Example sentences of "the [noun] be [verb] [prep] last " in BNC.
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1 | Their seventh century opening stand in 14 Tests together safely established , the openers were separated at last when the younger man was bowled by Akram , who pitched around leg and hit the off stump at sped . |
2 | When gamma equals one all the weight is given to last year 's price all the weight is given to last year 's price okay right , so past history , all past history is ignored apart from the price at T minus one right and the closer that gamma is our expectations co-efficient , closer gamma is to one , the more weight be attached to last year 's price , relative to the previous history of prices okay right . |
3 | When gamma equals one all the weight is given to last year 's price all the weight is given to last year 's price okay right , so past history , all past history is ignored apart from the price at T minus one right and the closer that gamma is our expectations co-efficient , closer gamma is to one , the more weight be attached to last year 's price , relative to the previous history of prices okay right . |
4 | DROPPING your aitches is something of a crime if My Fair Lady is anything to go by , and the game that her fair ladyship the Queen was playing in last week 's Echo Memories had indeed committed that crime . |
5 | Late May , the sun was returning at last , but it was still cold . |
6 | The seeds are based on last year 's First Division averages . |
7 | The announcement of the stockpile was predicted in last week 's New Scientist ( 10 February , p 357 ) . |
8 | Now the declaration of her age on the death certificate was out of her control , the truth was listed at last . |
9 | ‘ And the rain 's stopped at last , ’ Maggie stated . |
10 | Pardon my smiles , white-collar pondies , but no way would this ragged gash in the ground be mollified by last week 's Sun . |
11 | It has also made more conservative estimates of reserves in some of its fields , though the impact was reduced by last week 's Budget announcement that petroleum revenue tax was being cut from 75 to 50 per cent . |
12 | The cannabis was working at last . |
13 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |