Example sentences of "[vb pp] at the other " in BNC.
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| 1 | The receiver was lifted at the other end . |
| 2 | But ZZAP ! has never looked at the other side of the problem or asked themselves : ‘ Why is there so much software piracy ? ’ |
| 3 | Looked at the other way this means that at least 30 per cent of Englishmen in the mid seventeenth century were able to read and to sign their name . |
| 4 | When you sort out your notes , Sergeant , you might include in them the additional information that my car was parked at the other end of Boundary Drive , the end furthest away from Glenfair Road , see ? |
| 5 | Also recommended at the other end of the spectrum is Kenwards — described by Tère and Tony as the ‘ jewel in Lewes 's gastronomic crown ’ . |
| 6 | He paused by the window seat , a replica of one he had noticed at the other end of the gallery . |
| 7 | The Chaconne for a Chinese Man and woman … is written at the other end of the volume … no music has been found for the ‘ Grand Dance of Twenty-four Persons ’ at the end of the [ Fifth ] Act ) ; in [ the ] MS there is no break between Hymen 's solo ‘ Love ne'er had yet– and the short Trio ‘ They shall be [ as ] happy ’ ( where , according to the Libretto , the Dance should take place ) , and it seems therefore possible that it was omitted in performance . |
| 8 | It was answered at the other end after the first ring by a friendly , but formal , female voice . |
| 9 | All became clear when the jeep was unloaded at the other end . |
| 10 | The last item entered at either of these prompts will be taken as the current item , even if an incompatible entry has been made at the other prompt . |
| 11 | The consequences of these same changes can also be seen at the other end of the life course , in old age . |
| 12 | The rationalist model has been outlined above : it is matched at the other extreme by an approach emphasising the incremental nature of most actual decisions . |
| 13 | I can quote you three particular instances where farmers have rung in with good information only to be told at the other end of the phone what the bloody hell have you rung us for and they 've got nothing within the local police whatsoever . |
| 14 | Overall , equations ( 9.78 ) and ( 9.79 ) allow for a signal being fed in at one end of a transmission line , propagating along it and being partially reflected at the other end to give a wave travelling in the opposite direction . |
| 15 | A sharp click sounded at the other end of the line and a voice muttered something . |
| 16 | Attached to the bottom of the betalite , which is encased in a plastic tube for protection , is a length of braided terylene tied at the other end to my back rod-rest , so that when I strike the indicator pulls off and drops to the ground . |
| 17 | What was needed instead was some means of setting up the apparatus so that each detector could not ‘ know ’ in advance the polarisation being detected at the other side of the experiment . |
| 18 | ‘ We consider our wares to be as good in every aspect as those provided at the other hotel , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Fraulein Winkelmann was sitting at one end of a small kitchen table , separated from a big colour set at the other end by a cup of coffee and a plate of cream cakes . |
| 20 | In a reserved judgment , the judge said he was satisfied Connolly had been in the process of making the bomb , and that he had been in control of the munitions found at the other house , some of which were devices only used by the IRA . |
| 21 | John McLeish , seated at the other side of a table from Commander Stevenson , would have agreed with this judgement . |
| 22 | It is not clear whether there were actually craft workshops in the West Wing at Zakro but , if so , it seems to be a significant departure from the pattern observed at the other temples , where the votive workshops were in the east , as at Knossos , or north-east , as at Phaistos . |
| 23 | Before pursuing this theme , attention should be directed at the other issue arising from Brockway 's declaration , the abolitionist stance , which eschews efforts to improve life within prisons in favour of seeking to be entirely rid of the prison system . |
| 24 | But is the consciousness of a beautiful object properly conceived as consisting in two distinct things , consciousness and the object , standing in a certain relation ( of the one being directed at the other ) which makes no difference to what each of them is in itself ? |
| 25 | Lhote , who had already established a certain independent reputation , mixed cautiously in Cubist circles , but from 1911 onwards was generally referred to as a Cubist , although his somewhat academic style often gained him exemption from the unfavourable criticism directed at the other painters . |
| 26 | Very soon after , a file of malai troops passed at the other end of the road . |
| 27 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 28 | ‘ And why have men become cruel and lazy ? ’ the white woman asked , irritated at the other woman 's refusal to condemn the opposite sex . |
| 29 | The first person in each team is given a balloon and has to blow it down the room over tape placed at the other end without touching it . |
| 30 | Several hundred dryads were clustered at the other end of the hall . |