the bottom would be little-used expressions and combinations , and at the other end would be uniform , predictable or fixed combinations such as clich s , sayings , metaphors , etc .
24 It requires the setting up of a chain of correlated consequences linking at one end the position of the microscopic electron and at the other end the registration of the result of that particular measurement .
25 For instance , nearly 30 per cent of the men in Townsend 's sample in ‘ managerial ’ occupations regarded themselves as working class , and at the other end of the scale 20 per cent of Butler and Stokes ' ‘ unskilled manual ’ workers regarded themselves as middle class .
26 At one end of the scale there are short-term bonds which are about to be redeemed , and at the other end long-term bonds — perpetuities — which will never be redeemed .
27 Children as young as 18 months start with pre school gymnastics activity and at the other end of the scale adults of 60 plus are still competing in veterans competitions .
28 After all , most of my contemporaries were ex-grammar school , and at the other end of the scale dealt with the mysteries of each stage of calculus .
29 Wilkinson headed over after two minutes and at the other end Stephen Pears punched out a Neil Webb free-kick for Denis Irwin to volley wide .
30 Within the minutiae of the constable 's experience , policing the street daily met consent and at the other pole , antagonism .
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