Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He disputed Lenin 's contention that imperialism constitutes the last stage of capitalism , arguing that in Latin America it represented only the first stage .
2 With his compatriot colleagues — the already mentioned Kerle , Jacob Regnart ( c. 1540–1599 ) , Charles Luython ( C. 1557–1620 ) — and other composers in Prague , Jacobus Handl , ‘ Gallus vocatus , Carniolanus ’ ( 1550–91 ) and the remarkable Czech amateur Kryštof Harant z Polžic ( 1564–1621 ) , together with Giaches de Wert ( 1535–96 ) who settled in Italy , he represents the last flowering of the Netherland tradition in church music .
3 The tournament gets the club 's 40th anniversary celebrations off to a flying start and , with the season just a week away , represents the last chance for the clubs to test their form .
4 The deal represents the last part of GrandMet 's £550m disposal of Express .
5 Membership of the Town Boys represents the last promotion in the career of the football fan at Oxford and only the most committed are eligible .
6 This represents the last entry to be proofed with all entries lying between the two headwords also being proofed
7 This represents the last entry to be proofed , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being proofed .
8 This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced with all entries lying between the two headwords also being cross-referenced .
9 This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being cross-referenced .
10 Nobody is claiming that the Brooklands offers the last word in performance , fuel economy , space efficiency , silence or ergonomic excellence .
11 For Gloucester , the Pilkington Cup offers the last chance of glory this season .
12 One single-handed edged weapon — not a two-handed weapon or an axe — can be sharpened with this tool , and this act drains the last magic from it ( other weapons can be sharpened subsequently , but this will not enchant them ) .
13 ‘ Anyhow it no longer matters to you or to me , but whoever has the last laugh in the whole business is going to have to spend a hell of a length of time laughing .
14 He does not mind being the butt of his colleagues ' jokes because he always has the last laugh .
15 Blaise Pascal has the last word :
16 Maureen Lipman has the last word !
17 Arthur Young , as usual , has the last word .
18 ( In children 's addresses the minister has the last word or more often The Correct Answer . )
19 by no means has the last word been written on the quantum Hall effect .
20 maureen lipman has the last word !
21 Popular culture gives us plenty of female verbal incontinence ( cf the Andy Capp joke : ‘ when two wives get together , who has the last word ? ’ ) and illogical women who ca n't keep to the point ( as a character in the soap opera Coronation Street comments , ‘ you might as well try to knit fog as follow what 's in a woman 's mind ’ ) .
22 The Commission and the member states can draft as many biblical texts as they like , but the European Court of Justice has the last word and provides us with the ultimate truth .
23 Alternatively , the speaking order can be : leading counsel for the appellant ; both counsel for the respondent ; junior counsel for the appellant ( who thus has the last word ) .
24 Paraphrasing Tacitus and Byron , the Visitors ' Centre has the last word on Bloody Cumberland : ‘ he created a desert and called it peace . ’
25 maureen lipman has the last word !
26 ‘ Duke Godomar is head of the city council , and in theory has the last word when it comes to governing Talisker .
27 But like most families while father appears to be the boss more often than not it 's mother who usually has the last word .
28 When there 's a dispute between parents , a judge has the last say .
29 A finite ladder of identical symmetric sections , which has the last section loaded with the characteristic impedance in order that all sections are so loaded , is said to be correctly terminated .
30 have you had the last cherry bakewell ? , he has the last cherry bakewell
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