Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.

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1 In one of the meditations on the Passion to be examined in the last part of the chapter Rolle vividly explores the nature of such a loss .
2 The question of the truth of the Christian picture of the world has increasingly come to be raised during the last two hundred years .
3 The same conclusion would probably be reached if the tenant 's break notice had to be served before the last date for service of the landlord 's notice calling for a rent review .
4 A visitor can wander through rooms which reincarnate life as it used to be lived over the last centuries .
5 A similar identifying code was to be sent to the last endorsee or owner of record of the original bill , and this code allowed the printing of the bill of lading , which was used to claim the goods .
6 The road from Silchester to Durobrivae and includes Dorchester-on-Thames , Alchester , Towcester and Irchester , assuming there is a gap in the road yet to be filled between the last two places .
7 In addition , some painkillers are ruled out ( such as epidural ) , because they take too long to administer and take effect , so your plans for your birth may have to be altered at the last minute .
8 Even in this chapter the discussion of The Winter 's Tale had occurred in the first edition much earlier in the book , from where it has been removed and rewritten to be included in the last chapter .
9 In vain has Adrienne written asking for news from the North-East to be included in the last two issues : for we had nothing to report beyond our puny struggles against the mighty Aerobics phenomenon .
10 But this was far too much activity to be squeezed into the last quarter of the fourth century .
11 Here , the length will have to be marked on the last piece when it is in position and the excess cut off with a hacksaw .
12 Audience volunteers will be invited to perform about five minutes of new material and the most popular of these acts will be invited to appear in a special final to be held on the last Sunday of every month .
13 A sufficient convergence of interest took place for the so-called Pentagon talks to be held in the last quarter of 1947 .
14 In fulfilment of this agreement a huge force , variously put at 15,000 and 30,000 men , had been assembled between Dunkirk and Boulogne , to follow up any initial success in a landing on the south or east coast , though the final choice of destination was to be left to the last moment , being largely dependent on the wind .
15 This is mainly to be found in the last chapter of the book .
16 Although the poem contains such pessimistic overtones and pathetic acceptance of fate there is hope to be found in the last two lines which seem to be set apart from the rest .
17 Cheryl Wragg , 34 , was airlifted 150 miles for the operation , just weeks after 10-year-old Adele 's appeal , only to be told at the last minute the lungs were unsuitable .
18 Yes Mr Chairman , erm I shall move the obvious suggested resolution with amendments which I wish to be circulated in the last .
19 Plantagenet intervention against France in the Low Countries and the Empire was not to be revived until the last decade of the century .
20 Unfortunately the October meeting had to be cancelled at the last minute through lack of support .
21 World No5 , Neal Foulds , became the fifth player in the top ten to be eliminated in the last 64 when he was beaten 5-3 by Paul Tanner .
22 I knew all about the technical hazards , the need to remain seemingly unperturbed when the running order had to be changed at the last second , the importance of acquiring a warm , friendly rapport with the viewer .
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