Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has gone on reducing the fantastic levels of public sector borrowing requirement that were reached under the last Government . |
| 2 | A total synthesis is not possible given the rate at which new data and techniques are being produced ; the principal difficulty remains the quantity of material that was excavated in the last century under conditions which do not assist in answering the questions now being asked and which now lie , unpublished and unstudied in museum collections throughout England . |
| 3 | The Chief Officer said quite clearly last er last time that the decisions were decisions for members and members came up with a view last time that we should not remove that whole time crew from St Albans which was the one firm decision that was made at the last meeting and what Councillor is now suggesting that we should take out those twenty eight whole time fire fighters and then try and give us ten back if we 're lucky . |
| 4 | so to a certain extent th the human that was introduced in the last few |
| 5 | The tender has been in a finished condition for some time and was seen at the last Open Day some two years ago . |
| 6 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 7 | Mowbray was frustrated over Achilles tendon and ankle injuries , and was suspended for the last game when Celtic suffered an embarrassing home defeat to Hibs . |
| 8 | Elections for both the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly had then been scheduled to coincide with the June 1991 general election but were cancelled at the last moment [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 9 | Charles had planned to take part in a private Mass with the Pope , but was forbidden at the last moment after strong protest to the government from the Church of England hierarchy . |
| 10 | But , as was seen in the last section , deindustrialization can be measured in different ways . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , as was suggested in the last chapter , it is often difficult to decide on whether a word should be treated as complex or simple . |
| 12 | As was discussed in the last chapter variations with exposure and intensity are approximately linear within certain bounds and it would be reasonable to correct for them by division . |
| 13 | We are spending two and a half times as much , after taking account of inflation , as was spent by the last Labour Government on training . |
| 14 | . We have actually erm got a number of leaflets and brochures on play equipment but erm as was mentioned at the last meeting I was going to get together with David and the clerk to discuss future plans for play equipment but we have n't actually had a meeting yet cos we 're still getting information from various reps and playground equipment companies and erm we 'll leave that item for now . |
| 15 | Second , as was mentioned in the last chapter , one important function of authoritative directives is to establish and help sustain conventions . |
| 16 | Some of the dipterocarps , as was mentioned in the last chapter , are visited by thrips though these trees are strongly self-incompatible . |