Example sentences of "end [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this test a load is applied to the two ends of a long bar of uniform cross-section and either the displacement of the ends or that of two fiducial marks on the surface of the bar observed as a function of the applied load . |
| 2 | Usually it is at the end of a long day 's racing , with a number of stressful periods all adding to the pilot 's fatigue . |
| 3 | This is one of the effects of lack of oxygen , but also of dehydration at the end of a long day 's excitement . |
| 4 | It was said that on the first occasion that a female student ‘ scrubbed ’ with him he was reaching the end of a long case and held up the piece of cat-gut slung under the ureter ( to identify it and keep it safe during the dissection ) , saying ‘ Cut ! ’ |
| 5 | Towards the end of a long and tiring night shift , when news was coming through of the murder of another member of the RUC , one policeman in particular decided to put the field-worker through a test of trust . |
| 6 | A comfortable sleeping bag provides the means to re-charge your batteries at the end of a long day so it 's important to ensure you have the right one for the job . |
| 7 | The war was the cold , the wet , standing to your neck in a drain for a whole night with bloodhounds on your trail , not knowing how you could manage the next step toward the end of a long march . |
| 8 | ‘ This is a beautiful day at the end of a long way , but we are not yet at the end of that way , a whole lot remains to be done , ’ Mr Brandt said . |
| 9 | But by the end of a long morning , this show 's reputation for unrivalled unpredictability and entertainment was still intact . |
| 10 | Bonanza Boy finished a remote eighth in the race and is 10lb worse off with Little Polveir but it is unwise to judge him on that performance which came at the end of a long season after some punishing contests . |
| 11 | I think it was just the final end of a long line of demands that he 'd been making . |
| 12 | In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp . |
| 13 | It 's not much to ask for , at the end of a long life . ’ |
| 14 | A classical , goblet-shaped stone urn , placed on a plinth at the end of a long , narrow lawn draws the mixed borders on either side together and integrates them . |
| 15 | Even Archibald earl of Argyll , nearing the end of a long life noted mainly for a remarkable inability to make decisions , now found ‘ boldness ’ in him ; he ‘ reformed many things ’ , we are told , and , despite the strictures of archbishop Hamilton , he maintained the Protestant preacher John Douglas in his household . |
| 16 | Several admirable but narrow-banded supporters ' organisations rail and rattle at the iniquity of it all and occasionally they are even permitted to have a say at the distant end of a long table . |
| 17 | These buildings were invariably well heated and conducive to ‘ nodding off at the end of a long day . |
| 18 | At the end of a long , draggy , boring Friday afternoon , it 's at last time to clear up . |
| 19 | For Captain Pugwash it was , he hoped , the end of a long and infamous career . |
| 20 | One story is told of drovers who , at the end of a long drive , having sold their cattle , would go to the beerkeller to celebrate , but before they did , they would tie the money from the sale around the dog 's neck , secure in the knowledge that no matter how drunk they became , their money would be safe until the morning ! |
| 21 | The end of a long day … |
| 22 | Eventually , at the end of a long hard day on Loch Stack , he was persuaded to hang up his oars by two old friends . |
| 23 | For example , certain lochs are named after guests , and the most recent naming was Yeoman 's Loch ; a tiny , Y-shaped lochan at the end of a long , hard trek . |
| 24 | Often at the end of a long , hard hike ; and our greatest delight is finding new , unexplored waters to fish where , perhaps , the trout haven , t seen an artificial fly for years . |
| 25 | The Bishop lived in a fine red-brick house at the end of a long drive bordered with lime trees . |
| 26 | These then developed into the trebuchet , which had a sling at one end of a long wooden arm . |
| 27 | ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day . |
| 28 | A hemp rope was attached to one end of a long pole , usually of larch , and wound round the wood to be turned . |
| 29 | One mark of the climber is the ability to change to a higher gear and accelerate towards the end of a long ascent . |
| 30 | Ten minutes later , at the end of a long downward-sloping track , the Waafery appeared out of the mist , the usual huddle of rounded Nissen huts , surrounded by the usual mud . |