Example sentences of "at [art] [adj -er] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The half year result was a 34 per cent rise over last time , and at the higher end of City estimates . |
| 2 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 3 | Overall , however , there were few signs of any sales at the higher end of the price range . |
| 4 | Privately , however , reaction at the higher end of the trade is positive , with the feeling that potential purchasers will turn back to the dealers for better service at more or less comparable prices . |
| 5 | At the lower end of the scale the items may be far shoddier than even the cheapest village or nomadic rug ; at the higher end , one can find work of the most outstanding calibre and sophistication . |
| 6 | The outcome has been the imposition of more sentences at the higher end of the punishment tariff over and above the changes in the volume of crime . |
| 7 | Luckily I lived at the higher end of the village so my house was not affected . |
| 8 | I would propose that we explore with the Managing Director a possibility of a deal at the higher end of this range but this may mean some form of earnout . |
| 9 | However , in a high risk situation , for instance involving industrial property or property at the higher end of the market , a disclaimer might be reasonable . |
| 10 | The judge did not regard the case as one at the higher end of the culpable homicide scale but a human life had been taken and he jailed Sutherland for five years . |
| 11 | The record , many copies of which still turn up among the ditches and hedgerows at the leafier end of Whaddon , portrayed a hope and optimism belied by bailiffs at the turnstiles , and its hummability led players and supporters to see the coming season and decade as the dawning of a new age . |
| 12 | The leg raises are done the opposite way round , with the feet at the lower end of the incline bench . |
| 13 | The sniping continued all afternoon with occasional and sudden mortar explosions , mainly at the lower end of the orchard , resulting in the usual casualties . |
| 14 | ( 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 ? |
| 15 | At the lower end , the chain store boom of the last decade means the equivalent one-season wonders may be cheap but that 's exactly how long they last — one season . |
| 16 | Never could they securely hold the Rhine until the Frisians at the lower end of it and the Saxons across it were tamed and Christianized . |
| 17 | There were a few clubs at the lower end of the street , but it was mostly owned by monolithic movie companies . |
| 18 | The colour , as with the Scarlet Ibis , originates from blue-green algae at the lower end of the food chain . |
| 19 | Professor Philip Swallow , Head of the English Department at Rummidge University , had been elected Dean of the Arts Faculty for a three-year term ; and since the duties of this office , added to his Departmental responsibilities , drastically reduced his contribution to undergraduate teaching , he was by tradition allowed to appoint a temporary lecturer , at the lower end of the salary scale , as what was quaintly termed ‘ Dean 's Relief ’ . |
| 20 | At the lower end of the scale , this might be little more than a garden allotment worked in spare time to supplement the income from a full-time job . |
| 21 | He started his business at the lower end of the market by chartering whole trains and bringing Lancashire pensioners to small south coast hotels out of season , when they helped to retain key staff and keep the hotel doors open throughout the quiet months . |
| 22 | Differences at the lower end of the scale are obscured by the massive differences at the top end . |
| 23 | The only other shop was Hargreaves at the lower end of Brown Street between Trinity Street and St. Ann 's Street — generally known as the posh end for it had a number of very large houses . |
| 24 | Thus in R v Stanley ( 1965 ) , Lord Chief Justice Parker explained the meaning of the terms ‘ indecent ’ and ‘ obscene ’ by suggesting that they both convey the same idea , ‘ namely , offending against recognised standards of propriety , indecent being at the lower end of the scale and obscene at the upper end ’ . |
| 25 | This is achieved by capacitor C3 , which whilst blocking the flow of d.c. , allows the a.c. audio signal at the lower end of resistor R4 to flow to 0V . |
| 26 | It 's much easier to get a good sound , too — far easier than on the smaller amps and combos at the lower end of the market . |
| 27 | As Mr Day points out : ‘ To the small and medium sized company , all accountants are very much the same and , with the increasing competition from certified and unqualified accountants , I do n't believe that at the lower end of the market chartered accountants will ever get back on the pedestal in the same way they used to be . |
| 28 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 29 | Mr Lamont set an inflation target of between one and four per cent , excluding mortgage costs , with the aim to keep the figure at the lower end of the scale . |
| 30 | THESE are more common at the lower end of the spectrum , but players are known to have received appearance fees from different sources . |