Example sentences of "[vb -s] in the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the anti-socialist , specifically anti-Marxist bent of the elitist theory as it unfolds in the last decade of the nineteenth century ’ ( Meisel , 1958 , p. 10 ) . |
| 2 | He writes in the last paragraph , ‘ It should be borne in mind that for the creation of a climatic regime managed by man , further progress of science and engineering is necessary which would permit a considerable increase in the present production of energy . |
| 3 | But it is a feudalism where inequalities and poverty have been intensified by British colonialism and which has in the last thirty-seven years since independence been in a state of flux caused by the varying stages of capitalism which reach out to it from the towns and cities of the Indian sub-continent . |
| 4 | To give a brief example , in Nepal population pressure has in the last decade or so brought about many intensifications of cropping patterns such as the introduction of wheat as a winter crop . |
| 5 | It consists of a fortuitous , almost accidental , alliance between a particular fraction of development capital and New Right political reformers , not always particularly clearly articulated , which has in the last few years managed to don the cloak of inner city concern . |
| 6 | Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century maiolica has in the last few years returned to popularity ( the recent exhibition of the maiolica collections of the Metropolitan Museum was regularly crowded , to the amazement of Met officials ) , though most of its present day collectors are Italian . |
| 7 | The concept of four major glacial events , based on classic studies in the European Alps ( Penck and Brückner , 1909 ) and supported by observations in Scandinavia , North America and Siberia , has in the last decade been shown to be an oversimplification . |
| 8 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 9 | So what happens in the last three years ? |
| 10 | As so often happens in the last years , his remaining family and oldest friends became of most importance to him . |
| 11 | Johnston , saddling his 48th winner of the year , should now go on to achieve his maiden half century , and does not mind whether it happens in the last four days of turf racing or on the all-weather . |
| 12 | ‘ How well this social organization serves the purposes of those who seek to impose it depends in the last resort upon the conceptions in the minds of the men and women they recruit for these purposes . |
| 13 | For the viability of towns depends in the last resort on a solid economic foundation . |
| 14 | How far anyone is convinced by them depends in the last resort on the themes of the last two chapters — on imagination and experience . |
| 15 | The most popular period for BES investment occurs in the last three months of the tax year as investors begin to think about reducing tax liabilities ; the early autumn sees a second surge as investors can claim up to half the tax relief for the previous year on investments made before 6 October ( subject to a maximum of £5,000 ) . |
| 16 | FT-SE 100 futures have a maximum life of nine months , and most of the volume occurs in the last four months of the contract 's life . |
| 17 | The most egregious case occurs in the last entrée , in which |
| 18 | We have made a survey of the overall mortgage costs in the last one , three and five years . |
| 19 | Typically , the incorrigible William gets in the last word . |
| 20 | Typically , the incorrigible William gets in the last word . |
| 21 | My friend Mike with the big house has n't phoned in yet has he either he usually phones in the last part of the programme . |
| 22 | McManus plays in the last 32 this morning against local player David Roe after a 5-2 victory over Ulsterman Jason Prince . |
| 23 | The win , only Eastbourne 's third in the past decade , was achieved against a team whose five finals include two cup wins in the last 12 years . |
| 24 | In fact , none of the popular British names in the frequency lists in the last 75 years has had an unstressed initial syllable . |
| 25 | Second question is about trainers … which trainer has won two Gold Cups in the last ten years … there 's only one … and we want the name |
| 26 | The second question is which trainer has won two Gold Cups in the last ten years |
| 27 | The visitors regained some respectability with Hanley and Dixon tries in the last 10 minutes . |
| 28 | A catalogue of disorderly incidents have occurred at baseball matches in the last two decades . |
| 29 | Ogden and Richards , in contrast , stress that words are used to ‘ point to ’ things , and that their meaning does in the last analysis depend on the things they are used to point to , their referents ; language may be different from reality , therefore , but it nonetheless reflects it . |
| 30 | deepends in the last lesson . |