Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to point ( c ) , I had been a teensy bit lazy in the last few maths lessons , not having worked on the set tasks with much enthusiasm at all . |
| 2 | At the Court of Wards the Tooke family were making the office of auditor hereditary in the last years of Elizabeth , but it was still possible for an active reformer like John Hare to be appointed Clerk ; inexperienced men began to be appointed to offices in this court under James . |
| 3 | Figure 2.4 in the last chapter illustrated the extent of differences in value-added productivity between large and small firms and these are very clearly reflected in earnings . |
| 4 | Indeed , Charles of Navarre , Jeanne 's son born in 1332 , was as close as Edward III to the last Capetians , and he did not hesitate to point this out in the 1350s when it suited him . |
| 5 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 6 | Adrian Longden , NALGO 's district officer , said that although times were hard , the company had still made a profit of more than £1 billion in the last financial year . |
| 7 | The group which owns Selfridges and Saxone and is Britain 's biggest shoe shop owner saw profits crash from £2.4 to £8.8 million in the last six months . |
| 8 | Portugal , who beat England 1-0 in the last World Cup , need to do a bit more than that next Wednesday to deny the Czechoslovakians a place in next year 's finals — they need to win by four goals . |
| 9 | 2 Name the three different triangles in question 7 of the last exercise . |
| 10 | It has become usual that there should be a generally drafted indemnity against all taxation liabilities arising from trading transactions prior to the last balance sheet date and which were not provided for in such accounts , or which arose from transactions outside the ordinary course of business since that date . |
| 11 | The peacocks wandered poetically by , the cock 's tail and plumage brilliant in the last rays of the sun . |
| 12 | A further secret payload , for the US Air Force , was launched on Sept. 5 by the last of the ageing Titan 34-D series of rockets . |
| 13 | It is currently holding a gilt auction of around £3 billion on the last Wednesday of every month . |
| 14 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |
| 15 | Provision for legislation for Marine Nature Reserves was only included in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1987 at the last minute , after much pressure was brought to bear on Peers and MP 's by conservation bodies such as WWF and the Marine Conservation Society . |
| 16 | Thanks largely to the fact it has raised revenue from abroad — Rangers have enjoyed similar benefits from their involvement in the European Champions League and last week took in £1.5 million from the Brugge game — the SFA made a profit of £5.5 million in the last financial year . |
| 17 | ‘ Jardin à Auvers ’ is thought to have been painted in July 1890 during the last month Van Gogh spend at Auvers-sur-Oise with Dr Paul-Ferdinand Gachet the Christie 's portrait of the doctor , from the collection of Siegfried Kramarsky , was done between 3 and 5 June 1890 . |
| 18 | HEINZ boss Tony O'Reilly has bought five million Mirror Group Newspaper shares for £3 million in the last two weeks . |
| 19 | ‘ This is a matter of considerable significance to us as three of the five districts in West Yorkshire ( Bradford , Kirklees and Leeds Metropolitan Districts ) have between them received an annual average of about £10 million over the last five years — a substantial figure . |
| 20 | The first of these is to establish the geographical pattern , at the national and local scales , and the land types of areas afforested during the last decade . |
| 21 | New Zealand winger Terry Wright , a member of the All Blacks seven at the last six Hong Kong tournaments , has been dropped from this season 's trip . |
| 22 | As chief adviser to Louis VI in the last decade of his reign , and as Louis VII 's most trusted minister until his death in 1152 , he had many opportunities to impress his theories on princes and lords who would not dare to scoff . |
| 23 | THE MEN THEY COULD N'T HANG play a second show at London 's Mean Fiddler on November 30 for the last night of the venue 's tenth anniversary celebrations . |
| 24 | Kerr also recalled playing against a pioneer of ‘ Bodyline ’ , Fred Root , at Worcester , and seeing both Hobbs and Sutcliffe score hundreds in the last first-class match of the tour for H.D.G. Leveson Gower 's XI at Scarborough . |
| 25 | And she had made Paddy happy in the last few months of his life . |
| 26 | The only real worry is that , to finance a strategy driven by buying other firms , Hanson keeps a large cash balance — £7 billion at the last count . |
| 27 | But there was no denying Miss Higgins and a par five at the last gave her the trophy she had her heart set on . |
| 28 | According to the old Princess , she was the granddaughter of Fateh-ul-Mulk , the heir apparent of the last Mogul Emperor , Bahadur Shah Zafur II . |
| 29 | He flicked the file open at the last letter . |
| 30 | Losses were reduced from £1.5 million to £1.1 million in the last six months of trading , and should go down further this year . |