Example sentences of "[prep] [art] last few [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pension in these schemes is generally based on 1/80th of your earnings for the last few years before retirement , plus a lump sum of 3/80ths of the same earnings . |
| 2 | During the last few days before the event , as spectators arrived from , Ayrshire was busier than it had ever been in its history . |
| 3 | Most of the swing to the Conservatives between the summer of 1986 and the summer of 1987 occurred during the winter of 1986–7 , and there was relatively little swing in the last few months before the election . |
| 4 | Most of the swing back to the government occurred during the winter of 1986–7 and there was relatively little swing in the last few months before the election . |
| 5 | But in the last few years before the war , a new military mentality had dominated French planning , the leading exponent of which was Colonel de Grandmaison , Director of Military Operations . |
| 6 | Entries are flowing in — a limit of 2000 has been set — but Malcolm Barham , of the race organisers , says things generally hot up in the last few days before the closing date , which is April 10 . |
| 7 | He had installed her in a cottage on East Street and in the last few days before the wedding she had worked all hours to spicken the place up and turn it into a home for him . |
| 8 | In the last few days before the coup , Mossadeq assumed more and more dictatorial powers . |
| 9 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 10 | The bomb blasts and scares were a major irritation for London retailers as streets were cordoned off and buildings evacuated , but there was strong trading in the last few days before Christmas , now an established feature of the London retail scene . |