Example sentences of "end to this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sufficient to say I was deeply embarrassed , and the time has come to put an end to this absurdity . |
| 2 | But the monastic reforms of the tenth and eleventh centuries , and the new orders of the eleventh and twelfth , put an end to this stability . |
| 3 | ‘ There must be an end to this double-dealing and deceit which is selling Scotland and its people short . ’ |
| 4 | So I think we should all sing Happy Birthday to John , and it 'll be like a really good end to this bloke 's tape . |
| 5 | Some time there will have to be an end to this make-believe . |
| 6 | ‘ You still have n't told me the purpose of this call , ’ Alyssia pointed out , deciding to put an end to this surface veneer of politeness . |
| 7 | The woman , wishing to put an end to this outrage and feeling involved on the side of the toad , picked up a stick . |
| 8 | His heat scorched her , and unbearably stretched nerves urged her to turn and put an end to this agony of wanting . |
| 9 | An an and to speak quite bluntly on the state of the evidence at the moment it seems that that is a very possible end to this case , in which case , in which case the jury wo n't even get round to having this matter . |
| 10 | But it was a fitting end to this tour . |
| 11 | ‘ We , that is our most worshipful Mayor and his associates , are determined to see an end to this plague of smuggling . |
| 12 | But Mrs Thatcher endorsed the US action , saying it was necessary ‘ to bring an end to this rule of terror ’ . |
| 13 | It is essential that all nations and their institutions co-operate with one other to bring about an end to this madness . |
| 14 | 1834 saw the legal end to this practice ( at least in theory ) when Edwin Chadwick drafted , and Parliament passed , the Poor Law Amendment Act . |
| 15 | There was no easy end to this situation , though . |
| 16 | The coming of the railways and their ally , the telegraph system , put an end to this situation . |
| 17 | Just then , Travers awakes , and to put an end to this to-ing and fro-ing invites his former companions to share the meat with him . |
| 18 | On recounting the tale to a journalist , the victim is asked if he thinks there will ever be an end to this cycle of violence , to which he answers , ‘ No , as long as they keep shitting in our shoes , we 'll keep pissing in their Bovril . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I did not intend to give offence but I can see an end to this matter . |
| 20 | It might have been anticipated that the Criminal Law Revision Committee would seek to put an end to this uncertainty , particularly since , if any guiding principle has informed its final report , it is that the law should distinguish firmly between consensual and non-consensual sexual activity . |
| 21 | Alum Pot is a fitting end to this chapter on Ingleborough , but it is not to be inferred that the words and photographs adequately describe the manifold attractions of this wonderful mountain ; literally they only touch the surface and do not probe the dark secrets beneath . |
| 22 | There is no end to this process ; no ultimate truth or understanding of either education or of the scientific aspects of the world around . |
| 23 | There is no end to this process ; no ultimate truth or understanding of either education or of the scientific aspects of the world around . |
| 24 | The Second World War put an end to this age as surely as the First World War began it . |