Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most are recently converted or purpose-built institutions erected in the last 35 years . |
| 2 | So far portables have about 10 per cent of the PC market ( 5b ) , and sales are growing for all the reasons given in the last question ( 6d ) , including ‘ yuppies love them . ’ |
| 3 | Thirdly , it specifically ruled out more funding and subsidies and a return to the policies pursued by the last Labour Government , with the support of the Liberal party . |
| 4 | The Druids won on the last occasion and have retained the trophy at their Henley headquarters . |
| 5 | These seem to have had their fears that the flood gates holding back university collections are now opening confirmed , as Edinburgh University announced last month that it was proposing to sell a sculpture by Adrian de Vries or a Ruisdael landscape , bequeathed by Sir James Torrie , to help put right a deficit permitted over the last few years by a Treasurer who has since resigned . |
| 6 | The plan has emerged from a comprehensive study undertaken over the last year , covering such aspects as geology , archaeology , nature conservation , recreation , education , traffic and landscape . |
| 7 | He glanced down the codings listed on the last of the semi-opaque sheets and imprinted his authorisation . |
| 8 | The IAC reported for the last time in January this year and , under the terms of the 1990 continuation order , the 1987 Act is due to expire on 31 March 1992 . |
| 9 | New Roof Installed Within The Last Twelve Months |
| 10 | Artemis realized this was a reference to her new stepmother , but she preferred to try and keep dropping her gathered pebbles into the centre of the splash made by the last one she had dropped . |
| 11 | Survey data collected over the last three decades will be re-analysed to see whether changes in the geography of economic and social well-being in Great Britain have led to either or both of changed political attitudes and changed partisan allegiances . |
| 12 | A re-assessment of meteorological data collected over the last 100 years has confirmed that the earth has warmed by 0.5C over that period . |
| 13 | However , many cars built within the last few years have hardened valve seats , or alloy cylinder heads that need little ( simply a retune ) or no modification to use unleaded petrol . |
| 14 | The signs of crisis are already there with 10 goals conceded in the last five games . |
| 15 | All fixed assets shall be valued on the same basis as used in the last audited accounts and there shall be no upward revaluation of them or any of them above the value(s) used in the last audited accounts . |
| 16 | This aircraft sold at the last auction for $9,000 plus commission . |
| 17 | Fighting intensified in the last week of December and was reportedly especially heavy around Caxito and Ndalatando , respectively 80 km north-east and 200 km south-east of Luanda . |
| 18 | It was vessels employed in the last of these uses which were most commonly decorated with religious figures and scenes . |
| 19 | The light rested on the last of these for some while , then moved upward , searching the end wall . |
| 20 | If the hon. Gentleman examines measures of GDP per head and compares this country with France , Germany or Italy , he will find that the gap widened under the last Labour Government and has closed under the present Government . |
| 21 | This model , based initially on the fairly crude neuroanatomical data available a century ago , has stood the test of time remarkably well but data obtained over the last two decades have prompted modifications in the details . |
| 22 | The pier had knobs but was derelict , entry barred since the last fire . |
| 23 | Of 130 dams constructed in the last 50 years in the Masvingo District , more than half are badly silted ( Elwell 1985 ) . |
| 24 | For patients with iterative studies , only mean gastric cell densities obtained from the last set of biopsy specimens or from the gastrectomy specimen were taken in consideration . |
| 25 | Like the cross-dressing explored in the last chapter , gender inversion remains controversial because it allegedly only inverts , rather than displaces , the gender binary . |
| 26 | Many books published in the last decade or so seem to underline the importance of ‘ anticipatory grieving ’ , with the result that relatives and friends can be forced into expressing emotion they may not yet be ready to express . |
| 27 | As Personal Assistant to John Watson , prepare a report reviewing Palatine Ales ' position following the successful conclusion of the takeover battle , evaluating the proposals made at the last Board meeting , and submitting your recommendations regarding future policy . |
| 28 | As such , they are extremely valuable and their accuracy is known to have improved considerably as a result of methodological improvements made over the last few years ( OPCS , 1980 ; Craig and Broad , 1982 ) . |
| 29 | The migration component has to be based on estimates gauged from a variety of sources like the Electoral Register , the NHS Central Register , the International Passenger Survey , and the migration patterns revealed by the last census . |
| 30 | In houses built during the last 50 years , the joists will be at about 16in centres . |