Example sentences of "[prep] the last moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Acts of Parliament ( Commencement ) Act 1793 , an Act comes into force on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent unless otherwise provided , with effect from the last moment of the previous day . |
| 2 | Leave on the protective paper until the last moment to reduce scratching . |
| 3 | This building programme from W to E meant that the Gothic E end was retained until the last moment . |
| 4 | As an added deterrent , this species usually waits until the last moment for the final clamping-down movement . |
| 5 | First , the bird must sit tight on the nest until the last moment . |
| 6 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 7 | ‘ Until the last moment ! ’ cried Silver . |
| 8 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 9 | As they drew nearer Joseph could see the flat peasant faces of the four Annamese boys clearly ; they were wide-eyed with apprehension , but obviously determined to remain rooted to the spot until the last moment . |
| 10 | He implants ideas , gives clues , prompts proposals , and avoids committing himself publicly until the last moment . |
| 11 | Personally , I 'd not have made any heavyweight preparations but avoided giving any clues until the last moment . |
| 12 | On this occasion , as on previous ones , the result remained in doubt until the last moment . |
| 13 | Despite the fact that he had not committed himself to the rising until the last moment , he was quickly consolidating the initiative he had taken in Morocco and was emerging as its sole leader . |
| 14 | Until the last moment the talks threatened to collapse . |
| 15 | A catapult lives with you until the last moment ; it stays tensed in your hands , breathing with you , moving with you , ready to leap , ready to sing and jerk , and leaving you in that dramatic pose , arms and hands outstretched while you wait for the dark curve of the ball in its flight to find its target , that delicious thud . |
| 16 | Car driver Paul Wesson said he did not see Mr Owens , of Woodville Avenue , Grove Hill , until the last moment . |
| 17 | Rangers ' selection for Brugge will , under the circumstances , be left until the last moment . |
| 18 | He intends to wait until the last moment before making the vital decision on taxes . |
| 19 | Do n't leave your decision to the last moment — you should not expect your surveyor to hurry a report which can potentially save you thousands of pounds — talk to him as soon as you have chosen your purchase . |
| 20 | The normal business life of the town continued right up to the last moment and in some houses food was laid out for meals that were never eaten . |
| 21 | In fulfilment of this agreement a huge force , variously put at 15,000 and 30,000 men , had been assembled between Dunkirk and Boulogne , to follow up any initial success in a landing on the south or east coast , though the final choice of destination was to be left to the last moment , being largely dependent on the wind . |
| 22 | MacDonald 's assumption throughout the Government and almost up to the last moment was that Baldwin and he would retire together , and that Neville Chamberlain , with the freshness , if not of youth , at least of never having been Prime Minister before , would succeed directly . |
| 23 | Everything is prepared very carefully ; food that wo n't spoil or collapse is made first and other dishes of a more fragile nature are left to the last moment so they are picture for the picture . |
| 24 | Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’ |
| 25 | The distress of leaving them no doubt contributed to the ‘ sudden & severe indisposition of Mrs Gould … which inducing the utmost fears for her safety , rendered it very doubtful up to the last moment whether they would be able to go or not … ’ |
| 26 | The family 's passive resistance continued right up to the last moment : Zen was not permitted to set foot on Miletti soil but had to wait for the Fiat in the street , beyond the imposing wrought-iron gates . |
| 27 | To the last moment he had feared a trap , but this was the fresh air before him , the dim air of the ravine he knew , hemmed in with rock on both sides between the church and the castle . |
| 28 | One of the features of , of the media which I think I mentioned earlier , certainly to one group if not the whole lot , is that people in the media cut things to the last moment , and the final second , it 's part of the adrenaline , we 've a chance to , make people move in . |
| 29 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
| 30 | All can seem well till the last moment . |