Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Hainer Bastian see this exhibition as completing the vision of Picasso presented at the last great retrospective in New York twelve years ago , when the focus was on his Cubist , surrealist and classical phases . |
| 2 | Most of the material is injected in the form of dykes which do n't reach the surface , and it 's been estimated that the total thickness of dykes intruded in the last ninety million years is over 400 kilometres ! |
| 3 | But when the City of London emerged as the last centre of strength for the Whig opponents of royal policy at the beginning of the 1680s , it was asked by a writ of quo warranto to show that it was entitled to all the powers it had been exercising . |
| 4 | It was a slow-going mile , but towards the end one could hear occasional cars along the road ahead and Gareth and Coconut with whoops crashed through the last few yards , again , as the week before , relieved to be back in the space age . |
| 5 | The ancient veneration for the rule of law has in England suffered during the last thirty years a marked decline . |
| 6 | In a reverse image of Mr Major 's public appearances , as the Labour leader 's belief in victory grew in the last days , so his studied calm and restraint slipped away , and a fatal hint of the ‘ cocky Welsh boyo ’ marked his public performances . |
| 7 | The greatest changes in the technology and style of the brooches in Kent occurred in the last quarter of the sixth century with the introduction of solid gold objects decorated with filigree and cloisonné work replacing gilded silver objects . |
| 8 | The turning point for Hunt came in the last race of the first half of the season when Lauda retired from the French Grand Prix with a rear mechanical fault and Hunt took full advantage by winning . |