Example sentences of "while at the end " in BNC.

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1 In October 1975 OSHA recommended a further lowering of exposure levels while at the end of 1976 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) recommended a further lowering of the standard to the lower limit of detection by optical microscopy — 100.000 asbestos fibre per cubic metre — though NIOSH admitted that even at that level of exposure there is probably still an increased risk of cancer .
2 Between 1916 and 1920 membership of the NALRWU grew from 4000 to 93000 , while at the end of the same period the Workers ' Union ( the precursor of the TGWU ) contained an estimated 120000 farm workers .
3 Today , Muslims are classed as Arabs , while at the end of the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the modern period , they were classed as Turks .
4 The dissolution of BCP cells in the armed forces had already been ordered by the former politburo on Jan. 24 and had been accomplished by Feb. 15 , while at the end of January a congress of the Union of Journalists had banned party cells from newspapers and publishing houses .
5 While at the end of 1985 there were fears that the price of crude would drop as far as $15 , by the end of July 1986 a leading article in The Times reported that Brent crude stood at ‘ a paltry nine dollars a barrel ’ .
6 In the first , it is ‘ gentle ’ and the poet describes the ‘ kind old sun ’ as wise , while at the end he says ‘ fatuous sunbeams ’ — fatuous being ‘ silly ’ or ‘ imbecile ’ .
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