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 .
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