Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [noun] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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1 | Dahl , 1954 , 1955 , 1987 ) ; however , the glacial survival of amphi-atlantic species such as Potamogeton epihydrus or Najas exilis ( as suggested by Harrison , 1948b ) or bryophytes such as Myurium hochstetteri , Leptodontium recurvifolium , or Campylopus shawii seems unlikely in view of reconstructed July mean temperatures during the last glacial maximum on St Kilda of 4°C and mean sea-surface temperatures around Rockall of 0–2°C ( Sutherland et al. , 1984 ) . |
2 | River insects develop wings in the last stage of their life cycle , and dragonflies are known to be able to fly many miles . |
3 | STEVE ARCHIBALD & THE HIBS BOARD SQUABBLE OVER THE LAST CLEAN STRIP |
4 | One of the features of , of the media which I think I mentioned earlier , certainly to one group if not the whole lot , is that people in the media cut things to the last moment , and the final second , it 's part of the adrenaline , we 've a chance to , make people move in . |
5 | As the train was pulling into the station at Shkodër some of the rioters set light to the last two carriages ; at least two passengers were burned to death . |
6 | He was struck by the way that the buffalo hide pictures from the last century , drawn by his great-great grandfathers , showed the monastery as it was now , in 1997 . |