Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failure to control inflation meant that pensioners ' incomes from savings were cut under the last Labour Government . |
| 2 | The use of recordings of visiting speakers was discussed in the last chapter . |
| 3 | I remember when some tapes were located of the last performance that Dinu Lipatti gave at Lucerne . |
| 4 | The last few questions were omitted from the last Journal and are given here . |
| 5 | RAILWAYS : British Rail 's problem is that most of its structures were built in the last century . |
| 6 | But the fireworks were reserved for the last six holes , each of which he birdied . |
| 7 | The American audiences were kind of small at first and it was a major promotional coup to have survived it all because a lot of dates were pulled at the last minute — promoters could n't get any interest . |
| 8 | Whilst geological studies were employed during the last War , in surveys of landing beaches , roadway planning , water supply , bridges etc. , the number of geologists involved was very small , and the situation today is unlikely to be greatly different , although for security reasons the numbers are not published . |
| 9 | Whilst geological studies were employed during the last War , in surveys of landing beaches , roadway planning , water supply , bridges etc. , the number of geologists involved was very small , and the situation today is unlikely to be greatly different , although for security reasons the numbers are not published . |
| 10 | So , the final batch of Computex machines were delivered during the last week of August to the Liverpool subcontractor , who promised to deliver the ZX machines on or before the last day of August . |
| 11 | The impersonal and durable character of these rights was highlighted during the last years of Louis VII 's reign , in the use in charters of the phrase corona regni ( the crown of the kingdom ) , a phrase which marked out royal rights from princely by asserting their value to the kingdom as a whole . |
| 12 | But if this civitas was constituted during the last half of the second century , the problem remains : why was the forum , if it was a forum , never completed ? |
| 13 | Neuroelectric devices were used during the last century without the blessing of the medical sciences . |
| 14 | The crimes that are put under these headings were identified in the last chapter , but that such distinctions are made is clear , for example , in the casual remarks the police make when responding to the respective incidents . |
| 15 | Results in the £1,000 Hathaway fours at the Morrison Centre showed that three games were won with the last bowl and another finished all square in a very competitive tournament . |
| 16 | Whilst not strictly an aeroplane book , it nevertheless gives the reader an overview of how land , sea and air operations were co-ordinated during the last world conflict . |
| 17 | On the 18th tee we hit the same 3-wood , and as we walked down the fairway the crowds were massed around the last green ; the noise was unbelievable . |
| 18 | Our minutes were lost in the last Great War . |
| 19 | Fakrid 's heavy eyelids were closing for the last time . |
| 20 | You are right to note that two of your photos were used in the last magazine . |
| 21 | The peace-brokers were approached within the last two months and asked to ‘ seek the views of loyalist paramilitaries ’ on the subject . |
| 22 | Over here , the FT-SE 100-Share Index fell 33.7 points to 2,812.2 by the close of business , of which 24 points were lost in the last 90 minutes of trading . |
| 23 | The promised job with the chain stores was cancelled at the last moment ‘ due to the Depression ’ , the standard excuse . |
| 24 | In biblical scholarship Nonconformist ministers were recognized by the last third of the century for their achievements and three — the Wesleyan , W. F. Moulton , the Unitarian , Dr Vance Smith , and the Baptist , Dr Joseph Angus — worked on the Revised Authorised Version between 1870 and 1873 . |
| 25 | G. The tourist industry of the South West has been growing since the railways were built in the last century . |
| 26 | Many students returned to Oxford prior to 1335 , and only seventeen masters , six parish priests and fourteen students were found in the last inquisition . |
| 27 | Two such papers were tabled at the last TCP meeting : a submission from Metropolitan Section to the Traffic Director for London commenting on the Draft Network Plan and a response from the North Western Section to PIEDA 's Regional Economic Strategy paper . |
| 28 | A coalition to buy a 51 per cent share of Koch Industries was trumped at the last moment when Charles approached the Marshall family , four per cent stakeholders , with an offer too good to reject . |
| 29 | With this achieved and with Rodrigo again in command of Valencia , the cards were dealt for the last hand between the Champion of Spain and the wily Moorish Emir . |
| 30 | A survey by Director magazine shows that 337 bosses were prosecuted in the last financial year . |