Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] last [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The Franks were the last of the invaders of Gaul , although ultimately they were the most successful .
2 The final yesterday was the last under the auspices of the Men 's Tennis Council , which had controlled the Grand Prix circuit since 1970 .
3 Gorias was the last of the Cities to fall , and even mortals remember it .
4 He was the last of the Americans loyal to the city when New York was assuming its predominant role in the contemporary art world .
5 In France itself the Valois family had good dynastic reasons for wishing to see Isabella removed from France and embroiled in English domestic politics : Charles IV was the last of the Capetians in the direct male line , and the question of Isabella 's title to the throne , or her right to pass the title to her son , might soon arise .
6 It was the last of the cigarettes .
7 He was the last of the brothers ; whether or not he had any part in their deaths he could be the key to a clearer understanding of the two who had died .
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