Example sentences of "and the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Hawksmoor and The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde , this novel is a tour de force . |
| 2 | Too often , though , myth and reality part company outside the door , behind the roses and the last flailing morris dancer . |
| 3 | In a minute the three of them were huddled in cloaks , by the light of two candles and the last glow of the embers , trying to think quickly . |
| 4 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
| 5 | This is fair comment ; and the last clause in particular is , surprisingly , manifestly true , explain it how we may . |
| 6 | The scheme was now financially viable , and the last instalment of a private start-up loan of substantially less than £1m was about to be repaid . |
| 7 | The best stories , though , are perhaps the first , about a middle-aged bachelor farming alone after his mother dies , and the last , about a member of the village brass band picking up a woman on a bus trip to Venice . |
| 8 | The rate of failures has been declining through the 1980s and the last time it was running at these levels was 1984 , when 3,924 businesses failed . |
| 9 | However , by the 1970s the population had dwindled to less than 20 , and the last inhabitant moved out three years ago , after the land was bought by South West Water . |
| 10 | Rain does not get near the walls , there is not enough rotting animal and vegetable matter , and the last people have always used the garden as a rubbish heap . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the first earnings period still starts on 6th April and the last period still ends on 5th April . |
| 12 | And the last show at this austere palace in the area of Nottingham full of smoke and even less substantial youthful dreams . |
| 13 | Industrial output fell by 11 per cent between the second quarter of 1 979 and the last quarter of 1982 , and between 1979 and 1985 industry shed 1.5 million workers . |
| 14 | They were not respecters of party lines and the last two in particular were widely distrusted among parliamentary colleagues . |
| 15 | He passed the wooden seats , ducked under the willows , and the last they saw of him was his undulating shadow . |
| 16 | Hatton had done his jobs for McCloy and the last one had been something spectacular . |
| 17 | . Everything in order and the last two men just arriving now . |
| 18 | 2045 hours , and the last patrol of the day has just left . |
| 19 | The battle with the tigerish daughters is managed with gathering incredulity , the storm and trial flounder a bit ( mainly through limp direction ) , and the last scenes , culminating in the reconciliation with Cordelia , are honest and dignified . |
| 20 | During the middle rounds , when Mason still believed one punch could end it , he outjabbed the Wandsworth man and opened a cut over his left eye , but Mason rallied well and the last session in particular left no doubt as to which way the verdict would go . |
| 21 | Bob Logist had the first and the last round drawn and the remainder for Leonard , while Joe Cortez gave the fourth , fifth , ninth and 10th rounds to Duran to produce the narrowest margin , 116-111 . |
| 22 | Reynolds won that frame , the next on the pink , two more on the black , and the last of the afternoon to lead 5-3 at the interval . |
| 23 | Reynolds won that frame , the next on the pink , two more on the black , and the last of the afternoon to lead 5-3 at the interval . |
| 24 | Ruthless cuts are being made to Canada 's railway system and the last whistle is soon to blow for the country 's most famous train , The Canadian . |
| 25 | Berton wrote two popular history books on the subject — The National Dream and The Last Spike . |
| 26 | International law experts say the first reason is the strongest and the last the weakest . |
| 27 | When a group of them walked up to a bar , they would reach into their clothes , and the last one to catch a louse had to buy . |
| 28 | It is easy to dismiss recent events as the exuberance of youth and the last power struggle of the impotent old . |
| 29 | Then on the second day , when the pitch should have been easier , only Richards , with 51 , looked convincing and the last eight wickets fell steadily . |
| 30 | Inevitably , he bowled relentlessly on , never looked like getting anywhere , and the last four wickets put on 183 as Marshall , Harper and Holding enjoyed themselves at almost five an over . |