Example sentences of "[art] last [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last trip took forty days , by which time a dozen people had died of hunger . |
| 2 | If this by itself were not sufficient grounds for paying Spain more attention than it has hitherto received , the development of the country 's industrial relations over the last decade provides ample material for fertile investigation . |
| 3 | The last appendix has nine pages of blank work sheets for duplication and use for calculations , tension graphs and reporting measurements . |
| 4 | The last harvest yielded 66,560 bushels . |
| 5 | The French government had argued in favour of " balanced trade " between the two blocs but at the last minute accepted this wording . |
| 6 | This custom continued under David Barclay , who entertained there George I in 1714 , George II in 1727 , and the young George III and his new bride in 1761 , the last occasion attracting widespread interest in the metropolitan press . |
| 7 | B. Some great industrialists and business people in Sheffield in the last century developed special skills in steel making and made huge profits which provided the capital for larger works . |
| 8 | Only in the latter half of the last century did these ideas begin to emerge and it was recognized that embryos developed by epigenesis . |
| 9 | Social differentials in fertility which have emerged in the last century have powerful implications for population growth , social welfare , and political power . |
| 10 | O7 ppm although naturally high concentrations of mercury have been found in a number of locations , including Lake Windermere where mud dating back to the last century contains 0.7 ppm . ’ |
| 11 | He thought she was Garry 's lover , and he was the last man to want another man 's discarded lover . |
| 12 | They had six hours twenty minutes to survive , but the first hour of the last day saw five wickets crash for 78 . |
| 13 | The organisation has now registered about 200,000 people and in the last year registered more names than in the previous seven years . |
| 14 | In general , though , it is the last male to mate that fathers most offspring . |
| 15 | The last Brownie to reach that place and any Brownies who run in the wrong direction are out of the game . |
| 16 | In the last category fell four types that embodied the ideal qualities of physical form as set out in the ‘ canon ’ of Polyclitus : the diskophoros ( discus-carrier ) , the doryphoros ( spear-carrier ) , the diadumenos ( victor crowning himself ) and the hero Hercules . |
| 17 | We have already dropped our International Tax section and this is the last issue to include European Briefing : both sections had relatively little support from readers . |
| 18 | And the the last copper died two weeks ago . |
| 19 | Mr Laurie Bull was the last teacher to enjoy this facility . |
| 20 | Perhaps the meeting in 1896 at which " a choir rendered several hymns which added greatly to the evenings enjoyment " was the last effort to attract more people . |
| 21 | Perhaps the meeting in 1896 at which " a choir rendered several hymns which added greatly to the evenings enjoyment " was the last effort to attract more people . |
| 22 | Scotland were blessed with greater pace behind the scrum than , for example , the Canadians , but there was a lack of direct , straight running among the backs , the sort of qualities embodied by Kenny Logan , Kenny Milligan and Ian Jardine ( the last two-named winning defensive kudos , too , during the autumn events ) who are not among the present selection , but could figure next month . |
| 23 | The advance and retreat of the last glaciation caused sea-level changes to take place there very recently , in geological terms . |
| 24 | Petre was elected FSA and FRS in 1780 , and was also a leading Freemason and grand master of the English Freemasons 1772–6 ( the last Catholic to hold that office ) . |
| 25 | Instead of italics , the French translator of the above extract opts for repeating the last statement to achieve similar emphasis : |
| 26 | The soldiers had orders not to shoot except as a last resort to save human life . |
| 27 | The Police Complaints Authority will receive a report of the investigation and the subsequent action taken and has the power to require the papers to be sent to the D.P.P. , to recommend that disciplinary charges be brought and as a last resort order these charges to be brought . |
| 28 | Heseltine has taken to private chats with the backbench malcontents in a last effort to smooth some sort of passage for his proposals , but the word is that there remain a frustrating number of irreconcilables around . |
| 29 | In a last bid to gain full control over the port the German government offered Poland guaranteed rights of access if the Poles would allow the city to revert to the Reich . |