Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [art] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The declaration included a decision that recourse to nuclear weapons should be considered only as a last resort ; the meeting also looked forward to the prospect of a reduction in the armed forces of a united Germany , and issued an invitation to the Warsaw Pact to sign a joint declaration with NATO on non-aggression . |
| 2 | As has been indicated , such machinery is established , but it is intended to be used only as a last resort . |
| 3 | Successive governments have stressed that imprisonment should be used only as a last resort yet , as we have seen , its use increased during the 1980s . |
| 4 | Descriptions based on comparison of a sound in the new language with a sound in the student 's own language should be used only as a last resort , since dialect differences in languages made such descriptions confusing and often valueless . |
| 5 | A firearm is to be used only as a last resort . |
| 6 | In buildings of more than two storeys , wait for the fire brigade , and jump only as a last resort . |
| 7 | Certainly , the appearance and spreading of turbulent spots , described below as the last stages of transition , are commonly observed in uncontrolled transition ( e.g. Fig. 17.18 ) . |