Example sentences of "[verb] as the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to empty his mind of all thoughts , preparing for what only the most naive would fail to see as the last meeting of the Academy . |
| 2 | IT IS revered as the last word in wonderful facts , loved by schoolchildren and eggheads alike . |
| 3 | You may be able to claim constructive dismissal even if the incident which directly leads to your departure is minor , if it can be regarded as the last straw . |
| 4 | Nor can the stability argument be regarded as the last word , as we do not know whether general relativity itself will be valid right up to the space-time singularity . |
| 5 | Whether the bloom shape is the ultimate , only time will tell , for there have been other occasions in the development of the rose when a new type has been regarded as the last word . |
| 6 | This may be regarded as the last fling of this relationship . |
| 7 | Similarly bodies such as the Council for the Protection of Rural England , often depicted as the last refuge of ex-Etonian Guards officers and assorted upper-class cranks , was able to speak with a new confidence and a new authority , attract a new breed of membership and turn itself into a highly professional custodian of the English countryside . |
| 8 | He was a champion of 19th century book illustration , which he regarded as the last relatively unexplored corner of the English artistic tradition . |
| 9 | Tomorrow 's meeting is seen as the last opportunity to decide on the bill which would allow redevelopment to commence in 1991 . |
| 10 | EC trade analysts said last night that M Delors was probably happy to raise the temperature of the dispute , to minimise expectations for his Washington mission , which until yesterday was being seen as the last chance to save the five-year round of Gatt talks . |
| 11 | They are seen as the last defence of standards . |
| 12 | In later days it became fashionable to see Chaplin as a political rebel against Hollywood 's factory methods but he is better seen as the last of the old-style showmen offering a highly polished product to the masses that he felt he knew so intimately . |
| 13 | Getting Microsoft Windows to run remotely on a Sun Microsystems Inc workstation was seen as the last step in the development effort . |
| 14 | Although the government eventually decided to accept royalties from sales of the chip rather than to take an equity share in the company , it was widely seen as the last straw in a conflict between Fields and the administration . |
| 15 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 16 | In each instance , the EC was seen as the last hope of halting the developments . |
| 17 | They are seen as the last surviving areas of untouched wildlife . |
| 18 | Increasingly in Britain statutory services are seen as being used as the last resort in the care of older people ; the care of older people is being placed firmly within the domain of the family and the informal sector . |
| 19 | Gestational age was assessed as the last completed week of pregnancy . |
| 20 | ‘ send a message by telephone which was of an indecent ( or an obscene or a menacing ) character , or ’ This point is proved as the last point with the recipient explaining the indecent , obscene or menacing nature of the call . |
| 21 | These points are proved as the last two points . |
| 22 | Usually these years are counted as the last year of the dead king 's reign . |
| 23 | We are being billed as the last of the red-hot lovers . ’ |
| 24 | The following year was billed as the last ever and saw Steel Pulse canned off after 15 minutes by a typically broad-minded Stranglers crowd and Black Sabbath playing in front of an unfinished replica of Stonehenge . |
| 25 | In the final collected edn. of SB it appears as the last of the seven items grouped under the title ‘ Our Parish ’ to form the first section of the book . |
| 26 | So in fact he knew that he was known as the last resort |
| 27 | I 'm I 'm not so sure that he knew he was known as the last resort . |
| 28 | The value of his contribution was emphasised as the last six wickets fell for 66 . |
| 29 | Even incontinence can sometimes be viewed as the last weapon of self assertion ( Newman , 1978 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Whheeccchhhh ! ’ shouted a female voice as the band robustly played the Gay Gordons , announced as the last dance . |