Example sentences of "[art] last [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first works best at high speeds , such as those in many water-channel experiments ; the second and third at intermediate speeds ; and the last at the low speeds likely to be encountered in convection and rotating fluid experiments . |
| 2 | Belgian resistance in the last of the untaken forts continued until 15 August . |
| 3 | The last of the traditional Tours via Marton operated on September 9th 1960 after fifty seasons . |
| 4 | Detailed design for major modifications on the Ninian Southern and Central platforms was nearly complete at the year end and construction of the last of the new modules is well on the way for completion in 1993 . |
| 5 | ‘ No poem of mine was composed under circumstances more pleasant for me to remember than this , ’ Wordsworth wrote : Cottle 's home in Wine Street was probably the setting in which ‘ Tintern Abbey ’ reached written form , and almost at once it was chosen to take a place of honour as the last of the Lyrical Ballads . |
| 6 | Yet Leavis was in many respects not a man of his time ; though himself a dedicated university teacher , he was in spirit the last of the Victorian sages , who were men of letters and of affairs , not academics ( prescinding from Arnold 's and Ruskin 's marginal tenure of chairs at Oxford ) . |
| 7 | This is officially the last of the Zodiacal constellations , though since it now contains the Vernal Equinox it really ought to be the first . |
| 8 | On June 5 , the Slovenian Assembly passed the last of the key laws to facilitate " the takeover of actual power " and Radio Ljubljana began a three-day presentation on the Slovenian independence process in which the Slovenian government participated . |
| 9 | The result of the inquiry will determine the future of nuclear power in Britain — it will also influence nuclear programmes in other countries , for the UK is pretty well the last of the industrialised nations to adopt this particular reactor technology . |
| 10 | Poindexter , the last of the central figures in the Iran-contra scandal to be brought to trial , faced five counts of conspiracy , obstructing congressional inquiries and making false statements to Congress . |
| 11 | The last of the standard forms produced by the JCT is the Fixed Fee Form of Prime Cost Contract for Building Works , 1967 edition . |
| 12 | Then , as the Mach-counter needle jumped over the centre position , Vologsky felt the last of the physiological discomforts as his body seemed to become suddenly weightless , oddly detached from his brain and reality . |
| 13 | This greed for glory , the rage to be the victor — no-one was so fearsome in possession of this quality than the last of the great masters of the peloton , Bernard Hinault . |
| 14 | Even in the last of the great satires , The Loved One , about California burial customs , Waugh had to watch his step because he was relying so heavily on dollars to pay the school fees and keep him in booze . |
| 15 | Barnes was perhaps the last of the great illiterates , one case in the mould of Brindley . |
| 16 | After this preamable , the question is , where did Benjamin Britten , the latest if not the last of the great composers of opera in a line stretching over three and a half centuries , look for inspiration to invent his masterpieces ? |
| 17 | Its arts were mastered by , among others , the last of the Great Moguls , the Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar . |
| 18 | The abolition of escheat has meant the abolition of the last of the practical consequences of free tenure . |
| 19 | Vitamin K , the last of the fat-soluble vitamins , is needed for the body to heal cuts and bruises . |
| 20 | With the last of the Kislevite armies defeated , the Chaos hordes advanced upon Praag and laid siege to the city . |
| 21 | ‘ It was to be , ’ he recalled , ‘ the first of the kitchen-sink comedies , but , unfortunately , it was not released for three years , making it the last of the kitchen-sink comedies . ’ |
| 22 | He glanced down the codings listed on the last of the semi-opaque sheets and imprinted his authorisation . |
| 23 | That was the last of the major rows which seemed to haunt the Production Office throughout its formative first year , but it was a sad indictment that Doctor Who never won full respectability as a serious drama programme within the Corporation . |
| 24 | The scene is before me as I write , the garden with its sun-warmed walls , the last of the black cherries hanging on the tree , the sky webbed with long pink clouds . |
| 25 | Instructions to the boundary commissioners were revoked and amended so that they would be able to consider economic interest as well as population and community in the drawing up of the new constituencies ; this was regarded as vital by the Unionists , for it seemed likely that the merging of the small boroughs into the county constituencies would take away the last of the agricultural seats . |
| 26 | THOSE of you who saw the last of the recent Antiques roadshows from Rochdale will recall seeing a tinplate toy of a vintage open car with the driver holding a horn to his lips . |
| 27 | Indeed , by a somewhat surprising decision , the parliamentary party elected not Denis Healey , the last of the centre-right heavyweights , but the deputy leader Michael Foot , ex-Bevanite and present unilateralist , the authentic voice of the old left . |
| 28 | Almost the last of the gifted amateurs to hold their own among scientific professionals , his considerable intellect also allowed him to provide clear analysis of administrative problems , which he tackled in conciliatory style . |
| 29 | He figures Sun only has price in its corner and claimed Apollo users , the last of the die-hard zealots opposed to Sun on religious grounds , wo n't be budged simply on price . |
| 30 | The last of the main galleries concentrates on works from the last twenty year 's of Bassano 's career , including many of the genre scenes that are among the artist 's most celebrated works . |