Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A story in Numbers 25 which we did not consider in the last chapter ( for it is not a complaint story ) makes it even more readily understandable . |
| 2 | This can not fall on the last syllable of the stem , and is , if necessary , moved to an earlier syllable . |
| 3 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 4 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 5 | See chapter 2 and do not look on the last fortnight as the only time to work , even if it does " concentrate your mind wonderfully " . |
| 6 | I AM one of those ‘ stupid idiots ’ who did not vote in the last election ( Letters , September 6 ) . |
| 7 | The opportunity that they now have is to become independent production companies , an opportunity that they did not have in the last round of licence decisions . |
| 8 | If precedes , as in ‘ Boston ’ , a final syllabic nasal is less frequent , while clusters formed by nasal + plosive + syllabic nasal are very unusual : thus ‘ Minton ’ , ‘ lantern ’ , ‘ London ’ , ‘ abandon ’ will normally have in the last syllable and be pronounced , , , . |
| 9 | In deference to you , Mr. Speaker , perhaps I had better not respond to the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I entirely agree with the spirit of his comments . |
| 10 | In order to prevent the display from scrolling , you must not write to the last column of the last row . |
| 11 | But we 'll only really worry about the last page if you |
| 12 | He does not narrowly concentrate on the last week of Jesus ' life ; the entire life of Jesus was an example of sacrificial love . |
| 13 | Erm you notice here that the amount is , did n't alter in the last budget . |
| 14 | BELVILLE : Well , be it so , but do n't defer till the last day of the second week . |
| 15 | Yeah , I mean what was nice in , in a way was that er I could n't go to the last meeting I was n't well , I had a cold er , what was nice in a way was that David who 's the general manager and the general manager from Pitlochry had come in , I mean in a way it was a classic case |
| 16 | They get the ingredients ready but do n't cook until the last minute , preparing the second course while the first is being eaten . |
| 17 | Trouble is , as many people know , the South Koreans do not completely agree with the last bit . |
| 18 | The erm point about are distribution within Greater York is that we have attempted to look at this in what I think is a a rational and realistic manner , we have looked , and you 'll see this from our supplementary paper , I apologize for its lateness , but I think it 's benefited from the additional thought that could be given to it , we have looked both backwards , at the present day , and forwards , we 've looked backwards at past build rates , we 've looked at the present day position in the sense of the population shares within Greater York , and we 've looked forwards in terms of the commitment figures that are given in the N Y one paper that we 've just been looking at , and taking all those things into account , and adding in what we see as the right location for a new settlement , namely Selby district , we come to the figures that are in our supplementary paper , and there is clearly a great deal of common ground between the evidence you get from looking either at past building rates or population shares , as now , or future commitments which all point towards a broadly similar distribution , we say , with the addition of a new feature namely the new settlement , so that I commend those figures to you as somebody who 's actually dared to put their toe , or maybe their whole body into the water , and given you not only some numbers , but also a basis by which if you should er have a different Greater York figure in mind , a basis on which that could be rationally er approached , I would not certainly defend to the last ditch the need to put a figure of fifty dwellings into the structure plan for the Hambledon part of Greater York , there may be a cut off point beyond which you do n't go , but certainly for Ryedale and Selby , with very substantial numbers there is a need to indicate what the appropriate division should be , and you could not for instance indicate what the er Ryedale non Greater York figure was , without someone telling us the , as the Chairman rightly said , having an idea of what the Ryedale Greater York figure should be , so it is n't really I think feasible to have district figures for non Greater York , and one Greater York figure , that does n't er get away from the issue , and nor does it solve the potential for confusion . |
| 19 | He added : ‘ Tours should never go beyond the last Test . |