Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the last [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I grumble about the last movement of the Tchaikovsky , I certainly would not complain about the delicacy of the pizzicato of the third movement . |
| 2 | GREAT Britain full back Graham Steadman has been fined £1,000 for failing a drugs test after the last match of this summer 's Lions tour . |
| 3 | Their calibre , though , is impossible to deny : listen to the last half of Divine Madness and you 'll hear the most consistently pugnacious and provocative music British pop has turned up in the last 15 years . |
| 4 | He scored a three count on the last end of the final match against Essex for victory as Suffolk 's young bowlers held their breath for an improbable win . |
| 5 | ‘ Welcome to the last outpost of British incompetence , ’ beams Victor Gauntlett , extending a large hand and an air of bonhomie . |
| 6 | Welcome to the last session of the day . |
| 7 | blank entries which lie between the last entry of the data being scrolled and the last line of the scrolled area , ( the DEFAULT marker ) . |
| 8 | Look at the Last Night of the Proms from the Albert Hall ; the whole country joins in . |
| 9 | Before we look at the last goal of transformation , unbending curved relationships , it will be helpful to return briefly to the debate about the goals of development . |
| 10 | The contrast is striking , and can not be dismissed as irrelevant to the social and other problems that we confront in the last decade of our century . |
| 11 | It should be borne in mind , too , that only five German players — Buchwald , Kholer , Hasler , Klinsmann and Doll — remain from the last meeting of the two countries . |
| 12 | 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ? |
| 13 | The MPs had become increasingly sceptical of British Rail 's demand that the bill go ahead before BR and Eurorail , the private-sector consortium , decide on the last section of the tunnel route . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Go for the last couple of lines whate whatever stage you 're at . |
| 16 | the date of its incorporation ) and ends on the last day of the reference period and that subsequent financial years begin with the day immediately following the end of the previous financial year and end with the last day of its next accounting reference period ‘ or on such other date not more than seven days before or after the end of that period as the directors may determine . ’ |
| 17 | Roger Savage notes a ‘ Shakespearean precedent ’ : Falstaff in the last act of The Merry Wives of Windsor is assailed by ‘ moonshine revellers ’ dressed as ‘ the Fairy Queen , fairies , and Hobgoblin' . |
| 18 | If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs . |
| 19 | ‘ When it come to the last quarter of an hour , you want to have that last a long while ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , folks , we may not have heard our favourite songbird sing for the last couple of weeks , but it 's certainly nice to know our very own Rory can still put on one hell of a floorshow ! ’ |
| 21 | And then as I say , it was defend , defend , defend for the last quarter of an hour . |
| 22 | I have in the last couple of lectures erm outlined or tried to outline erm Locke 's basic decision erm his concept of how we as individuals are related to nature , to each other and I 've emphasised the crucial importance of this notion of how we are related to God . |
| 23 | 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 . |