Example sentences of "[prep] [art] last two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | A further difficulty arose from the departure of a large number of middle-class families from the Belfast area to neighbouring dormitory towns , a migratory pattern in line with changes in the demography of British cities generally for the last two decades or so . |
2 | However , the vocabulary for such a review will need to be more subtle and precise , and much less polarized , than that which has dominated discussion of such matters in primary education for the last two decades or so ( Alexander 1984 , 1989 , 1991 ) . |
3 | In 1835 she succumbed to a form of pre-senile dementia and for the last two decades of her life was confined to the house and terrace of Rydal Mount . |
4 | The relationship between syntactic and semantic processing has been a central concern of psycholinguistics for the last two decades . |
5 | Interview he sez ICI has for the last two decades looked at ways of helping the environment . |
6 | The numbers are in green for par and above , for ‘ go ’ as in you might as well go home , and red for below par , for ‘ stop ’ as in you can stop here for the last two rounds . |
7 | In an unbecoming shade of battleship grey undercoat it took over the Museum 's service train for the last two runs on Sunday , May 24 and again on the afternoon of the 25th . |
8 | But that notion was dispelled by Hill-Wood , who wants the Swedish international — relegated to the subs ' bench for the last two matches — to extend his career with the Gunners , where his current contract expires in 18 months . |
9 | Philippe produced his new car for the last two races of 1974 , in Canada and at Watkins Glen , where it qualified third . |
10 | The Press were openly speculating that if his rival won , then the world championship would be wide open for the last two races on the calendar . |
11 | For the last two lines I usually get everyone to clap and at the end to raise their hands and shout ‘ Oi ’ |
12 | His chances of defending a frail total of 226 slipped away with the steady rain that fell for the last two hours . |
13 | It was a good seven-hour jeep-lurch , even with Abu at the wheel , and for the last two hours we drove over a tyre-tearing track down a parched spit of land . |
14 | She had heard raised voices for the last two hours , ever since she and Peter had arrived , and she was miserably aware that it was all her fault . |
15 | Although there is no evidence , at present , of drinking water being contaminated in Britain , many reservoirs and lakes have had algal blooms on their surface waters for the last two summers . |
16 | The concept is not a difficult one , for the last two sections have made it clear that what really mattered in setting up a trust was not the use of specific words , but the use of words or deeds which plainly expressed an intention to bind a trustee under a trust in favour of a beneficiary . |
17 | ‘ Aye , for the last two months , saints preserve him ! ’ |
18 | I have been keeping tropical fish for some twenty years , but for the last two months I have been cursed with a problem which I can not solve . |
19 | For the last two months he has been attending Queen 's Park with his wife Christine and three children . ) |
20 | It looks as if he tore out the entries for the last two months and burned those pages separately , then chucked the book open on the flames . |
21 | The full code has been available on InterNet for the last two months and was to go on CompuServe last week , according to Dr Dobbs ' editor Jonathan Erickson . |
22 | Mr Chambers ' name and virtues had been the main topic of her mother 's conversation for the last two months , and no matter how many times Honor expressed her dislike of the man , Flora continued to press the subject . |
23 | Salt mix is two teaspoons per gallon of water , but I have added some extra salt ( about two tablespoons ) for the last two months . |
24 | Three months pregnant , yesterday Shelley Williams lost her baby , today she returned from hospital what 's been her home for the last two months , a tent pitched on a grass verge outside the home of her boyfriend 's parents . |
25 | She 's been visiting the Compton family who have been without their car for the last two months . |
26 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
27 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
28 | After winning the top-heat level breaks for the last two Saturdays , Batley Ranger could notch up a hat-trick in Saturday 's event , which is sponsored by DLS engineering . |
29 | You will probably need to loosen the tension for the last two rows for a really misty effect . |
30 | The implication was that when it came to embroidery , the stitching up had been done on Merseyside , if Barnes had been fit enough to train for the last two days . |