Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [prep] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives tackling a sixty seven percent rise in burglaries in the last year want nine nine nine calls from anyone who has the slightest suspicion that something somewhere is not quite right . |
| 2 | ‘ One trader has already indicated he has had an increase in takings over the last week . |
| 3 | A Home Office statistical bulletin said nationally police recorded an 11pc increase in offences in the last quarter of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 4 | Anyone involved with PCs can hardly have failed to notice the dramatic price reductions in PCs over the last year . |
| 5 | In studies on the last day of treatment , fasted subjects took their morning dose of study medication half an hour before eating the standard test meal , whereas on the day before and after the treatment courses placebo was given 30 minutes before eating the test meal . |
| 6 | There were letters from the boy here in his closet , no more than a week old , cold-blooded enough in their analysis of the military situation since Grey 's loss , and ruthless enough in their acceptance of the necessity to deal in extremes in the last resort , but still arguing the advantage of restraint , even daring to suggest that Lord Grey 's capture made no substantial alteration in the case for negotiation , since he was the original party to the complaint which had never actually come to a judgment under law . |
| 7 | The sharp increase in insolvencies during the last year has made the banks less willing to lend money to anyone , including prospective purchasers of failed businesses . |
| 8 | Friends of the Earth Cleveland has seen a dramatic decline in numbers over the last decade but spokesman Mark Davidson said : ‘ We have several campaigns ongoing and we are active in the Cleveland Environmental Forum . ’ |