Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] towards [art] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allows the centre to offer students , for whom the full degree programme may not be appropriate , the opportunity to work towards an end point at Year 1 or 2 which carries a qualification awarded by SCOTVEC on a national basis and which , through SCOTVEC 's efforts in negotiating national recognition agreements for its awards , has currency in the employment marketplace . |
| 2 | A Jacobite agent writing towards the end of Queen Anne 's reign thought that there were people in England who " wish the King [ i.e. " James III " ] well , who would not hazard their estates for him " . |
| 3 | A broadside written towards the end of the 1680s defended the Church of England against the charge that their stress on obedience and subjection had been pressed so far as " to set up arbitrary Power , and the Will of the Prince , above Law " . |
| 4 | Some of this expansion was through organic growth , but increased concentration is mainly accounted for by a series of merger waves beginning towards the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | When Raybestos decided towards the end of August 1976 to give up its designs on the Knockanemore dump , Michael Harrington of the IDA undertook a search for an alternative dumping site for Raybestos 's waste . |
| 6 | Generally , the note circulation rises towards the end of the week ( as the general public withdraws cash for the weekend and the banks anticipate the demand ) and falls at the start of the week : thus on Mondays and Tuesdays the fluctuations in the note circulation generally raise money market liquidity and on Thursdays and Fridays generally reduce it . |
| 7 | refers to type styles introduced towards the end of the 19th century . |
| 8 | This scene came towards the end of an episode in which Frank had already caused havoc in the local library , succeeded in unintentionally dismantling his neighbour 's chicken house and attended an interview for a job selling farming products . |
| 9 | Building work began towards the end of the same year with the first product produced in July 1990 . |
| 10 | Press influence increased towards the end of the campaign but it remained small compared to the influence of partisanship . |
| 11 | In real time , Peter worked out , Emor began towards the end of 1963 and flourished for nearly two years . |
| 12 | This was out of the 850 000 or so collisions the UA1 apparatus recorded towards the end of last year from a total of about one thousand million actual collisions . |
| 13 | Drilling operations began towards the end of 1902 in Chiah Surkh , a likely oil-bearing area near the border with Iraq . |
| 14 | Such a framework is provided only by sources written towards the end of the sixth century , by the short chronicle of Marius of Avenches and , above all , by the Decem Libri Historiarum , or Ten Books of Histories , of Gregory of Tours . |
| 15 | Ellsworth Kelly 's Documenta paintings open towards the end of the month ( 20 October-20 November ) . |
| 16 | McJannet 's injury problems began towards the end of two championship-winning seasons . |
| 17 | Like other artists working in hospitals , Frances feels that the emphasis steers towards the end product instead of to the process of creating art with patients . |
| 18 | Meetings proposed towards the end of September between representatives of the three warring parties — the forces of Taylor , Johnson and Nimley — came to nothing . |
| 19 | However , the non-markers again included the three informants who read very little science fiction , and the fact that the phrase occurs towards the end of the passage suggests that readers have become accustomed to the science fictional discourse model to the extent that elements of it display diminishing values of foregrounding . |
| 20 | Stuart , a 4 x 100 metres relay medallist for Britain in last year 's World Student Games , wo n't be eligible to compete for her new club until her automatic nine-month suspension ends towards the end of the season . |
| 21 | This often led to unused spare capacity , as beds were closed and surgeons idle towards the end of the financial year . |
| 22 | As QC George Carman said towards the end of the Mona Bauwens court case earlier this week : ‘ There 's no such thing as a free lunch . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps the most poignant echo in the tale comes towards the end where the townspeople , laughing at John , " " kiken and … cape " " , " peer and gape " , into his roof ( 3841 ) , repeating the verb used of Nicholas pretending to be transfixed by his astrological vision ( 3444 ) : the " " folk " " here align themselves with Nicholas — and with Nicholas the trickster , not Nicholas of the branded bum . |
| 24 | The NPT thus repeated a pledge first made by America , Russia and Britain to work towards an end to nuclear testing ‘ for all time ’ . |
| 25 | For this purpose the type of interview was particularly suitable , with accounts of present-day life coming towards the end of a now intimate interview . |
| 26 | The steady release and peak indicates the best way to use this manure : if it is put down at the end of March , the peak comes towards the end of June . |
| 27 | They include pumpkin , lentil , onion , parsnip , beetroot , pea , fennel and the redoubtable Buddhist Monk of mung beans with cashew nuts and coconut added towards the end ; ‘ a tropical soup , ’ says Rex . |
| 28 | The administrative officer of ‘ A ’ Squadron , Lieut John Todd , in a letter written towards the end of July , told me that Leslie 's aircraft was one of several which had dropped men in France on 17 June , and that the other planes had accomplished their mission successfully and had returned safely to base . |
| 29 | It is no accident that the explosion in the number of type-faces began towards the end of the 19th century when advertising and branded goods came into their own . |
| 30 | Higher standards introduced towards the end of the 1960s , by Dr Roy Mackal , at the University of Chicago , revealed how photographs could be faked or mistakes made . |