Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] the last " in BNC.
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1 | By contrast , most British supporters walk the last part of the way to the stadium and derive a greater sense of excitement , anticipation and being part of a crowd . |
2 | The output probe order of the annealing is then broken into a set of probe contigs , with either no or very few clones connecting the last probe of one contig to the first probe of the next . |
3 | This cemetery has been in existence since 1965 and is lovingly tended by regular visitors who often bring fresh flowers to mark the last resting place of a faithful friend . |
4 | Some commentators see the last group mainly in terms of the process of the diffusion of technology , but this would seem to be too narrow a use of the concept since spread or diffusion is an essential , and probably the most important , element in all forms of technological change . |
5 | Ahead was the daunting sight of the three grandstands enclosing the last green . |
6 | A ticket agency is closing down claiming it 's lost fifty thousand pounds following the last minute cancellation of a concert by the pop star Prince . |
7 | Just as generals always seem to be planning for better ways to fight the last war , so the study of international relations has often reflected the concerns of the previous generation . |
8 | In terms of new routes , few have been a prolific as Rab Anderson : On Church Door Buttress in Glen Coe he climbed the line right of the existing routes to give The Last Crusade , E3 , 5a , 5c , 5c , which like the other lines here , is on superb ( though in most summers dripping ) rock . |
9 | Looking out over the Brussels skyline , it occurs to me that Carter may well not have that many more opportunities to have the last laugh on a scale like this . |
10 | The fifth and sixth rows follow the last movements . |
11 | It took only minutes under the hot jets to wash the last dreamy remnants of sleep away , and then once again all the previous night 's fears came rushing back . |
12 | Which was good from the point of view that you took thirteen minutes to do the first three and then two minutes to do the last , last three . |
13 | It was during this period that savage Turkish reprisals against Balkan nationalist movements gave the last of the sultans an unsavoury reputation for religious persecution which has coloured the writings of some western historians in their assessment of the whole record of the Ottoman empire . |
14 | ‘ Really , ’ exclaimed in heavily scandalized tones one of the few other passengers braving the last gusts of a salt-laden sirocco up on deck , an Englishwoman in an ample frock loud with different coloured daisies . |
15 | Shelley stretched out luxuriously on the sun-lounger , as the two girls caught the last of the sun beside the pool . |
16 | The Carrier rolled forward , without slowing , its massive tyres crushing the last of the barricade . |