Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jobs : The rate at which smaller firms are shedding jobs has increased , after declining in the last five surveys , with a balance of 20pc more manufacturers reporting a fall than an increase . |
| 2 | They also said that maybe Strandli will push Wallace for the first team place after scoring in the last 2 reserve matches . |
| 3 | PAY settlements in manufacturing industry are now only slightly ahead of inflation , after halving over the last year , according to revised figures released yesterday by the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 4 | Between them , the Waleses have established a way of operating over the last ten years that is unmistakably their own ; and quite unlike any other branch of the Royal Family . |
| 5 | I ai n't seen this series I just sort of remember from the last series . |
| 6 | First , we aim to set out what has happened to the total level of spending in the last 12 years . |
| 7 | BBC1 accounted for almost 39pc of viewing in the last quarter of 1990 , but that figure had dropped to 34pc a year later . |
| 8 | " The results suggest , however , that a significant part of warming in the last century is not greenhouse-related " , he commented . |
| 9 | In a statement on Nov. 22 the Karen National Union ( KNU ) estimated that over 800 civilians , 375 government troops and 27 Karen guerrillas had been killed as a result of fighting during the last six weeks in the lower central Irrawaddy Delta , south-east of Rangoon . |
| 10 | With the considerable degree of replanting in the last few centuries it is possible that the Weald now exhibits a more wooded aspect than at any time since the early medieval period . |
| 11 | It should be worth waiting for the last in which Mick Ryan 's Les Amis ( 3.40 ) is well drawn and must be fancied on her two lengths defeat of Quinta Royale at Folkestone . |
| 12 | With regard to the last of these , the sphere of circulation is that part of the social formation in which exchange takes place , through the buying and selling of all commodities ( including labour power ) . |
| 13 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 14 | ( d ) We have made explicit the reason for focusing on the last novel — we chose it because it acts as a summary of Tey 's work , and so is an appropriate topic for a conclusion . |
| 15 | A word of explanation may be needed in regard to the last two categories . |
| 16 | From dealing in the last few chapters with the language of individuals , we now turn , in Chapter 6 , to a discussion of how language is used within Caribbean families in London . |
| 17 | I might be ‘ little ’ , ’ she parodied , ‘ but we English are noted for our belief in fighting to the last blood-filled ditch . ’ |
| 18 | It gained 14 points in early trading but was down almost 25 points before rallying in the last hour to close 20.3 lower at 2,818.0 , with just under 600 million shares changing hands . |
| 19 | Polishing the fit in this way is analogous to reroughing in the last chapter . |
| 20 | So in the end he took to pointing at the last and most precious of " the possessions " … tiger-skins , bookcases full of elevating and instructional volumes , embroidered samplers , teasets of bone china , humidors and candlesticks , mounted elephants ' feet , and rowing-oars with names of college eights inscribed in gilt paint ; the ladies were instructed to improvise sandbags out of linen sheets and pillowslips and fine lace tablecloths . |
| 21 | Michelin is axing 16,000 jobs and has spent £460m on restructuring in the last two years . |
| 22 | But that causeway had had deep holes dug in it by the defenders these last days , and the intervening stretches strewn with caltrops , four-pronged iron spikes such as Bruce had used with such effect at Bannockburn , and which the many smiths of Berwick had been set to forging for the last weeks . |
| 23 | Well , many thanks indeed for fighting for the last hour on this programme . |
| 24 | Hey , do n't worry , we 've got really good at waiting over the last couple of days . |
| 25 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 26 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 27 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 28 | Do n't forget Leeds winning instead — the best scenario would be Leeds winning on goal difference by scoring in the last minute . |