Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [prep] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the members took it to a European court and spent a lot of their own money — twenty five thousand pounds — to try and get a discrimination judgement out of the European court , which failed at the last hurdle really , we think on political grounds really . |
| 2 | The most fundamental need was to increase the area of water by the provision and enlargement of wet-docks and basins , the total acreage of which doubled over the last quarter of the eighteenth century as a prelude to a much greater expansion between 1800 and 1830 . |
| 3 | This is the opportunity for senior managers to endorse warnings for vigilance or diligence , which they do occasionally , and for sergeants to review both the incidents which occurred on the last shift and the matters which need special attention on the present one . |
| 4 | Furthermore , in the great flowering of Viennese intellectual life which occurred in the last decade of the nineteenth century , the party contributed a galaxy of famous intellectuals — Karl Kautsky ( who , through his journal , Neue Zeit , and his role in the German party , became the most influential Marxist of his time ) , Victor Adler himself and his mentor , Carl Gruneberg , Max Adler , Otto Bauer , Rudolf Hilferding , Karl Renner etc . |
| 5 | It was later provided that if the commissioner from the presiding burgh should be absent , or refuse to vote , the commissioner from the burgh which presided at the last election should have the casting vote and so backwards in rotation . |
| 6 | Following this was the rodeo World Championships on the Bitches which decided at the last minute to include a ladies ' competition . |
| 7 | Lévi-Strauss ' famous objections to Sartre , which appeared in the last chapter of The Savage Mind ( 1962 ) , are sometimes represented as if they were merely a structuralist attack on Marxism . |
| 8 | The pattern , which continued into the last quarter of 1991 , was one of large periodic issues by tender or by auction and frequent and usually small issues of tranchettes of tap stock . |
| 9 | You know I mean you er er it 's al I , I think the same would happen if you put a five note in inside it would get thrown out with the rubbish but erm the thing is that obviously some , some early day , if one can say in inverted commas early day publicity erm from the Northumberland side of things could a and I mean my view when , when Ros was telling me what happened at the last meeting erm was that was gon na be acting as an icebreaker as opposed waiting till the last minute somebody 's gon na and they think erm as it were , a and build up from , from that because there 's obviously gon na be one or two other things coming directly from national level . |
| 10 | Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ? |
| 11 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
| 12 | ‘ Take a seat while I get you something to drink , ’ he invited , indicating what looked like the last word in comfort in the shape of a couch — one of a pair in the room . |