Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [num] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The track wound past one last stand of trees , then petered out as it reached a wide , open space at the top of the hill . |
| 2 | Membership dropped by 23,000 last year to 265,000 , although officials say additional members attracted this year has almost offset that loss . |
| 3 | However , the number of loans slumped from 150,000 last time , when the housing market was booming , to 97,000 . |
| 4 | At this rate , the total for the full year is likely to amount to 349 compared with 308 last year an increase of 13% . |
| 5 | If this rate continues , the total for the full year is likely to amount to 349 complaints compared with 308 last year — ie. an increase of 13 per cent . |
| 6 | In Wiltshire out of more than a thousand tests fifty one proved positive compared with sixty last year . |
| 7 | But there were only 75 arrests , compared with 100 last year . |
| 8 | Sales totalled only 223,283 compared with 227,437 last year — a fall of 1.8 per cent . |
| 9 | This has left Fotherby with 250,535 compared with 143,583 last year . |
| 10 | A record number of visitors visited the Maastricht European Fine Art Fair this year : 35,400 people , compared to 27,500 last year a rise of 29% . |
| 11 | Between 1976 and 1977 the number of working days lost trebled to 10 million ( compared to 759,000 last year ) . |
| 12 | But no members of the public have been killed this year by the security forces compared to eight last year . |
| 13 | However , in the Darlington travel-to-work area there were 5,342 people out of work this month compared to 5,229 last month . |
| 14 | The number of stands , however , was seriously down : ninety-two as compared to 115 last year and 120 in 1991 . |
| 15 | The seasonally adjusted total , regarded as the best underlying guide , rose by 53,000 last month to reach 2,604,000 9.2pc of the workforce and the highest number since October 1987 . |
| 16 | The seal hunt quota agreed by Norway and Russia has been increased from 51,000 last year to 60,000 this year , prompting protests from Greenpeace that there is no scientific basis for such an increase . |
| 17 | And his plans for deregulating the economy continue whilst US aid to Pakistan has already been cut by 2/3 last October . |
| 18 | The unadjusted jobless total increased by 78,726 last month to 3,062,065 , the highest since April 1987 . |
| 19 | UNEMPLOYMENT increased by 40,200 last month to reach its highest total for four years The increase took the number out of work to 2,647,300 figures immediately seized on by Labour and Lib-Dems and used to attack the Tory jobs record . |
| 20 | Emily and I let the girls home early and then returned for one last look at the old building . |
| 21 | This was mentioned on 606 last week ( I did n't hear it then ) when Leeds promised some sort of ‘ investigation ’ ( ? ? ) |
| 22 | Since SCDI 's involvement in 1989 , the participation of Scottish secondary schools in this scheme has doubled to 212 last year . |