Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | By way of final illustration , we can apply Nozick 's refutation to Descartes ' sceptical argument about dreaming , and hence perhaps do better than Descartes did on the last page of the Meditations . |
| 2 | It was noticeable that infringements occurred in the last quarter more than in the rest of the game and I put this down to tiredness and a resulting lack of concentration . |
| 3 | Because we must remember that Iraq has already had an eight years war and they 're used to a war , they used to withstanding a war and it was the only reason that Britain survived in the last world war because it could withstand attack , and wait and wait until they were ready to counter attack . |
| 4 | Although excitement mounted in the last movement , it was induced rather than fermented . |
| 5 | She leapt down , carefully shook the sand off it and handed it back to Simon as he and Ben ran across the last few yards towards her . |
| 6 | But all Anselm 's actions , both under Rufus and Henry I , suggest that he thought that too much importance was being attached to the disputed ceremonies , and that the real problems of religious life were at the level of personal attitudes and motives known in the last resort only to God . |
| 7 | The visitors regained some respectability with Hanley and Dixon tries in the last 10 minutes . |
| 8 | She and Rory left on the last train back to Glasgow that night . |
| 9 | The group — all males — were wearing either knee-length shirts or what looked like the jackets and trousers left from the last church jumble sale . |
| 10 | I lay there , my eyes and head swimming through the last forty years until sleep finally bailed me out . |
| 11 | The elements of learning are the skills , attitudes , concepts and knowledge outlined in the last Curriculum 11–16 document . |
| 12 | Julie waited outside while Donna and Langton passed through the last door into the vault itself . |
| 13 | And we will support the vigorous cultural life of the capital , which has seen new galleries , theatres and museums opening over the last decade . |
| 14 | The separation or split between individual and society started in the last century . |
| 15 | Pearce 's request for new terms could have been sparked by transfer fees and wages rocketing in the last 12 months . |
| 16 | The complex definitions of housework standards and routines described in the last chapter are not simply created as a response to the job situation ; they antedate the time of ‘ becoming a housewife ’ . |
| 17 | The script called for a pistol shot , the thump of Williams falling to the ground and Paddick left with the last line . |
| 18 | After this chronological march through the archives , Jane Brown devotes the second part of her weighty book to the delightfully rich seam of garden buildings and ornament designed over the last 400 years . |
| 19 | This model , based initially on the fairly crude neuroanatomical data available a century ago , has stood the test of time remarkably well but data obtained over the last two decades have prompted modifications in the details . |
| 20 | When Tony came off the last , after holing his putt for yet another three , Jack Nicklaus was sitting on a tee-box waiting to start his last round . |
| 21 | In the last decade of her reign the yield of direct taxes , clerical subsidies , and forced loans averaged about £144,000 per annum , much the same in cash terms as Henry got in the last seven years of his reign . |