Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | After last week 's boat debacle , the tale takes a stranger twist with a mysterious telephone advert placed in last week 's NME asking ‘ Who 's Taking The Pistols ? ’ |
| 2 | Terminal Three was in terminal chaos , the air and light suffused with last things , planet panic , money Judgement . |
| 3 | It is to be noted that in the most recent quarter , although auction sales were 15% up on the previous quarter , the higher loss compared to last year reflects a $7 million drop in sales from the Acquavella deal , now a separate division within Sotheby 's although included in the accounts as part of their auction operations . |
| 4 | Work presented at last summer 's high-energy physics conference in Paris gave an upper limit of 2.25 x 10 31 years for a proton decaying into a positron and a . |
| 5 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 6 | The Chancellor announced in last November 's Autumn Statement that he wished to enhance this private sector involvement . |
| 7 | The steady increase in the number of complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's report has continued ; 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |
| 8 | The steady increase in complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's Report has continued , 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |
| 9 | A point missed in last week 's story on DEC 's effort to design a single 1GHz chip is that the cooling agent is a mixture of water and alcohol ( UX No 394 ) . |
| 10 | It should be noted that this figure excludes sales to the UK sector of the North Sea which are not classified as exports and reinforces the point made in last year 's survey , that the Mechanical engineering sector in Grampian is having considerable success in widening it 's export markets . |
| 11 | OWNERS whose homes have crashed in value will have to pay the new council tax based on LAST YEAR 'S higher prices . |
| 12 | They echo the theme set in last year 's CBI Business Agenda for the 1990s with the emphasis on controlling inflation , public spending , strengthening the Department of Trade & Industry and giving it responsibility for the National Economic Development Council and opposing a national minimum wage . |
| 13 | Cold wind that stirs up bitter memories Peter Hetherington reports on ambivalent feelings created by a memorial service in the town scarred by last year 's crash . |
| 14 | The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) has said that current proposals for a powerful new multilateral trade organisation ( MTO ) are not compatible with the goal of sustainable development set by last year 's Earth Summit in Rio . |
| 15 | She 'd had a colour put in last autumn which was growing out , so Chris decided to enhance the natural warmth of the hair and add additional shine using a non-commitment colour , Natural Dark Blonde , mixed with persimmon from the Colour Touch range . |
| 16 | Talking points : How has B's behaviour changed from last time ? |
| 17 | The majority of EC governments support Mr Delors in using the impulse of the moves to democracy in Eastern Europe , and the overwhelming backing for EMU shown at last weekend 's Strasbourg summit , to secure a bigger role for the parliament . |
| 18 | OMEGA products have performed well in the first half of the year achieving significant growth in volume compared with last year . |
| 19 | Yes we have , er I mean , the er there are wasps years recorded way back from Gilbert White 's time ; there have been certain , wasp years , but in terms of people wanting action against wasps nests , er our own pest control branches throughout the country , er did a telephone survey ten days ago , and er in many parts , they range from er forty percent increase to eighty percent increase to one hundred percent increase in some parts of the country ; this season compared with last season . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Hundreds of thousands of workers can expect up to £65 each after many firms failed to bring in the new 20p tax rate introduced in last April 's Budget . |
| 22 | Last month , WMC performed a demonstration at Windsor Castle for the queen 's architect , Paul Sherrod , and some of the craftsmen involved in assessing and repairing the damage caused by last year 's fire . |
| 23 | TEN loss adjusters are still assessing the extent of the damage caused by last week 's 1,000lb blast . |
| 24 | The relief applied to last year 's business rates bill , which is thought to have topped the £4,000 mark . |
| 25 | The Government promised in last year 's election to have foreign languages being taught in every upper primary school in Scotland by the end of the current Parliament . |
| 26 | Is adverse change in profit measured against last year or last few months ? |
| 27 | received a thirty two point seven million pound increase from the Government compared to last years ' i revenue support grant and this does n't include the additional money given for the Community Charge . |
| 28 | The £200 million that the government has pledged to Alvey represents 60 per cent of the £350 million total spending proposed in last year 's Alvey report . |
| 29 | The bill is the first of its kind introduced by any government , and reflects the recommendations of the convention on biodiversity signed at last year 's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro [ see ED 65/66 ] . |
| 30 | I suspect , though , there can be no doubt about which side she would have been on in the public debate about fox-hunting prompted by last week 's Private Member 's Bill . |