Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | , The NRA has announced a " disturbing " rise in prosecutions of companies and individuals for polluting water over the last two years . |
| 2 | A fountain pen is a writing instrument , metonymically ‘ fountain ’ relative to its reservoir , non-dip implicitly in its connotation , constituting a magnetic focus of cascading libido to the last drop , paradigmatically self-dipping in a Reichian sense . |
| 3 | According to the 1987 Conservative Election Manifesto : ‘ Home-ownership has been the great success story of housing policy in the last eight years . ’ |
| 4 | Mr , er a moment ago congratulated the County Council in fact on the success of the strategy in reducing migration over the last ten years or so . |
| 5 | Marist replied with a try and two penalties by Ian Vernon , who went desperately close to clinching victory in the last minute of the game when a penalty hit an upright . |
| 6 | Marist replied with a try and two penalties by Ian Vernon , who went desperately close to clinching victory in the last minute of the game when a penalty hit an upright . |
| 7 | The remaining web of streets was due for redevelopment — the standard solution to housing decay in the last couple of decades . |
| 8 | The York Waits , a six-strong group of entertainers , is to receive a coveted international honour for their contribution to keeping old traditions alive by reconstructing music from the last five centuries . |