Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to the end [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The origins of an organised market in the debt of the government can be traced to the end of the seventeenth century and during the following hundred years the growth of the Stock Exchange itself was closely bound up with the growth of government debt .
2 ‘ Our view is the recovery will probably now be delayed to the end of 1991 . ’
3 Complaints that British ships by comparison with those of France were too small , sailed badly and were encumbered by too many guns , continued to be heard to the end of the century and afterwards ; while French prizes were frequently used as models for the design of new British men-of-war .
4 Move the cursor onto the very first letter of the paragraph which is to be joined to the end of the paragraph above it .
5 An SSR can refer to as many modules as required , although additional modules can only be added to the end of the list .
6 Similarly when adding new roles , they should be added to the end of the list or to an empty slot .
7 A full analysis of the situation will be postponed to the end of this chapter , but it seems worth noting that recently the Tyne shipped its largest ever cargo — an export load of scrap .
8 Where this is provided for ( Clause 18.02 ) the exact date of retirement may be tied to the end of the firm 's accounting year for administrative convenience .
9 The joint bracket can now be fitted to the end of the length in the same way and screwed in place .
10 Announcing that Scottish companies and local authorities had raised more than £230,000 , George Hunter , the Games Council secretary , said that this would allow the time limit for achieving qualifying standards to be extended to the end of December .
11 Following talks in Moscow on Sept. 9-10 representatives from member nations of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA or COMECON ) failed to agree on the division of assets by Sept. 28 as scheduled [ see p. 38315 ] ; however , it was agreed in early October that this deadline should be extended to the end of November .
12 Several universities and institutions of higher education have departments of local history in which the subject may be studied to the end of achieving a recognised qualification , and hence have well-stocked reference libraries .
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