Example sentences of "are the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tapes are the last resort because they are the least effective way of attracting attention . |
| 2 | We are the last generation who can avert this catastrophe . |
| 3 | We are the last nation to acknowledge the Communist propaganda of 47 years ago . |
| 4 | The next Minutes , dated January 11th , 1909 , are unsigned and are the last available until May 1920 ; interestingly they record a decision to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting to alter the Sunday Caddie rule . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's been having trouble with her periods , if you must know , ’ she says , imputing a prurient inquisitiveness to Vic , although she is well aware that such gynaecological disclosures are the last thing he wants , especially at this hour of the morning . |
| 6 | These majestic stones , flecked with orange and white lichen , are the last of thousands that once littered the prehistoric landscape . |
| 7 | They are the last rock'n'roll band before a new and better rock'n'roll race/creed begins . |
| 8 | They are the last people on earth one could imagine to be dancers . |
| 9 | ‘ You are the last , Alec , ’ he said , ‘ the last of the Carews . |
| 10 | The most interesting cases , however , are the last : those in which a trust imposed on a bequest which has failed is held to survive . |
| 11 | Victorian sewers , water mains , railways , sea walls , reservoirs and Canals are the last vestiges of British empire-building . |
| 12 | The petals are the last to go on as these will fade and die quickly if a start is made too soon . |
| 13 | Apart from this , children are out by going to the wrong side when a number is called out , if they unfreeze without being told or if they are the last one to do one of the organizer 's commands . |
| 14 | Anyone who knows me will tell you those are the last things I 'm lacking . |
| 15 | I 've had three goes at it , and I can tell you that looks are the last thing to be considered ; it 's what 's underneath that matters in the long run . |
| 16 | The Mai Po marshes that abut the present Chinese border are the last marshes left in Hong Kong . |
| 17 | You are the last one I 'd throw from a lifeboat . ’ |
| 18 | These are the last group of techniques we are going to consider . |
| 19 | The proposition about the tigers also makes good sense ; that specimens are the last remaining , be they tigers , books , or bottles of port , affects the propriety of their disposal . |
| 20 | The stringencies built into the economy are serious disadvantages and salutary disciplines : Soviet designers are the last to confuse the most advanced solution with the most effective one . |
| 21 | Compaq Computer Corp says that the restructuring of its field and reseller support operations in the US to increase interaction with its broadened customer base and provide enhanced support to its resellers ( CI No 2,148 ) , will cost about 150 field employees their jobs , but the loss will be partially offset by an as-yet-undetermined number of employees to be hired at the company 's Houston headquarters as part of the reorganisation ; the 150 to go are the last of the 1,000 jobs that it said it planned to cut in October . |
| 22 | It seems , once again , that Sussex are the last in the queue , yet not the least indelible of the summer 's memories will be Franklyn Stephenson 's contribution to that win over Durham at Horsham . |
| 23 | MALDON and Sudbury are the last two undefeated sides in Division One of the Anglo Two Counties Championship only a month into the season . |
| 24 | One day when the terrible moment comes and it is bound to come when we shall be talking of the Serb national catastrophe , when we shall be questioning ourselves about who was responsible for it and how it came about that we are the last nation in Europe to be surrounded by such enemies and such hatred , then many of the great brains of the Academy will find themselves in the dock if they live to see the day . |
| 25 | Already the cream of teachers has dispersed to Europe and America and I think my generation ( Pletnev and Pogorelich , who studied principally in Russia ) are the last of a breed , of one trained , nurtured and crucified by the system . |
| 26 | Take-overs are the last major area where City regulation survives . |
| 27 | Licensed dealers are the last places on earth to serve as sanctuaries from such treatment . |
| 28 | The stone walls are the last — Francis , are you listening ? ’ |
| 29 | Amongst them are the last great wild gardens of the earth still harbouring uncatalogued varieties of creatures and man . |
| 30 | He begins by summarising that for the obvious reasons of inaccessibility and defences , the peoples who reside among mountains are the last to be conquered : he progresses to consider similarly-caused impediments to civilisation : he deduces the part remoteness plays in the preservation of ancient languages . |