Example sentences of "last [noun] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The milometer says 31,000 miles , but the last MOT certificate says 57,000 miles . |
| 2 | The Treaty was formally signed by representatives of the Governments of the Twelve on 7 February 1992 , and was set to come into force on 1 January 1993 following Parliamentary ratification by each of the Member States ‘ or , failing that , on the first day of the month following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by the last signatory State to take this step ’ ( Article R ) . |
| 3 | Last July Televisa bought American Publishing Group , a Miami-based Spanish-language publisher , the world 's largest such outfit , for $130m . |
| 4 | Data assembled by Chisholm ( 1983 ) for local authorities in England and Wales for the last inter-censal decade illustrates this point conclusively ( see Table 6. 1 ) . |
| 5 | Last night Lendl had little difficulty in defeating John McEnroe 6-4 , 6-4 at the conclusion of the round robin phase . |
| 6 | But last night councillors approved ambitious plans by Arlington Property Developments for offices and industrial units to be built at the two sites , along with a hotel . |
| 7 | Last night police said two men had been charged with causing grievous bodily harm and one had also been charged with possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life . |
| 8 | Last month Pearl announced pre-tax profits for the six months ending 30 June of £31.1m , an increase of 8 per cent on the previous year . |
| 9 | Last month Nick suggested that Winter Koi shows ( Japanese style ) were a far better idea than stressful warm weather events . |
| 10 | last season Gloucester had two games against Rugby in seven days … they knocked them out of the cup by 23 points to 3 and also beat them in the league that was quite a tussle … the cherry and whites won by nineteen points to sixteen and once again got the try of the game … |
| 11 | It 's a last , last ditch attempt to get some money out of it , is it ? |
| 12 | As ACCOUNTANCY goes to press , Charterail is making a last ditch attempt to find more funding and reopen negotiations with BR . |
| 13 | With the last delivery Bell drew another shot to win 21-20 . |
| 14 | Under a scheme introduced at Shell Chemicals in February last year women receive six months ' maternity pay , half at the beginning of their leave and the rest paid in stages during the first nine months after they return to work . |
| 15 | Last year sales showed some recovery after a difficult 1991 fair , while attendance figures were 11,000 . |
| 16 | Last year Norway killed 95 minke whales as part of a scientific research programme which calls for a total of 400 whales to be killed in the period 1992-94 . |
| 17 | Last year Keith spent five weeks in a clinic battling the booze . |
| 18 | When was the last time Dorigo made 2 mistakes like that ? |
| 19 | The last time Oxford played fellow strugglers Bristol City you could barely see the pitch . |
| 20 | When was the last time Whaddon scored 235 goals and lost ? |
| 21 | last time Dennis had three subsections working for him and he 's got the equivalent of two now |
| 22 | Last time Nigeria had civilian rule , the elected regime went on an undisciplined spending spree that was cut short by a military coup . |
| 23 | That was the last time Labour won any kind of majority . |