Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came to England to stay with a sister , went to acting school in London and through a teacher who knew how to persuade Emlyn Williams , was all but smuggled into The Last Days of Dolwyn as the sixth girl extra ‘ when only five had been budgeted for . |
| 2 | Although , at 12% , the proportion of Catholics employed is still out of step with the Northern Ireland population , Short 's points out that it has more than doubled over the last 10 years , while the proportion of Catholic apprentices taken on has trebled to 20% . |
| 3 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
| 4 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years , with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
| 5 | The number of crimes which result in charges before a court has more than doubled in the last 10 years . |
| 6 | THE use of cheques and payment cards has more than doubled in the last 13 years . |
| 7 | Cases of malignant melanoma have more than doubled in the last 10 years in countries with a fair-skinned population . |
| 8 | Shares in News Corp and its UK arm News International have enjoyed a dramatic recovery and more than doubled in the last year . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , house prices and rents were reported to have more than doubled in the last 12 months . |
| 10 | O D A funding of British N G O activities has more than doubled in the last three years . |
| 11 | The number of Darlington firms going bust has more than doubled in the last two years . ’ |
| 12 | Eventually orders came through confirming the worst : the Austrian cuirassiers were to stay there and fight to the last man . |