Example sentences of "at the sharp end [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And all of this is inevitable , for Utopians are ill at ease at the sharp end of politics . |
| 2 | All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies . |
| 3 | It was like Poor Cow or Cathy Come Home except that the woman at the sharp end of the social services was also the author . |
| 4 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
| 5 | All of this is a testimonial to the belief that when the emphasis is placed on the practical experiences of individuals and communities rather than on ideologies , and when the grassroots leadership of people is developed rather than theories and constitutions , then workable solutions can be developed which are adapted for both local and the national situation by those people who have to put these solutions into practice at the sharp end of the stick . |
| 6 | Those that are at the sharp end of developments should get immediate feedback when criticisms arise but the relaying of complaints ought not to be an exercise in apportionment of blame . |
| 7 | But its major effect was to make life slightly more tolerable for those at the sharp end of the beat system . |
| 8 | A man at the sharp end of the drive to put information technology to work in Britain , Cracknell was commenting on plans by a big American semiconductor firm to expand its operations in the town . |
| 9 | Now I 'm working to save the earth , ’ says Mitsu Kimata , who is at the sharp end of Body Shop 's thrust into Japan . |
| 10 | She had suffered at the sharp end of the tongues of some of Dej 's more sophisticated barons ' wives in the 1950s and Dej 's favourite daughter did not respect her . |
| 11 | In England pop culture has a simultaneous function — inextricably intertwined to a degree unmatched anywhere else in the world of exploitation and expression : exploitation as the product of an industry at the sharp end of the new conditions of capitalism , expression by virtue of its position — which has occurred by default — as the main area of activity in our society which freely admits voices of both youth and change . |
| 12 | To begin with , in the evenings and mornings , during stroll time ( the suit , the stick ) , all the people tended to gather at the sharp end of the ship , looking at where they came from , as people do . |
| 13 | In making this break with tradition , James , it seems , had come to the conclusion that it was time for the intellectual elite to shut up and listen to the workers for a change for it was they who were at the sharp end of the production system and therefore they who first sensed any changes in patterns of production . |
| 14 | The pyramid system means that the operating unit is at the sharp end of action and is supported by a very broad base of other services which in turn are supported by others all the way down to the base of the pyramid . |
| 15 | And despite Kenny Dalglish 's spending spree , Moran , 36 , is still going strong at the sharp end of the Premier League . |
| 16 | You 've managed to dodge meeting the boys at the sharp end of this exercise for far too long . |
| 17 | Carrington was directed to a nearby farmhouse where ‘ a tall , dark German airman had been arrested at the sharp end of a pitchfork ’ to find only another crowd of excited neighbours and a labourer called Davie Maclean who was getting fed up with the whole affair . |
| 18 | County Council 's encouraged by the fact that the introduction Policy E two is supported by all the North Yorkshire Districts and they are after all at the sharp end of implementing structure policy . |
| 19 | And since , unlike many wives of city moguls , she 'd had recent experience at the sharp end of business in the City of London , she understood , only too clearly , the problems he was facing at the present time . |
| 20 | They were at the sharp end of an operation conceived at the Oxford based company Unipart . |
| 21 | Janet 's counsellor Mamie Graham is on the end of a phone 24 hours a day for those who find themselves at the sharp end of crime . |
| 22 | And that 's a view shared by those at the sharp end of publishing , the authors themselves . |
| 23 | The audience was made of around 100 leading businessmen , at the sharp end of the recession . |
| 24 | Ms Hargreaves , 32 , from Derbyshire , will be at the sharp end of the project . |
| 25 | This was the commission 's first visit to meet people at the sharp end of the system . |
| 26 | Ms Hargreaves , 32 , from Derbyshire , will be at the sharp end of the project . |
| 27 | Stringent safety measures now operate on buses to help drivers who , like Mr Seymour , find themselves at the sharp end of Strathclyde 's rising tide of serious crime . |
| 28 | It will be supplemented by the top 50 companies in terms of employment levels , and both tables will give those at the sharp end of the economy the chance to give their businesses a much higher profile . |
| 29 | In any case , the name of the game here seems to be performance-friendly and so you are immediately in at the sharp end with patch number 11 . |
| 30 | She believes that with your practical experience at the sharp end in Europe you will be able to provide much needed ammunition to support her appeal which is to be submitted to the Commission and the Council of Ministers . |