Example sentences of "be at [art] [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tim tries massaging my lower back during the contraction and it feels great — he wo n't be at a loose end from now on ! |
| 2 | Bert , Alice was pleased to see , missed Jasper , tended to be at a loose end . |
| 3 | One 's best friend 's cousin 's daughter might well be at a loose end after leaving art college . |
| 4 | They 'd be at a loose end when it was over , which would be the time to approach them . |
| 5 | I just happened to know that Geoffrey was keen to meet you again , and you do seem to be at a loose end at the moment . |
| 6 | ( As suggested in Chapter 1 , ‘ larks ’ tend to be at the lower end of the range and ‘ owls ’ towards the top of it. ) • Where are the sense organs that pick up such external factors ? |
| 7 | However , the introduction of the new lower 20% tax band on the first 2,000 of taxable income in March 1992 should help improve the position of some 4 million people who are thought to be at the lowest end of the income scale . |
| 8 | When the trust is in demand , prices are likely to be at the upper end of the range and the trust is said to be on an ‘ offer ’ basis . |
| 9 | On January 22nd Alan Greenspan , chairman of the Federal Reserve , suggested that it would be at the low end of that range largely because much of the equipment being used would not be replaced . |
| 10 | The effect of these changes will be far-reaching and transport will , in many respects , be at the sharp end . |
| 11 | Ms Hargreaves , 32 , from Derbyshire , will be at the sharp end of the project . |
| 12 | Ms Hargreaves , 32 , from Derbyshire , will be at the sharp end of the project . |
| 13 | Somewhere people are drumming — it must be at the far end of the village , because at times the rhythm is distinct but when the wind takes it it becomes muffled , merging with the roar of the full monsoon river . |
| 14 | Therefore instead of walking all the way along the cliffs that morning , he decided to go down to the beach on the last lap of his journey , knowing that Edna and her small charge could well be at the far end , from whence he could quickly scramble up the pathway to the Tremayne property . |
| 15 | As she continued her searching look , trying to make out what might be at the far end , she became aware that she was gliding . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't picture it , ’ she said , ‘ but it could be at the far end from the flat . ’ |
| 17 | WHEN engineers working for the Tokyo gas company , get a telephone call in the middle of the night , the chances are that a computer will be at the other end . |
| 18 | ‘ Could be at the other end . |
| 19 | Among the many shocks being delivered by the declining years of the twentieth century is that of discovering , after decades of thinking we were the true moderns , how modern they could already be at the other end of the century . |
| 20 | but you 've got to find the place there it could be at the other end a mile away could n't it ? |
| 21 | It is artificially constrained in a way that ensures that the burden is not fairly distributed and those at the top end of the property range , and very likely to be at the top end of the income range , are being given shelter which is not justified . |
| 22 | The fortunate individuals who turn out to be at the top end of the income distribution usually own physical and financial capital as well as their own labour , or human capital . |
| 23 | Hopefully , I will be at the top end with Hartlepool . |
| 24 | because he would be at the top end of the other school |
| 25 | Lloyd 's needs to get a grip on more ‘ safe ’ business to offset its increasing tendency to be at the wrong end of big disasters such as Piper Alpha . |
| 26 | Lloyd 's needs to get a grip on more ‘ safe ’ business to offset its increasing tendency to be at the wrong end of big disasters such as Piper Alpha . |
| 27 | Both our customers and our prospects are feeling the squeeze , and we generally seem to be at the painful end of it . |
| 28 | Fully saturated colours , interestingly , tended to be at the red end of the spectrum for the six subjects involved in this study , and only rarely were saturated blues , purples or blue-greens reported . |
| 29 | The Lithuanian order is an unusually large one so it is likely to be at the bottom end of that range . |