Example sentences of "be at the opposite " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needles to be brought into holding position must always be at the opposite side to the carriage . |
| 2 | We were at the opposite poles of humanity . |
| 3 | Of course , they were at the opposite ends of the price range . |
| 4 | A second group is at the opposite extreme of breakage , with no mandibles intact , and this includes the mammalian carnivores , the little owl and most of the diurnal raptors not included in the main analysis ( not included because the damage is so great that hardly any recognizable bone is left in the pellets : see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 5 | Do two passes of the carriage to read the cams and then , when the carriage is at the opposite side to the point cam ( in this case on the right ) , move the left point cam back to its position on the right of the N1 cam . |
| 6 | After that , move the point cam to its correct position when the carriage is at the opposite side to the cam being moved . |
| 7 | This is at the opposite extreme from those occupations that are inherently invidious , those that place the individual directly under the command of another , as in the case of the doorman or the household servant , and those involving a vast range of tasks — street cleaning , garbage collection , janitorial services , elevator operation — that have an obtrusive connotation of social inferiority . |
| 8 | So it is at the opposite end of the scale — with the small sums lent by weekly credit collectors — that the personal interview in the home is the rule . |
| 9 | This kind of discourse is at the opposite pole from storytelling as defined by Benjamin . |
| 10 | As we have noted , this is at the opposite pole from the extreme classical view that wage-earners save little , and that the primary source of accumulation is saving out of profits . |
| 11 | Granting a Sunderland council application for him to be sent to the unit , the magistrates at the Family Court hearing in the city said : ‘ It is unfortunate … the nearest placement is at the opposite end of the country . ’ |
| 12 | Granting a Sunderland council application for him to be sent to the unit , the magistrates at the Family Court hearing in the city said : ‘ It is unfortunate … the nearest placement is at the opposite end of the country . ’ |