Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must be taught through benevolence and sympathy ; when the necessity arises shame may be used , but fear only in the last extremity , and then ‘ with such delicacy that if possible the habit may not gather strength by the use you are constrained to make of it ’ . |
| 2 | Notice how the sunset and the greeting are welded together in the last stanzas and are transformed into the endless journey and ‘ human sweetness ’ of the last three lines . |
| 3 | Resettlement outside the region should be considered only in the last resort . |
| 4 | Again , this is a complex notion in itself , so it is hardly surprising that some respondents found it difficult to reply to the questions : Has the conceptual map of your subject changed much in the last decade ? |
| 5 | This probably explains why menarche the age of which er menstruation begins menarche er why the age of menarche has dropped progressively in the last century from about fifteen and a half to about twelve and a half er today . |
| 6 | Their numbers have dropped noticeably in the last five years and very dramatically since the 1880s , when 70 per cent of all cattle in the Netherlands were Groningens while Friesians represented only 18 per cent and were mainly restricted to Friesland and Drenthe . |
| 7 | When it comes to clothes and the British high street , I think the standard has dropped radically in the last five years . |
| 8 | But after all , he had come far in the last few months . |
| 9 | A thousand people have come here in the last year and another thousand are expected in the next year . |
| 10 | Cipollini , who recently declared himself to be the fastest finisher in the world , crossed the line in second place but with both arms in the air in protest over Abdoujaparov 's jersey-pull , which , say the race referees , occurred twice in the last half-mile . |
| 11 | This we mentioned briefly in the last chapter . |
| 12 | Prices have fallen steeply in the last year , and while this year 's drop will not be so dramatic , prices will continue to fall . |
| 13 | This extraordinary story was ruthlessly edited down to its allotted span and eventually tucked away in the last of four hour-long programmes . |
| 14 | Swindon has grown economically in the last 15 years and the unemployment level was down to a record low 2 to 3 years ago . |
| 15 | This smaller and shyer animal once ranged from the Spanish Sierra Nevada to the Urals , but has suffered greatly in the last century from hunting and the disturbance of agricultural development . |
| 16 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 17 | Research into the form and content of user interfaces for GIS has accelerated rapidly in the last couple of years . |
| 18 | The route in question was at Swanage and not at all difficult — getting its HVS grade for the seriousness of the climbing and not its difficulty and I 've certainly done harder in the last month . |
| 19 | The diversity of the International region , which sells 75 brands in 108 markets , is well illustrated by its performance in smaller markets such as Turkey , where the market for Scotch whisky has grown three-fold in the last ten years.Johnnie Walker Red Label has maintained its major market share and is well placed to capitalise on the growth of one of the fastest developing economies in the region . |
| 20 | But after being pulled off at Crystal Palace in midweek , he has suffered both in the last four days . |
| 21 | This is an area which has expanded enormously in the last twenty years , and there are now a large number of independent schools ( of varying degrees of professionalism and quality ) , as well as state sector Colleges of F.E. and H.E . |
| 22 | As we have seen , the number of full-time teachers engaged in further education has grown enormously in the last thirty years , from just over 4,500 in 1946–7 to about 80,000 in 1980 . |
| 23 | The number and proportion of remarriages have risen sharply in the last two decades . |
| 24 | The company has done well in the last year so Mr Jones decides to give himself a 15% rise , the supervisory staff a 10% rise and the non-supervisory staff a 5% rise . |
| 25 | A spokesman for the Northern Constabulary at Inverness denied the accusations of harassment but confirmed that the site had been visited twice in the last few days and that several people had been charged . |
| 26 | Moreover , after relative tranquillity between 1907 and 1910 , the number of disturbances appears to have risen abruptly in the last years before the war . |
| 27 | Building society mortgage arrears have risen considerably in the last few years . |
| 28 | In fact events have developed rapidly in the last few weeks and it was announced at a Committee meeting on Monday 1st June that we had every hope of opening the museum by the end of the month . |
| 29 | The statement makes clear that sanctions will be used only in the last resort . |
| 30 | Seed will be ripe in late summer , and should be watched carefully in the last week or two , or it will easily be lost . |