Example sentences of "be [verb] the end [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was performance that drew applause from a press corps relieved to be approaching the end of at least the first election campaign this year , and brought smiles to previously glum ministerial faces . |
| 2 | The WE177 free-fall bomb will be approaching the end of its service life around the turn of the century , but no decision has yet been taken on the system to replace it , or where it will be based . |
| 3 | I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this , although probably unconsciously , when my parents are ninetyish . |
| 4 | If it does n't come up with a rescue deal by the summer , these men and women could be reaching the end of their working lives . |
| 5 | By that time the first players to start would be nearing the end of their rounds and the leaders would be about to start . |