Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only down for last darts match . |
| 2 | The Conservative share of the vote was scarcely down on last time ; Mr Major 's mandate is secure . |
| 3 | But companies are reporting that orders are still down on last year , with no sign from the catering industry that it is in a position to re-equip the dining room . |
| 4 | Now expectations model implies that the revision in expectations , right , year on year alright , is proportional right , to the error last year , right , the difference between actual and forecasted last year right , if they were way out if their forecast was way out for last year , right , they 'll revise their expectations for , for the next year okay . |
| 5 | The huge increase is partly down to last year 's introduction of the finger-shaped crumpet , the first non-circular one since they first tickled English taste buds in the Middle Ages . |
| 6 | Penguin U K is gaining sale and market share and in North America the sales are only slightly down on last year , which was a very exceptional year anyway . |
| 7 | Yes er , the F the F T er , did improve er , Les Echo improved , Recolleters improved , the Economist was slightly down on last year , but remember , the Economist were at record profits last year and erm , so even maintaining their , their profits or just dropping is a good performance . |
| 8 | Prices were slightly down on last year , despite the best crop of berries seen for some time . |
| 9 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 10 | Our health and safety performance in 1992 was very encouraging with lost time incidents and the associated frequency index both substantially down from last year . |
| 11 | ‘ And just look at those flowers — it feels as if the winter 's really over at last . ’ |
| 12 | I fancy DEEP SENSATION , not disgraced when runner-up to King Of The Lot on his seasonal debut and well in on last year 's form . |
| 13 | The charitable world as a whole , as I 'm sure many of you know , has been severely hit by the recession er our donations received this year are dramatically down on last year 's and we operate on a shoestring but the provision of teams to go round the world , the provision of training , even with all the help we get from the R Y A still costs a lot of money . |
| 14 | Output will grow by only 2.2% this year , well down on last October 's prediction of 3.6% . |
| 15 | The Wings Appeal total divided by the number of members gives an average of £21.56 per member , well up on last year . |
| 16 | Sales into Germany are good , while in France , although well up on last year , business is quieter than expected . |
| 17 | This year , these stations should get a total ad revenue of IR£10m , well up from last year 's £IR£6.7m . |
| 18 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 19 | ‘ Which brings us neatly back to last night . ’ |
| 20 | Not even a relentless IRA bombing campaign in the major English cities could dampen spirits , and most booksellers reported that December sales were significantly up on last year . |