Example sentences of "be not [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples of these are the Commission 's own proposals to extend privileges for unconvicted prisoners on remand to convicted prisoners awaiting sentence [ which will encourage early guilty pleas ] and the adjustment of legal aid fee scales to encourage more early preparatory work by counsel so that important decisions are not made at the last minute . |
| 2 | The huge debts which Edward inherited from his father were not redeemed until the last four years of his reign when a lengthy if fragile truce with Scotland , together with reform and refinement of treasury administration , and ruthless exactions from the Contrariants and any other offenders , enabled Edward II to leave , as no subsequent medieval king was to do , a solvent crown to his successor . |
| 3 | In Mark and Luke , the betrayer is not named at the Last Supper itself . |
| 4 | These develop into tiny animals so unlike their parents that the connection between adults and offspring was not recognised until the last century . |
| 5 | What can you say about the game that was n't said in the last caption ? |
| 6 | ‘ We only found out Peter was n't coming at the last minute . |