Example sentences of "last month [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | SNI director Otto-Hermann Grunberg 's statements to Computerwoche last month indicated the company was not going to release any new Motorola Inc 680x0-based Targons ( UX No 412 ) . |
| 2 | The latest money supply figures showed a rise of 0.7 per cent in the narrow band last month taking the annual rate up again from 4.3 per cent to 4.5 per cent . |
| 3 | Both Nacro and the council were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive and last month admitted the charges at Teesside Magistrates Court . |
| 4 | The Earls Court Boat Show last month saw the launching of a GPS set called the Pronav for £1,495 , including VAT , and other sets have begun to tumble in price . |
| 5 | So much so that last month saw the formation of a national body for abseilers and rappellers — the British Abseil Association , which aims to act as a focus for those interested solely in abseiling , whether as an adventure activity , competitively or as a sponsored activity for fund raising . |
| 6 | Last month saw the launch of a new ICAS publication — Technical Bulletin . |
| 7 | Last month saw the start of a three-part series by Patricia Spallone on genetic engineering ( GE ) , which looked at some applications on plants , bacteria , viruses and animals and the need for feminists to put biotechnology , the industrialisation of life on the political agenda . |
| 8 | The recession-hit company last month announced the closure of 330 shops in Britain and America following a £122 million loss . |
| 9 | Although Psion also unveiled a bigger-than-expected £2.2m loss for last year , against a £546,000 profit in 1990 , news that Series 3 sales had grown from 4,000 units in January to 14,000 last month spurred the shares . |
| 10 | But Cadbury Schweppes , which last month completed the £141m purchase of Crush International from Procter & Gamble , says the brand values being acquired justified the price and it expects to find synergy benefits with its own extensive bottling operations in Spain and Portugal . |
| 11 | The captain , Phil Carrick , last month put the cat among the pigeons , or his head upon the block ( depending upon each Yorkshireman 's point of view on his county 's cricket , without which no Tyke is properly dressed ) by writing a letter , with his players ' support , in which he advocated the abandonment of the holy writ , the birth qualification . |
| 12 | Nick Farr-Jones who was last month awarded the highest Australian decoration , The Order of Australia , has confirmed that he will be unavailable for international action this season . |
| 13 | Judges ruled that the ban on the National Salvation Front was unconstitutional but the decision has little effect as Mr Yeltsin last month cancelled the ban , imposed in December , in a decree . |
| 14 | LIFESTYLE Editor Sue Corbett last month visited the Bahamas during a three-night Caribbean cruise . |
| 15 | Few sales last month gripped the attention of the keen sale-goer . |
| 16 | A feasibility study that TRW delivered to the Pentagon last month outlined the approach the project will take . |
| 17 | The Angolan government , increasingly looking to free market policies to revive the economy , last month joined the International Monetary Fund in Washington , and says , as it has for the past three years , that a devaluation of the Kwanza and the lifting of controls on many goods is imminent . |
| 18 | The fire last month destroyed the Sun Valley factory at Hereford . |
| 19 | The unique chance of McCrory boxing for a world crown in hitherto banned territory was first hatched in Las Vegas last month following the big Geordie 's win over Mark Young , and put into operation at the recent IBF convention in Alberqueque , New Mexico . |
| 20 | A Darlington delegation met Transport Minister Roger Freeman last month to discuss the issue . |