Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [prep] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On reflecting about the activities of the last year I looked up enterprise in ’ Roget 's Thesaurus ’ . |
| 2 | There are some striking similarities between the accounts of the Last Supper and the Passover meal . |
| 3 | Unlike other rules , such as rules of dress or of grammar , laws can always be enforced by law enforcement agencies such as the police and the courts in the last resort . |
| 4 | There had been plans to introduce a separate currency , in the form of Soviet roubles stamped with a letter " U " ( Ukraine ) for purchasing basic goods , but it was claimed that the Soviet authorities had thwarted the plans at the last minute , forcing the reintroduction of coupons instead . |
| 5 | Undoubtedly Kingston 's favourite verb , it is used again and again to describe the alacrity with which his heroes rush into adventure : by contrast , their enemies often scamper as well , but away from danger rather than towards it , thus implying the superiority of the British race which is taken for granted in the yarns of the last century . |
| 6 | The Minutes of the last A.G.M. were read and it was agreed that they be signed by the Chairman as correct . |
| 7 | However , the recording secretary was waiting with the minutes of the last meeting , and Mrs Murphy announced her . |
| 8 | If minutes have been circulated the Chairman will say : " May I sign the minutes of the last meeting as a true record ? " |
| 9 | What I 'd like to do is go through the minutes of the last meeting . |
| 10 | The minutes of the last meeting which were held on the thirteenth of May , have been circulated . |
| 11 | Well all right we 'll ha Okay l let's have the minutes of the last meeting then Joan . |
| 12 | Well er first of all you 'd get the minutes of the last meeting and then you , you 'd get correspondence and then you 'd get chairman 's remarks . |
| 13 | The Minutes of the last meeting , held on 12 October were agreed . |
| 14 | The minutes of the last meeting , the twentieth , the nineteenth of October , which is quite a long time ago , did anyone have any particular comments ? |
| 15 | Is n't it — look , I know — is n't it like your signing or not signing the minutes of the last meeting ? |
| 16 | Thank you all for attending , oh we do have to formally , formally move into part two and that 's for one purpose only , and that 's to approve the minutes of the last meeting |
| 17 | I will run as quickly as I can through the minutes of the last meeting just raising those things which still have to be actioned . |
| 18 | Now , erm , I think that er , we er , should first , er , seek to adopt the minutes of the last meeting which I hope you have all seen and studied with due care and attention , and er , I should like to ask first whether there are any amendments which anyone would wish to put forward , to those minutes ? |
| 19 | Shall we press on anyway with the minutes of the last meeting ? |
| 20 | You will also have heard er in the question earlier about the fact that there are references to budgetary issues both in the minutes of the last Environment Committee and also in the County Council on thirtieth of November which did refer specifically the fire service review and also passenger transport . |
| 21 | The minutes of the last thing on the , and everybody should see who elected president , although some people will have forgotten , but I have n't . |
| 22 | The postulate will hold good , however , under the definitions of the last couple of paragraphs . |
| 23 | The first was an intention to treat analysis in which the values at the last visit of three pivotal outcome measures — that is , urinary albumin and sodium excretion and mean arterial pressure — obtained from all included subjects during the last three months of their follow up were carried forward . |
| 24 | I do not wish to nail my colours to this mast , but one of the characteristics of the last decade has been the shift of interest of innovative aspects of capital as displayed in my locales , from a concern with the restructuring of production ( although of course this is still going on ) to a concern with land and its potential . |
| 25 | Occasionally we encountered a bus or truck hurtling down towards us , slamming on the brakes at the last minute to edge past us with inches to spare . |
| 26 | This would appear to confirm the frequently-expressed view that it is the books of the last century which are in greatest danger of deterioration . |
| 27 | B is then reciprocated as in 1.9(8) an the methods of the last paragraph applied . |
| 28 | ‘ I spent a lot of time speaking with Jean-Claude Olivier [ chief of French Yamaha importers Sonauto and their GP team ] in the months after the last GP . |
| 29 | He was still going well enough , but then , as he turned towards the stands for the last time , a doubt began to nibble , and then to gnaw , Was he losing his momentum ? |
| 30 | The trainer , watching the race on a television screen in the weighing room , had gazed in silence until the field reached the top of the hill and turned towards the stands for the last time . |