Example sentences of "[noun prp] the last [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | North of Trent the last remaining royal forest was Sherwood : here the Marquess of Newcastle held a Forest Eyre in 1663 , which was continued by his deputy by way of adjournment as late as 1676 . |
2 | In Czechoslovakia the last Soviet tank moved out this week . |
3 | With piracy increasingly under control in the countries of the Pacific rim , as a result of pressure from the West and as they themselves become information product originators , and with China the last major country to implement a copyright law , copyright has conquered Asia . |
4 | With Lassus the last notable Netherland madrigalists — Sweelinck 's four isolated examples hardly make him ‘ notable' — were de Monte , his pupil ‘ Giovanni ’ de Macque ( 1551–1614 ) , and Giaches de Wert . |
5 | But in Britain the last great one-sided station was Newcastle Central ( 1850 ) , after which the form disappeared . |