Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , apart from these demonstrations and an outbreak of panic buying in the last days of March , the public response to the second stage of price liberalization was muted , in marked contrast to the street protests which had greeted the first state in November 1990 [ see p. 37866 ] . |
| 2 | The private sector has , in fact , been struggling with the intricacies of inflation accounting for the last 25 years and have , by and large , abandoned the idea as being too difficult . |
| 3 | A commentary on the effect of Government planning in the last few years is found in the recent report of the Working Party on the Building Industry : ‘ The producers of building materials … found that their assessment of the demand for their goods was liable to be upset by sudden changes of policy which they could not possibly foresee . ’ |
| 4 | The increased use of project financing in the last twenty years can be attributed to two factors — increased capital investment needs and economic risks . |
| 5 | Numerous food scares and the dramatic rise in reported cases of food poisoning over the last few years , plus the need to comply with European Community requirements led to the Food Safety Bill , now nearly two years old . |
| 6 | The evolution of the philosophy behind family planning during the last twenty years has moved rather quicker than that of soil conservation so that the present thinking and problems may indicate that in general terms , this critique of conservation policy is not new , but the transfer of ideas merely overdue . |
| 7 | True , Gower upset the Indian Cricket Board of Control with sensitive claims about ball scuffing in the last series here two years ago . |
| 8 | ‘ I pay for everything , and he lit another cigarette and exhaled furiously , glaring through the smoke at Bunny munching on the last of his tea-cakes . |