Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The settlement price ( or the exchange delivery settlement price , EDSP ) is the trading price ( per 100 nominal ) for the futures contract on the last day of trading . |
2 | So far portables have about 10 per cent of the PC market ( 5b ) , and sales are growing for all the reasons given in the last question ( 6d ) , including ‘ yuppies love them . ’ |
3 | The Druids won on the last occasion and have retained the trophy at their Henley headquarters . |
4 | For patients with iterative studies , only mean gastric cell densities obtained from the last set of biopsy specimens or from the gastrectomy specimen were taken in consideration . |
5 | Many books published in the last decade or so seem to underline the importance of ‘ anticipatory grieving ’ , with the result that relatives and friends can be forced into expressing emotion they may not yet be ready to express . |
6 | However , the technology is moving very fast and , as pen computers come into common usage , prices will fall as dramatically as the prices of conventional computers have over the last couple of years . |
7 | As Personal Assistant to John Watson , prepare a report reviewing Palatine Ales ' position following the successful conclusion of the takeover battle , evaluating the proposals made at the last Board meeting , and submitting your recommendations regarding future policy . |
8 | The migration component has to be based on estimates gauged from a variety of sources like the Electoral Register , the NHS Central Register , the International Passenger Survey , and the migration patterns revealed by the last census . |
9 | All was in vain ; the poor law functions of the Boards of Guardians were transferred to the County Council , and on March 29th 1930 the Board of Guardians met for the last time . |
10 | Many enthusiasts came for a last look and as each week passed there was a little less of the Woodhead line to photograph . |
11 | Fears of large-scale coastal flooding were averted as the fierce winds shifted at the last minute . |
12 | However , further pit closures are inevitable in the productivity battle , because the 65 million tonnes agreed for the last year of the contract is likely to shrink to fewer than 50 million , at best . |
13 | Rangers paid a heavy price for a similar gaols leak in the last round and now only a win in Turkey can take United through . |
14 | But all Anselm 's actions , both under Rufus and Henry I , suggest that he thought that too much importance was being attached to the disputed ceremonies , and that the real problems of religious life were at the level of personal attitudes and motives known in the last resort only to God . |
15 | Not for many years has the complacency of the legal profession about the state of our legal system been so severely jolted as by the series of lectures delivered in the last fortnight by Sir Leslie Scarman , a distinguished Lord Justice of Appeal . |
16 | Indeed , in theory all that is required is that a sufficient number of direct iterations is made , with the columns orthogonalised as the last step ; in practice , however , the numbers would become increasingly ill-conditioned as S is raised to a high power and approximates to a unit rank matrix . |
17 | In a one-syllable utterance , the single syllable must have one of the five tones described in the last chapter . |
18 | Again , among Baptists , a survey of 248 new buildings erected in the last decade of the century shows that of the total , 60 per cent cost under £2,000 and 42 per cent cost under £1,000 . |
19 | I have reservations about Perlman and Mehta 's treatment of the Glazunov , though , which seems neither as richly romantic as Oscar Shumsky 's on Chandos , nor as glittering as Anne-Sophie Mutter 's on Erato : the other two versions to appear in the last year . |
20 | More obvious trends are visible among the external towers added during the last phase of defensive activity in the mid fourth century . |
21 | The group — all males — were wearing either knee-length shirts or what looked like the jackets and trousers left from the last church jumble sale . |
22 | But today belonged to the Buccaneers — with a final cheer as the planes left for the last time . |
23 | MYSTERY glass explosions have occurred at a number of UK buildings constructed during the last decade . |
24 | It is appropriate to begin with the forms of propaganda adopted to convey the particular arguments and the broader ideological perspectives analysed in the last chapter . |
25 | Much of our knowledge of Beaker burials derives from excavations conducted in the last century , when the principles of good archaeological practice were only just beginning to be formulated . |
26 | THE DEATH OF TWO NORTH WEST INSTITUTIONS HAS CAUSED SADNESS WITH A PIT SHUTTING AND A FAMOUS STORE 'S TILLS RINGING FOR THE LAST TIME |
27 | In this chapter I want to examine how some of the ideas outlined in the last chapter can redirect explorations of some Renaissance texts . |
28 | This was a disconcerting contrast to the chambers of sickness all about , the bodies lying in white bleached wards with pieces of themselves cut away for ever , the hidden grey figures struggling in the last embrace of life . |
29 | However , although the averages given in the last column of Table 4 are of some value they do not convey the reality of referral and investigative work . |
30 | The catalogue part of the book is devoted to important paintings sold over the last decade , many of which explain the firm 's reputation today for adventurous taste . |