Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] in the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , under the hail of bombs in the last phase of the war , some Nazi cranks and fanatics sent letters to the Propaganda Ministry , extraordinary even for the Third Reich in the depths of inhumanity they plumbed , suggesting the shooting or burning of Jews in retaliation for allied air raids , it was occasionally specifically requested that the ‘ suggestions ’ be sent on to Hitler . |
| 2 | TRUE to the traditions of cup competitions , rugby union 's Pilkington version threw up a number of surprises in the last round , not least the demise of all three big West Country clubs . |
| 3 | A. Thousands of men in the last century were miners in the west of Cornwall . |
| 4 | I tried to analyse , through studying a succession of reports in the last decade on community care in general and on services for people with dementia in particular , whether this sort of enhanced role for the voluntary sector had been charted or signalled in any way . |
| 5 | ‘ There has been a whole series of events in the last year going against the hill sheep farmer , and this could be one of the final straws . ’ |
| 6 | THE IMPROVING image of diesels in the last couple of years may have encouraged sales . |
| 7 | Detectives tackling a sixty seven percent rise in burglaries in the last year want nine nine nine calls from anyone who has the slightest suspicion that something somewhere is not quite right . |
| 8 | A Home Office statistical bulletin said nationally police recorded an 11pc increase in offences in the last quarter of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 9 | There were letters from the boy here in his closet , no more than a week old , cold-blooded enough in their analysis of the military situation since Grey 's loss , and ruthless enough in their acceptance of the necessity to deal in extremes in the last resort , but still arguing the advantage of restraint , even daring to suggest that Lord Grey 's capture made no substantial alteration in the case for negotiation , since he was the original party to the complaint which had never actually come to a judgment under law . |
| 10 | There were 48 thefts from vehicles in the last week , including a sports bag and clothing from a car in West Powlett Street , a wallet , portable telephone , pens and cards from a vehicle at Blackwell Scar , and power tools and attachments from a car in Green Street . |
| 11 | That 's the meaning , it 's what you spent on stamps in the last year . |
| 12 | In this chapter I shall write only about women in the last group and their position in the British labour market since very little has been written about them . |
| 13 | The Training Department of the Ministry of Labour has only organized three courses for women in the last decade and , as one study concludes , " there is little interest in job training schemes for women " . |
| 14 | MasterChef 1990 ( BBC Books , £7.99 ) contains all the recipes produced by contestants in the last MasterChef television series to fit that very bill . |
| 15 | MODERN molecular biology has finally answered one of the most important questions thrown up by experiments in the last century on the nature of genetic inheritance . |