Example sentences of "and [prep] the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a three-hour wait there , I ate a large breakfast , did a quarter of the day 's crossword , then boarded the little local train that runs through Glen Lochy and past the northern end of Loch Awe , to finish at Oban on the west coast . |
| 2 | Triton shells are frequently found in shrines , and with the narrow end cut away to make a mouthpiece . |
| 3 | Pin temporarily after carefully aligning and with the rear end flush with the trailing edge . |
| 4 | Heads turned briefly , and from the far end of the table T'zin was watching , an interested expression on his face . |
| 5 | Yes , and the second time that happened it swept across the standing walls there , and in the near end of the caldarium there was somebody standing by the wall . |
| 6 | And on the other end of the line , the spineless , boneless baby-kissers : all eagerly participating in the charade , briefly pretending to be interested in these individuals , in order to make importuning for votes look like philanthropy and vacant sayings appear new minted . |
| 7 | And on the far end is Ed who 's a full time UNIS UNISON officer . |
| 8 | Yet , in spite of his now professed Toryism , he continued to mix his poetry with social criticism and to the very end of his life insisted on making statements which show an intense involvement in the sufferings of the people . |
| 9 | The possibility of being attacked on public transport is still low , especially if you avoid the more notorious stations , such as those in Central London and at the southern end of the Northern Line . |
| 10 | The half year result was a 34 per cent rise over last time , and at the higher end of City estimates . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | At the one end it is very shallow and at the other end it is deep . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Buckingham Palace is at one end of the Mall , and at the other end people are sleeping in cardboard boxes . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | There were minor explosions in the centre and at the far end of the village green . |
| 27 | Then her vision cleared and she saw the familiar objects , the Aga and the gas stove with the nearby working surfaces , the table of polished oak in the middle of the room with its four elegantly crafted chairs , and at the far end Alice 's office with the walls covered with bookshelves and her desk piled with proofs . |
| 28 | In the middle of Fifth Avenue , where Pevsner Road crossed it , was another small grocer 's and a pub called the Boxer , and at the far end , opposite each other , a unisex hairdresser 's and a betting shop . |
| 29 | Two fishing boats were approaching the small harbour , and at the far end of Main Street I could see the bulk of the Mantela . |
| 30 | Where the fall hit the pool the water threshed as though boiling , but a few feet further on it was limpid , still , crystal-clear , hedged in by banks of ferns and tulip trees , and at the far end was the outlet where the water drained away to the sea . |