Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.

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1 The position of women is often considered to have improved during the last few decades .
2 The EC sought co-operation against drug traffickers , and Mexico was reported to have inserted at the last minute a formula to safeguard its national jurisdiction in this area .
3 The number of different visitors they were reported to have had during the last twelve months averaged 5.0 .
4 He was also bitterly denounced by former colleagues for having betrayed King 's memory by detailing instances of his colleague 's adultery , including incidents which were alleged to have occurred during the last night of King 's life .
5 Out of 12,000 mostly unskilled workers taken on to staff the park , of which two thirds have been French and the rest from abroad , as many as 4,000 are thought to have quit in the last few months , prompting worries about mounting costs on the operators ' training and employment budgets .
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