Example sentences of "in last year " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE TACTICS which brought George Bush back from the political dead in last year 's presidential election have backfired badly on Rudolph Giuliani , the Republican candidate for mayor of New York . |
| 2 | He made 165 centuries in 11 months , and reached the final of the British junior championship in which he lost to Barry Pinches , a teenager from Norwich whom he was to defeat in last year 's world amateur final . |
| 3 | While Beck 's adventures were cut short , Nick Faldo , beaten by Lyle in last year 's final , went into overtime against David Frost of South Africa before coming through on the 38th hole . |
| 4 | Two and a half tons of fish taken in last year 's event . |
| 5 | ‘ The future for Eastern Europe , ’ he said , ‘ is not in last year 's Western cars . ’ |
| 6 | Joe Comerford 's Reefer And The Model ( Metro , 15 ) won the feature film prize at the Celtic Festival , the Europa Prize at Barcelona , and was nominated in three catagories in last year 's European Film Awards . |
| 7 | STEPHEN HENDRY , beaten by Doug Mountjoy in last year 's final , overwhelmed Barry West 9-1 in their best-of-17-frames fourth-round match in the Stormseal UK Open at Preston Guild Hall yesterday , writes Clive Everton . |
| 8 | The only National Front MP elected in last year 's general election , Mrs Yann Piat , said she resigned from the party a year ago because she ‘ realised that the Front was a dead-end movement and a danger to our country . ’ |
| 9 | The National Front 's recent revival in national and local polls , after losing nearly all its 33 MPs in last year 's general election , has thrown leftwing and opposition parties into disarray . |
| 10 | He did really well as a novice a year ago in some top class races in Ireland and , although he fell at the seventh in last year 's Gold Cup , he should be a more mature horse and a better jumper this season . |
| 11 | The Republic of Ireland could be in England 's group , as they were in last year 's European Championship . |
| 12 | The Republic of Ireland could be in England 's group , as they were in last year 's European Championship . |
| 13 | Nobody loves you when you 're down and out and if United go down to Forest , as they did in last year 's sixth round , Ferguson may well be out . |
| 14 | Comparing adult premiums for two weeks in Europe and worldwide on a selection of major policies and some smaller insurers , recommended for their low rates in last year 's Which ? magazine survey , produces the following examples . |
| 15 | Among the flowers that did really well in last year 's hot summer were alyssum , geraniums and petunias . |
| 16 | In last year 's championship they managed a single draw and finished last . |
| 17 | He recognised the opportunity in last year 's East German revolution and grabbed it . |
| 18 | Mrs Thatcher found Mr Kohl unreliable in last year 's row over new short-range nuclear weapons for NATO . |
| 19 | As science fiction writer John Shirley wrote in an essay called Beyond Cyberpunk : The New Science Fiction Underground , in last year 's Science Fiction Eye , ‘ Like influenza and sexual desire , the alternative press comes and goes in cycles . ’ |
| 20 | The shares have soared in recognition of its prospects after the successful gamble in last year 's Channel 3 licence auctions , when it retained its franchise unopposed with a bid of just £2,000 . |
| 21 | Lynch , who fell at the first fence on his only other Grand National ride in 1981 , had looked likely to miss the race after Auntie Dot , one of his regular mounts , had been promised to Mark Dwyer , who finished third on her in last year 's race . |
| 22 | Both are candidates for the Olympic team and Bridge , though the youngest man in the race , rowed in last year 's crew and competed at last year 's world championships in a coxed pair steered by Probert . |
| 23 | A woman co-accused with Winnie Mandela in last year 's kidnap and assault trial was said to have disappeared mysteriously yesterday from her Soweto home . |
| 24 | BAe said in last year 's rights issue document that the contract would provide business worth about £2 billion a year through to the end of the century . |
| 25 | The man who so impressed Jack Nicklaus in last year 's Open struck a four iron to eight feet for a two at the next and added three more birdies . |
| 26 | The row is over her attempt to evict Xoliswa Falati , who was accused with her in last year 's sensational kidnap and assault trial , from one of the Mandela homes in Soweto . |
| 27 | WITH their top five players absent , Hampshire gave a first-team chance to Lee Booth , 18 , a finalist in last year 's Daily Telegraph Junior Golfer of the Year competition . |
| 28 | Daly , whose mighty hitting swept him to fairytale victory in last year 's PGA Championship at Crooked Stick , played the same hole with a drive and eight-iron . |
| 29 | The Lloyds , who retired in last year 's final , meet Hiralal and Hitesh Soma , who survived three match points to beat Keith and Kevin Dewick 3-6 , 7-6 , 8-6 . |
| 30 | Senior officials of the African National Congress have been urging Mr Mandela to announce an official separation from his wife since her latest outburst in which she allegedly threatened and waved a pistol at Mrs Xoliswa Falati , her co-accused in last year 's trial for kidnap and assault . |