Example sentences of "[is] [adv] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since you can pick up a no-frills steam iron for £40 or £50 I assumed it would take all the angst out of what is arguably the last of the genuinely ghastly domestic chores . |
| 2 | it 's only the last week before I went back |
| 3 | seventy five degrees I mean , and it was really cold and when we got back it was cold as well , it 's only the last four weeks that we 've been able to use the outdoor pools again |
| 4 | ‘ T is only the last mile or so I 'll have to travel alone and ‘ twill be dark then . |
| 5 | This review is perhaps the last chance this century to get things right . |
| 6 | A local tombstone recording the death in 1806 of John Taylor , potter , is apparently the last reference to pot-making at Silkstone . |
| 7 | So they do ; but that is not the last word , only the first . |
| 8 | The players must know ( or ‘ know ’ ) that the present game is not the last one between them . |
| 9 | What we might be seeing on the extreme right is not the last stages of antisemitism , but its continuation in a climate without Jewish issues , or , to be precise , without the son of Jewish issues which can mobilize the support which the extreme right seeks . |
| 10 | And , certainly , no can argue that the Amstel is not the last word in luxury . |
| 11 | He will be aware that there is still a problem in my constituency and the south-west with the burden of the business rate , but is not the last thing that small businesses want the layers of bureaucracy that would result from 10 new regional assemblies , new sex and race discrimination legislation and the hundreds of new quangos that Labour would put into practice in its first year of office ? |
| 12 | Nineteen-twenty-four is not the last in God 's programme of creation . |
| 13 | His prize was three hundred pounds and the silver cup and let's hope his is not the last name to get engraved on the Tour of Cotswolds Trophy |
| 14 | John Suhr is so talented , and the guitar is just the last word as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 15 | Because very often you , a father can be very keen on gardening and getting the children to help him is just the last thing . |
| 16 | It is n't so much the two days that they 've had off , this is just the last straw that breaks the camel 's back really . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll see Auntie Lou again , it 's not the Last Time for that ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Now go and choose a dinner for someone who is not interested in food — it 's not the last time that is going to happen to you , my dear . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That 's not the last , ’ said Peter . |
| 20 | Sources hear that internationalisation work is under way , which is usually the last task before release . |
| 21 | But the true test of the Masters is always the last round and , even more so , the final nine holes — Amen corner and all that . |
| 22 | This is usually an underestimate as the first logical overflow record is always the last from that track physically and tends to be located near the end of the overflow track . |
| 23 | It 's usually the last Saturday of the half term because then she can have them during the week to practise . |
| 24 | The imminence of the Premier League means that this is probably the last time the famous old knockout tournament will be played while some degree of financial equality exists between the present First and Second divisions . |
| 25 | This is probably the last of what can be described as a traditional Farnborough year , although many of the old faces were disappearing , many new faces were emerging too . |
| 26 | The quantum challenge is probably the last of Einstein 's contributions to fundamental physics that has enduring value . |
| 27 | This does n't try to be a smart book , and is probably the last where Clairmont will be Claire , but it is quite unpatronising . |
| 28 | New towns continued to be founded right through the medieval period though after the early thirteenth century the changing economic conditions were no longer ideal for their development and the process tailed oft Queenborough , Kent ( 1368 ) is said to be the latest medieval planned town , though Bewdley , Worcestershire ( soon after 1477 ) , is probably the last one . |
| 29 | So it 's probably the last . " |
| 30 | Using a person outside the family circle , such as the district nurse , is positively the last resort . |