Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The B Division is headed by Eaglescliffe Golf Club who have a five-point advantage over last year 's winners Darlington . |
| 2 | The nationwide hunt for the maker of the explosives is centred in Grampian , where detectives are also investigating a possible link with last week 's elaborate hoax which brought chaos to Aberdeen . |
| 3 | Only hours before , Mr Amato had pledged his government would continue and held out the spectre of a return to the political chaos of last year when Italy was without an effective executive or legislature for three months . |
| 4 | It 's a complete turnaround from last year when reserves were lower than they had ever been recorded , standpipes were in the streets , and some rivers had run dry , notably at Bourton on the Water . |
| 5 | The increase in gearing from the extremely low level of last year to 38% is primarily occasioned by the acquisition of BMK . |
| 6 | Profits are expected to show little change from last year 's Pounds 94m . |
| 7 | It plans to do it with a range of shoes , which although a complete change from last year , still concentrates on the technical merits of StableAir . |
| 8 | Masud Hoghughi , director of the Aycliffe centre and a strong critic of last year 's draft document , said the particular wording of the guidance was crucial because of the risk of legal action being taken against workers who exercise restraint . |
| 9 | THE Liberal Democrats were prepared to do a deal which could have rescued the Government from its humiliating defeat in last week 's Maastricht rebellion . |
| 10 | An impressive seven-length winner of last month 's Mackeson , Tipping Tim is a best priced 5-1 joint favourite by Ladbrokes to follow up on Saturday . |
| 11 | ‘ We did n't know he 'd won this award until last month . |
| 12 | The 23-year-old has been on a weekly contract since last season , but emerged as a leading figure following the injury to Paul Elliott . |
| 13 | Delighted to get some response at last , Lord Cumbermound grinned his evil grin . |
| 14 | With an eye on the general election on June 6th , the Popular Party ( PP ) , the main opposition party , claimed on May 10th it had proof that the Socialist government bore some responsibility for last year 's dramatic collapse of KIO 's Spanish business empire . |
| 15 | Maybe he was trying to save some money at last . ’ |
| 16 | Winter has come at last , and we have had some severe frosts , but we are still getting quite a lot of sun , in marked contrast to last year 's everlasting grey skies . |
| 17 | The new policy has been introduced as a direct result of last year 's upsurge in British Airways holiday bookings when the Belfast-London supplement was slashed to £25 . |
| 18 | got first which I 'll get a different trophy from last year cos I 've got the same trophy for two years . |
| 19 | C Itoh Electronics , the trading house subsidiary which is one of the players in the Japanese X-terminal market has shed some light on last month 's story that Sun was considering building its own X-terminal ( UX No 399 ) . |
| 20 | With Briant really showing some emotion at last , Kegan felt much better , much more in control . |
| 21 | Right , half term at last . |
| 22 | Half term at last . |
| 23 | Fraser spent eleven months racing the British entry in last year 's America 's cup … his single-handed experience is rather less |
| 24 | The women 's squad is led by Comber woman Stephanie Pruzine , Northern Ireland 's top finisher in last year 's race in Italy , and former Belfast Marathon champion , Bangor housewife and mother of four , Roma McConville . |
| 25 | The women 's squad is led by Comber woman Stephanie Pruzine , Northern Ireland 's top finisher in last year 's race in Italy , and former Belfast Marathon champion , Bangor housewife and mother of four , Roma McConville . |
| 26 | At a time when the company was obliged to draw on its total shareholders ' equity to pay its ( reduced ) dividend , the installation of a new mainframe computer system linked to New York ( and horribly slow to use according to London experts ) accounted for a sizeable percentage of last year 's $7 million auction operating costs . |
| 27 | ‘ The growth of bargain bookshops is the biggest change in the bookselling scene since last year , and the most important competitive factor , ’ commented Martin Lee of W H Smith . |
| 28 | The Laming/Foster circular of last year held back from legislating on the purchaser/provider split , leaving it up to authorities to restructure services as they considered feasible . |
| 29 | ‘ I must stress the fact we have visited the homes and brought in 135 juveniles in connection with this inquiry since last Friday . ’ |
| 30 | I was just thinking on my way into work ‘ who 'll get the England job now the Turnip has got ta go ( the onlt +ve point to last night ) ? ’ |