Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the last [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dragged himself from the clump of twitch-grass that had been his hiding-place for the last half hour , and shivering violently , set off on foot to the east . |
| 2 | The county 's turnover for the last financial year , close to £2 million , differs markedly from counties less well blessed . |
| 3 | It 's now thought a hundred and eighty people were detained by the Iraqis as they made their way to the pick up point for the last British convoy from Kuwait . |
| 4 | Actium , and Octavian 's victory in Egypt the following year , provided the occasion for the last great triumph in the Republican style . |
| 5 | it is this ‘ discreditation ’ of the object which has dominated art for the last half century — it all goes back to Monet ! |
| 6 | Overall , the average number of theses per year is ‘ , but the average for the last 10 year period is 32 . |
| 7 | BBC Ceefax last night also reported that Leeds had an £ 500,000 ( or some other good figure ) positive bottom line for the last financial year ( ending in june i suppose ) — which make the sale of Batty look somehow strange again … |
| 8 | I should have thought that the hon. Gentleman would apologise to the House for the last Labour Government 's appalling record . |