Example sentences of "[adv prt] on the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ulster Unionists ended up with 197 seats , but their share of the vote — 29.1pc , was 2pc down on the last council election . |
| 2 | Although the Christian Democrats ( CD ) , who had controlled the city council since the end of the Second World War , won only 94 fewer votes than the League — translating as 24.3 per cent of the vote and 7.6 per cent down on the last elections — the Brescia poll was widely interpreted as signalling a disillusionment among voters with existing electoral options . |
| 3 | Further that we shall petition government tor an abolition and nullifying of the foresaid Act from the records of British parliament ; that the members of parliament for this county shall present this petition , or any annexed thereto , to the two Houses of Parliament , and to the Privy Council , during the prorogation of parliament — ‘ Menzies was seething and he broke in on the last words . |
| 4 | And Steve obediently went off , taking with him a jar of Marmite in a garden trowel as a substitute for coal in a shovel , and he stood out there on the front porch in the cold listening to the silence and looking at the stars , waiting for them to let him in on the last stroke of Big Ben on the radio : a faint , feeble echo of some once meaningful ritual , though what it had meant or now could mean nobody there knew or had ever known . |
| 5 | He was sitting alone , off to one side , watching a historical simularity , shipped in on the last supply drone , that vas playing in the centre of the room . |
| 6 | What has been er what has been pleasing is that a n a number of the people who 've come in on the last two or three years or so er are younger people , people in their er late teens or twenties . |
| 7 | SERB forces were last night closing in on the last Muslim-held stronghold in eastern Bosnia , battling at close range with defenders of Gorazde . |
| 8 | Yvonne Bell 's charge hit trouble when finishing second in his heat , but was back in sparkling form charging through on the last bend to win the track final by 2 9 lengths at generous odds of 6–4 . |
| 9 | Eastwood spilled a chance near the corner before Steve McNamara capped a tremendous spell of Hull pressure when he slipped Gary Nolan over on the last tackle after 54 minutes . |
| 10 | We took off on the last leg for Tromsø . |
| 11 | We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath . |
| 12 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 13 | Beating off an ambush by ‘ eighty infidels on foot ’ , he and his train headed off on the last stage of his journey through the burning plains of the Punjab towards the mighty Indian capital and the palace of the Sultan . |
| 14 | Moodie , suffering a bout of flu , kept up the momentum but eased off on the last lap with a minor suspension problem . |
| 15 | I proceeded to catch up on the last ten years of what everyone had been doing . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , England women also finished their team event with a splendid 3–0 win against Hungary and finished in fifth position , four places up on the last European Championships in Gothenburg . |
| 17 | up on the last year of the Labour Government . |
| 18 | Westmore James sat quietly in the dock during the summing up on the last but one day of his trial at Oxford Crown Court . |
| 19 | ‘ We go out on the last night , ’ said Rodney . |
| 20 | As it was , on the fourth day England batted steadily but without much conviction , Steele and Close the top scorers , and were all out on the last morning for 254 , leaving West Indies to make 323 runs in a minimum of 294 minutes . |
| 21 | A memo by a lieutenant-colonel on the staff ( whose signature is illegible ) to the Director of Military Operations at MEHQ gives an insight into what was in the pipeline for L Detachment , ‘ which went out on the last operation hurriedly and ill organised . |
| 22 | He spoke out on the last day of Labour 's Scottish conference in Inverness , which ended with the party in better spirits than organisers could have dared hope even a week ago . |
| 23 | We slept out on the last fields , leaving the 90 zigzags of path up to the plateau for the next day . |
| 24 | Most of the books that had been set out on the last delivery had gone , and now more volumes were being added . |
| 25 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 26 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 27 | Now I think it 's a bit rich t to slam the Liberals for walking out on the last debate because the Tories did n't attend the Health Trust Select Committee which Council set up . |
| 28 | After missing out on the last 2 grand prix , a win for Mansell in France was a must , but he was beaten off the grid by his team mate , Ricardo Patrese . |
| 29 | YORKSHIRE today start out on the last day of their annual visit to Middlesbrough but will it also be their final championship appearance at Acklam Park ? |
| 30 | They can look back on the last years they spent together as some of the best in their whole lives . |