Example sentences of "is [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But last year 's trading , is like last week 's match . |
| 2 | ‘ But last year 's trading , is like last week 's match . |
| 3 | That is until last weekend . |
| 4 | Now you know , to be to be honest I was talking about it , I could n't tell you what the average percent is from last year . |
| 5 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I want simply to tell you that work on your notes connected with the Big Glass is at last under way and that I have remained scholarly and impartial throughout what has not been an easy task , in view of what you say about me and especially about my family , and which you must have known would give offense . |
| 6 | Evans , like Haggerty , is not in the Saints side for his cerebral contribution , though there was evidence against New Zealand last week that the giant prop is at last gaining an understanding of his league potential . |
| 7 | AFTER years of playing the cinderella of the media world , the potential of radio is at last gaining recognition . |
| 8 | Sir Alan has in the past written about his deep misgivings over intervention and has recently let it be known in the City that he believes the economy is at last showing signs of pronounced slowdown , a view not fully shared by the Treasury . |
| 9 | After years of being thought a crank , he is at last being taken seriously . |
| 10 | ‘ The cult of the dominating hairdresser is at last on its way out ’ |
| 11 | What makes this a particular problem for Microsoft and IBM is that , while the consensus on OS/2 is unravelling , its chief rival , Unix , is at last making headway . |
| 12 | It is one sign among many that the country is at last moving away from post-communist politics and towards modern European democracy . |
| 13 | There it is at last , a dimly lit porch , the number twenty-one just visible . |
| 14 | Banks is an immensely amiable , bearded ex-beatnik who feels that he is at last putting his past behind him . |
| 15 | It can take some comfort from the rise of 7.5 per cent in its vote and from the fact that it came second to Labour in so many seats and is at last beginning to nibble at Labour 's huge majorities in the Central Belt . |
| 16 | He is at last , and to his evident relief , his own man . |
| 17 | The blood of the great cricket tribe , almost purely Yorkshire , is at last to be diluted . |
| 18 | Now , research by British scientists of the National Environment Research Council is at last unravelling the causes . |
| 19 | This St George 's Gallery should not be missed , particularly as the international importance of Czech art is at last being recognized . |
| 20 | The path , here still a thousand feet below the top , becomes very rough as the gradient increases , the final scramble through a breach in the summit cliffs over the debris of erosion being sufficiently arduous to justify a prolonged rest when the flat top is at last reached . |
| 21 | Now that society is at last recognizing and developing the full range of women 's abilities and now that women are seen to have , with men , full ‘ human rights ’ , many people conclude that it is time for the Church of England to embody in its official ministry the biblical vision of equal partnership between women and men . |
| 22 | The good news has to be the fact that the subject is at last being discussed openly . |
| 23 | Change is at last on the horizon in South Africa , but its outcome and the effects on its neighbours are not yet clear . |
| 24 | Under the skin , though , the craft are sufficiently different to generate cautious optimism that the hovercraft is at last coming of age . |
| 25 | GOOD to see ( New Scientist , 28 April , p 203 ) that citation indexing is at last being considered seriously as an aid towards more reasonable decisions over research funding in Britain . |
| 26 | And Hopkins grins like a man who is at last easy in his skin . |
| 27 | After years of medical doubt it is at last safe to say with conviction that an apple a day along with the other fibre-rich foods you will eat on the F-Plan does indeed keep the doctor away . |
| 28 | Rivers have been restored to healthy levels and , more importantly , this rain is at last reaching the water-permeable rocks deep underground . |
| 29 | TOILETRIES maker Creighton 's Naturally is at last shaking off its dependence on two major customers , Body Shop and Crabtree & Evelyn . |
| 30 | High Street stores including Marks & Spencer , Boots and Argos were among the best performers in trading on hopes that consumer spending is at last picking up . |