Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at the other " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last item entered at either of these prompts will be taken as the current item , even if an incompatible entry has been made at the other prompt . |
| 2 | The consequences of these same changes can also be seen at the other end of the life course , in old age . |
| 3 | I can quote you three particular instances where farmers have rung in with good information only to be told at the other end of the phone what the bloody hell have you rung us for and they 've got nothing within the local police whatsoever . |
| 4 | Before pursuing this theme , attention should be directed at the other issue arising from Brockway 's declaration , the abolitionist stance , which eschews efforts to improve life within prisons in favour of seeking to be entirely rid of the prison system . |
| 5 | Both participants are aware of the starting point , and that a final goal has to be achieved at the other side of the map , stopping at various intermediate points on the way ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 6 | Both the DMM Mamba and the HB Hooker are available open-ended so that a standard karabiner can be attached at the other end . |
| 7 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 8 | What was needed instead was some means of setting up the apparatus so that each detector could not ‘ know ’ in advance the polarisation being detected at the other side of the experiment . |
| 9 | But is the consciousness of a beautiful object properly conceived as consisting in two distinct things , consciousness and the object , standing in a certain relation ( of the one being directed at the other ) which makes no difference to what each of them is in itself ? |
| 10 | Several hundred dryads were clustered at the other end of the hall . |
| 11 | The rationalist model has been outlined above : it is matched at the other extreme by an approach emphasising the incremental nature of most actual decisions . |
| 12 | The Chaconne for a Chinese Man and woman … is written at the other end of the volume … no music has been found for the ‘ Grand Dance of Twenty-four Persons ’ at the end of the [ Fifth ] Act ) ; in [ the ] MS there is no break between Hymen 's solo ‘ Love ne'er had yet– and the short Trio ‘ They shall be [ as ] happy ’ ( where , according to the Libretto , the Dance should take place ) , and it seems therefore possible that it was omitted in performance . |
| 13 | Because there are no unions here staff have not been involved in the strike ballot which has been held at the other four British plants . |
| 14 | When you sort out your notes , Sergeant , you might include in them the additional information that my car was parked at the other end of Boundary Drive , the end furthest away from Glenfair Road , see ? |
| 15 | The receiver was lifted at the other end . |
| 16 | It was answered at the other end after the first ring by a friendly , but formal , female voice . |
| 17 | All became clear when the jeep was unloaded at the other end . |