Example sentences of "[noun pl] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lloyd George candidates at the last election smelt ; these will stink . |
| 2 | Torrance said : ‘ I have finished 12th and 13th in my last two tournaments and I would have done better in Valencia if I had not driven out of bounds at the last hole . |
| 3 | Occasionally we encountered a bus or truck hurtling down towards us , slamming on the brakes at the last minute to edge past us with inches to spare . |
| 4 | O'Connor consumed by emotion , burst into tears in front of thousands of delirious supporters when he consolidated his marvellous recovery against Freddie Couples with a No. 2 iron to five feet at the last . |
| 5 | Alliss himself brought the match to an abrupt end holing from 10 feet at the last in a manner which suggested that he might soon be trading in the personalised number plates on his car ( PUT 3 ) . |
| 6 | His key putts came from ten feet at the last two holes — one for his final birdie , the other for par . |
| 7 | His only regret yesterday was to fail from seven feet at the last , where his solitary bogey cost him the chance to stand alongside Payne , the 1992 Rookie of the Year , who had a best-of-the-day 66 . |
| 8 | Following her airlift to the United States with 40 other coup survivors and relatives , Edela de Giroldi said her husband was betrayed by fellow officers who deserted the coup plotters at the last minute . |
| 9 | There is hope for Hector 's , but it has certainly been saved from fishing nets at the last hour , and will need all the protection and help it can get if it is to survive through the next century . |
| 10 | Oddly enough , I would have thought it was the decision of the Financial Times to support Labour which swung many people behind the Conservatives at the last moment . |
| 11 | The separatists had won no seats at the last elections , in 1986 . |
| 12 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 13 | The Tory-held seats at the last election which Labour would expect to win in the North-East are Darlington , Tynemouth , and Langbaurgh . |
| 14 | Its impact can be compared to the way in which the Tories in Scotland managed to turn a predicted disaster into an additional two seats at the last UK elections . |
| 15 | Most Christians would claim that the celebration of the Eucharist is one of the most important moments within Christianity , both in its beginnings at the Last Supper and in the life of the Church today . |
| 16 | The venue has been changed from Scottish Churches House because of pressure on places at the last conference . |
| 17 | It 's like that wire-mesh barrier thing — the one he told me about — the one that stops boats at the last moment from going over the weir . |
| 18 | International javelin thrower Nigel Bevan had to withdraw from the championships at the last moment with a foot injury sustained in training at the end of last week . |
| 19 | You know we 're the ones accused of doing these things at the last moment . |
| 20 | Last year was erm , an additional twenty thousand pounds at the last moment , chickenfeed for the big committees , that 's the annoying thing , but what particularly annoys me , and I have to say this , I 'll express it is the knowledge that what can be a phenomenal deprivation to this Committee , goes very , very , very little towards solving the major problems that this county faces , it does n't have a tremendous impact . |
| 21 | As we go to press , there has been no satisfactory explanation as to the withdrawal of the number one seed Monica Seles from the Wimbledon Women 's Singles at the last moment . |
| 22 | One woman had a friend who constantly let her down for appointments , a lunch , an evening out , by either not turning up , being very late or changing dates at the last minute . |
| 23 | Think how many management consultants ( agents of organisational change ) there are — 1,763 firms at the last official count — and while you could say the internal cost in terms of management person hours and midnight oil bills dwarves the external consultant fee that goes with it , it does n't leave an awful lot for the average consultancy of Runnit Downe Foryewe & Howe , even if every firm blew an assignment each . |
| 24 | Still , he 's a married man , and his wife is in her seventh month , from what I hear : that 's why she had to send her apologies at the last moment … |
| 25 | It starts on Wednesday , and , you know , I 'm taking time off from searching for props at the last minute and dress rehearsing to come and talk to you . |
| 26 | [ For table of rates at the last ECU realignment , when sterling joined the ERM in October 1990 , see p. 37782 . ] |
| 27 | After pipping Swedish pair Per-Ulrik Johansson and Fredrik Lindgren , by one shot , thanks to birdies at the last two holes , he said : ‘ I was so far away I just about saw the ball disappear . |
| 28 | He finished in some style , picking up birdies at the last four holes . |
| 29 | This is particularly true in recent years , because more and more people nowadays book holidays at the last minute . |
| 30 | The Labour Party 's manifestos at the last two general elections contained proposals to lower the main retirement age . |