Example sentences of "[verb] on last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Ashdown professed to be delighted that the Tories had taken the Liberal Democrats head on last week , in an attempt to chip away at their support . |
| 2 | ( They managed to come on last year 's Central Wales Line trip . ) |
| 3 | Ireland , who were beaten 5–0 by England on Friday night , can improve on last year 's third place finish if they defeat Scotland this morning . |
| 4 | Logged on last year 's black leaves , watching upwards . |
| 5 | Wintering within the snow 's protection ( see summary in Sage , 1986b ) , feeding on last year 's vegetation at the snow-ground interface , lemmings and other small herbivores with high capacity for reproduction are sometimes able to produce four or five litters per year , each of five or six offspring . |
| 6 | The engine ran in Japan last month in a development chassis based on last year 's turbocar . |
| 7 | The seeds are based on last year 's First Division averages . |
| 8 | In the NHS it has meant allocations , based on last year 's money usually updated for inflation with additional funds for anything new . |
| 9 | In mid-March the Home Office was all set to go ahead with a White Paper based on last year 's policy report on cabling by Lord Hunt . |
| 10 | OWNERS whose homes have crashed in value will have to pay the new council tax based on LAST YEAR 'S higher prices . |
| 11 | ‘ We would expect calendar year 1993 , based on the early performance and based on last year , to be a good solid year from a profit perspective , ’ Roach told the news wire . |
| 12 | The prize list was based on last year 's results and optimism and the café stock on last year 's shopping list and guesswork . |
| 13 | The Miscellaneous Grants Budget 1993/94 allows for support of £396 based on last year 's figure plus 2.5% inflation . |
| 14 | The first one , turning over the page , relates to er , grant maintained schools , erm , the fact that erm , the calculation of the indirect maintenance grant is based on last year 's percentages . |
| 15 | I think EVERYONE got nervous then … purely based on last season and conceding late goals after controlling the match . |
| 16 | Fairy Tales by Terry Jones ( Puffin , £1.95 ) CHRISTMAS BEST-SELLERS Based on last week 's sales in the children 's department of Waterstone 's in Edinburgh : 1 Rhyming Stew by Roald Dahl ( Jonathan Cape , £7.95 ) 2 Oi Get Off Our Train by John Burningham ( Jonathan Cape , £7.95 ) 3 Matilda by Roald Dahl 4 The Lion , The Witch and The Wardrobe by CSLewis ( Fontana Lion , £2.25 ) 5 Prince Caspian by CSLewis ( Fontana Lion , £2.25 ) 6 Almost Everything There Is To Know by Tim Hunkin ( Pyramid Books , £4.95 ) 7 The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter ( Frederick Warne , £20 ) 8 Budgie The Helicopter by HRHDuchess of York ( Simon & Schuster , £4.95 ) 9 The Way Things Work by David MacAuley ( Dorling Kindersley , £14.95 ) 10 Peace At Last by Jill Murphy ( Walker , £6.95 ) THE YEAR 'S BEST-SELLERS Supplied by Jane Churchill at Children 's Bookcentre in Kensington , London : |
| 17 | The Government has confirmed it intends to proceed with a Phase 2 scheme and , subject to approval from the its leisure sub-committee next week , the council hopes to build on last year 's success . |
| 18 | Now if Hereford are to build on last week 's success they need to get at least a draw at Gigg lane . |
| 19 | CLIFTONVILLE — The acquisitions of John Poole ( Bangor ) and Mark Wallace 's return from England strengthens skipper Jonathan Rose 's team as they look to build on last season 's consolidation . |
| 20 | Coach Stephen Jackson aims to build on last season 's progress , and has Robbie McMinn returning from Queen 's . |
| 21 | Former Scotland captain Rioch , 44 , has been barracked by fans at the Den for much of a disappointing campaign after failing to build on last season 's success of reaching the promotion play-offs . |
| 22 | For now they sit like shareholders at the annual general meeting of a company whose profits have fallen on last year 's . |
| 23 | Since then , Bleach have released their debut ‘ Eclipse ’ EP — featuring the deliberately droning eight minute ‘ Crimson O ’ — and supported on last autumn 's Ride tour . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't manage to get on last summer 's tour of Australia , but that was just one of those things . |
| 25 | The row simmered on last week despite deliberate efforts in Bonn to brush the affair under the carpet and diversionary events such as Stoltenberg 's resignation , campaigns for state elections today in Baden-Wurttemberg and Schleswig-Holstein — and Kohl 's 62nd birthday celebrations . |
| 26 | Up at Lodge Road , Coleraine will be hoping to improve on last year 's performances . |
| 27 | ‘ Wear that green silky thing you had on last night , ’ he drawled . |
| 28 | The 47%-owned Reading business made a modest contribution , much improved on last year , but the training division continued to make a loss . |
| 29 | ‘ Despite the toughest trading conditions for many years , most of our businesses improved on last year 's profits . ’ |
| 30 | And the company has unveiled a pre-tax loss of $2.3m for the last quarter of 1991 , much improved on last time 's $59m . |