Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] for the last [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table I shows mean breath hydrogen concentrations for the last three days of each test period for responders and non-responders . |
| 2 | A NEW seam of Welsh gold — used for every Royal wedding ring for the last 70 years — has been found at a mine near Dolgellau . |
| 3 | The embassy denied any involvement in the murder of Mohammed Hussein Nagdi , a former diplomat who had headed the Rome office of Iran 's main opposition group for the last 11 years . |
| 4 | Firstly , he has been involved with the team as a test driver for the last two years ' development of the incredibly successful active-ride suspension system which powered Mansell to the world title . |
| 5 | Geoff 's helped at England winter nets for the last two years . |
| 6 | In operating partially without paper , the bank is the first of a pilot group of 10 Belgacom clients , which have been experimenting with the phone company 's as-yet-unannounced Electronic Data Interchange service for the last 18 months . |
| 7 | But Souness is backing the player who has taken over from Bruce Grobbelaar , Anfield 's first-choice keeper for the last 11 seasons . |
| 8 | But this win was all about tactics , not times , and the way she demolished a field including two women who have beaten Liz McColgan in major championships — Elly Van Hulst ( who still holds the world record she set in taking the 1989 title ) and Lyn Jennings , the world cross-country champion for the last two years — must have whetted her appetite for Stuttgart and the ‘ real ’ world championships in August . |
| 9 | The West Indians have ruled Test cricket for the last 15 years through a succession of brilliant fast bowlers and batsmen . |
| 10 | She had been amassing clothing coupons for the last six months and was determined that Constance would have a magnificent dress from one of the London stores . |
| 11 | ‘ But she has been caged inside the Grail Castle for the last twenty years . ’ |
| 12 | I was responsible for Community Programme for the last 18 months of its life , so I 'm delighted to be involved in introducing Community Action . |
| 13 | So I was in at , at er Southwell when the job came on community affairs , I 've been on community affairs for the last four years . |
| 14 | Julie Peeke , chairwoman of Red Hall Community Centre for the last nine months , sent in her resignation after the committee decided to end postal votes at the centre 's annual general meeting . |
| 15 | Now , ironically , its most notorious prisoner was Le Boucher , Tito Ngune , the head of the Security Police for the last twenty-three years . |
| 16 | Mr Ensoll reflects : ‘ It has been a very varied career working for the Post Office for the last 33 years . |
| 17 | Now just going on products , off the compost plant for the last six months , I 've gone through , I 've taken I 've noted down the number of samples taken , each month by month . |
| 18 | The Pevensey station has organised a firework display for the last four years . |
| 19 | ‘ I have been a car park season ticket holder for the last five years , during which the cost has risen from about 20 pence to £150 per day . ’ |
| 20 | Terence Flanagan , who has been principal of the flagship college for the last six years , takes up his new post in September . |
| 21 | It was adopted as an ISO standard back in 1986 , and has led something of a ghostly existence in the commercial market ever since , hovering on the boundaries of document interoperability solutions for the last five years . |
| 22 | The dive log screen displays maximum depth , dive time and surface interval for the last ten dives . |
| 23 | In an unbecoming shade of battleship grey undercoat it took over the Museum 's service train for the last two runs on Sunday , May 24 and again on the afternoon of the 25th . |
| 24 | Horst Klosterkemper , chairman of the relevant committee but probably better known as the man who made the European Team Championships in Dusseldorf such a success , acknowledges that the event — without sponsor prize money for the last two years — has lost some of its gloss . |
| 25 | Unix International ( UI ) claims the RoadMap will show that the GUI — an issue which has bedevilled the Unix community for the last four years — ‘ is separable from the operating system . ’ |
| 26 | But My Lords the idea that independent people is news nonsense for the last thirty years so we 've had independent people on the police authorities by the of the magistrates and there 's nothing new in that . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 28 | Task 2 could be locating a spreadsheet file of sales figures for area representatives for the last 6 months . |
| 29 | Sir : I am writing first to congratulate you all on an excellent magazine , I have been reading Computer magazines for the last 10 years and can honestly say that Practical PC is the most informative and enjoyable one to date . |
| 30 | As head of Radio 2 's music department for the last four years , Ms Line has been responsible for the blend of easy listening that makes up 80 per cent of its 24-hours-a-day output , along with presenters such as Derek Jameson and Jimmy Young . |