Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] last [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sow the seeds in a propagator at 64°F ( 19°C ) in Feb/March , and set out young plants in the garden in late May , or after the last likely frosts in your area . |
| 2 | Candidates may not leave an examination until half-an-hour after it has commenced , or within the last ten minutes , except with the permission of the senior invigilator . |
| 3 | Rather than will you attend Convention 1993 what about Which conventions have you attending since joining or in the last ten years 1983 [ ] 1984[] 1985[] 1986[] etc etc |
| 4 | We could get the two goals we need in five minutes or in the last 30 minutes . |
| 5 | It is unlike East London , where over the last ten or twenty years the heart has been torn out of manufacturing industry in the docks and with it has gone traditional working-class organisation . |
| 6 | So it 's commas between the items on the list , except for the last two where you 're using and . |
| 7 | The winner of the toss usually wound his string around his hand except for the last six inches , this ensured a good sharp and hard blow on the other conker . |
| 8 | But time and expense means I have to economise and therefore I choose to bait every other day except for the last three days when I will bait on each of them . |
| 9 | ‘ Here the contract of salvage was entered into in the Paracels and all the work of refloating and putting the vessel into a condition to be towed to Hong Kong and nearly all the tow , except for the last three miles , were completed beyond the territorial limits of Hong Kong and consequently I take the view that the profits must be said to arise outside of Hong Kong rather than inside . |
| 10 | He explained that for the last two years the unit has been funded with money from the Department of Education and Science channelled through Durham County Council . |
| 11 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ muttered Phoebe ; she was not going to tell this woman that for the last six months she had done practically nothing else . |
| 12 | The men claimed that for the last six weeks women and children had been ‘ assaulted and humiliated ’ during raids on houses in loyalist areas . |
| 13 | But the fact remains that for the last 13 years we have been governed by a party rejected by nearly 60pc of voters . |
| 14 | For example , Bradley et al. ( 1987a ) have suggested that for the last 30–40 years there has been a general decrease in precipitation in low-latitudes of the northern hemisphere which are in accord with General Circulation Model ( GCM ) predictions based on doubled carbon dioxide levels . |
| 15 | Suppose that for the last several periods of time , real national income has been constant at £l , 000 . |
| 16 | Data Connection Ltd , the Enfield , Middlesex-based UK software house that for the last ten years has provided some of the technical bedrock for the big OEMs , is now making its Unix/SNA connectivity software available to large end-users . |
| 17 | Council records show that during the last 18 months 32 companies and 12 sole traders stopped trading in the town ‘ for one reason or another . ’ |
| 18 | It has been suggested that during the last four years of his reign Charles " at last emerged as an unfettered sovereign " , and that " instead of having to solicit the support of his subjects , he now commanded their obedience " . |
| 19 | British Telecommunications Plc 's BT North America has announced deployment of 9.6Kbps local dial capabilities in 99 new US cities , meaning that during the last six months it has more than doubled its coverage . |
| 20 | The point on which I want to concentrate here is that during the last two centuries changes in the law and in employment policies progressively have excluded both the youngest and the oldest generations from the labour market , and therefore from the means to support themselves through earning wages . |
| 21 | It has been estimated that during the last forty years of the seventeenth century between 100,000 and 150,000 people crossed the Atlantic Ocean to start a new life in America . |
| 22 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 23 | I was also surprised to hear that during the last few days her Premium Bond had won £5,000 . |
| 24 | Residential work declined for the third successive month , although it has to be said that the average monthly value since the start of the year is higher than for the last five months of 1992 . |
| 25 | From the foregoing , you will see that my experience , and hence the bulk of this talk , revolves around engineering applications although for the last 9 months of my time in post I also was responsible for supply aspects of AI and I will cover this briefly . |
| 26 | In August 1869 he wrote to his mother : " I have never felt happier than during the last few days . |
| 27 | That 's fully six shots worse than under the last Labour administration . |
| 28 | They forget that under the last Labour Government the cab trade was decimated . |
| 29 | Moreover , it should be an embarrassment to the hon. Gentlemen to be reminded that under the last Labour Government prices for domestic customers rose by 22 per cent . |
| 30 | ‘ They want to cover up falling union membership and the fact that under the last Labour Government investment rose by just 13pc whereas under the Conservatives it has risen by 55pc in real terms . |