Example sentences of "[noun sg] with last " in BNC.

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1 Here McMillan 's draw weight with last stone was perfect but the stone did n't curl as expected over the last few yards .
2 In Colchester , where Red Lion Books has competition from both Waterstones and Dillons , Peter Donaldson reported sales on a par with last year : ‘ A week before Christmas we were about 15% down , but we were saves by strong last-minute sales . ’
3 Mr Ramsay added ‘ This year it looks as though cereal prices will be much on a par with last year and on top of that farmers will receive the area compensatory payments .
4 At the business unit level profits should be on a par with last year , which was a record result .
5 Add a tablespoon of flour with last amount of egg .
6 Compare and contrast with last week 's statement by Auberon Waugh : ‘ The greatest sin-gle cause of unhappiness in Britain today is the modern British woman 's hatred of housework . ’
7 The University of Chicago Press has a long list of titles for the coming spring season , in contrast with last year 's more restricted offering .
8 The nationwide hunt for the maker of the explosives is centred in Grampian , where detectives are also investigating a possible link with last week 's elaborate hoax which brought chaos to Aberdeen .
9 ‘ Well , who 's that you were having nookey with last night ? ’
10 On the next page Table 7 an Figure 4 summarises the exporting performance from industry sectors within Grampian and Tayside and provides a comparison with last year 's results .
11 By comparison with last year , you will be ov overall this year by comparison with last year , er you 'll be about point six of a member of staff down .
12 By comparison with last year , you will be ov overall this year by comparison with last year , er you 'll be about point six of a member of staff down .
13 ‘ For 1993 , we hope to maintain our revenues and profit with last year 's level , ’ he concluded .
14 Ghofar has a good deal in common with Last Suspect , the 50–1 shot on whom this sagacious Welshman won the 1985 Grand National .
15 It is a praiseworthy achievement to produce a result in line with last year in an economic climate which dampened demand in the retail market and caused considerable well publicised problems for certain companies in the industry .
16 The country has frozen imports of CFCs at the 1991 level of 15,648 tonnes ; according to the Industry Ministry imports to August this year were in line with last year 's total of 10,044 tonnes .
17 Yet personal allowances should have been raised in line with last December 's inflation rate of 2.6 per cent , allowing taxpayers to earn at least an extra £90 a year before tax .
18 The board has recommended a dividend of 0.7p per share , broadly in line with last year .
19 … traditional budgeting also has the defects of its virtues … comparing this year with last year may not mean much if the past was a mistake and the future is likely to be a bigger one .
20 ‘ Guess who he was locked in conversation with last night at a Lisbon club ?
21 That was the one that you had the problem with last week was n't it ?
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