Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House of Lords , not for the first or for the last time , held that ‘ determination ’ should not be construed as including everything which purported to be a determination but was not , and so the court was not precluded from deciding that the order of the Commission was a nullity . |
| 2 | 2 × rinse with diluted household bleach ( or as a last resort washing-up liquid ) . |
| 3 | So , the final batch of Computex machines were delivered during the last week of August to the Liverpool subcontractor , who promised to deliver the ZX machines on or before the last day of August . |
| 4 | If records are stored in the next available position in the prime data area — the consecutive spill method — but a link field is provided from the home record or from the last synonym , this avoids unnecessary head movements and cuts down the search time required for the consecutive spill techniques . |
| 5 | When an employee comes into the workplace , s/he no longer opens the paper mail first but will turn on the computer and read what messages have been left overnight or since the last viewing . |
| 6 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy commenced or since the last renewal date . |
| 7 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 8 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 9 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 10 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 11 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 12 | Data from children whose ears contained fluid at the final assessment or at the last assessment before they were lost to follow up were excluded . |
| 13 | If full airbrakes are needed for more than a few seconds , and it looks as though they should be kept on , sideslipping should be used to get rid of the excess height so that for the last part of the approach less than full airbrake approach is required . |
| 14 | Bob Burnett , spokesman for Livingston-based TIG , said : ‘ Research at Edinburgh University showed that during the last decade careless handling of smokers ’ materials played a part in 44 per cent of household fires which resulted in death . ’ |
| 15 | Then she told me that during the last winter , while I was in Sweden , my father had already had an attack , but they had not told me . |
| 16 | You will recall that during the last Executive Committee meeting we considered a proposal to create an index to help branches make use of the increasing amount of planning policy guidance which is now available . |
| 17 | The immediate trigger was that during the last period of the war the Ministry of Reconstruction 's Housing Advisory Panel , chaired by Lord Salisbury , was successful in establishing the parameters of post-war policy . |
| 18 | ‘ It would seem , ’ said Earl Robert , after a moment of courteous silence in deference to any other who might wish to speak , ‘ that as the last comer , this verdict sends me first into the lists . |
| 19 | The Exhibition Committee had advertised the event more widely to the general canoeing public than for the last decade . |
| 20 | The soldiers had orders not to shoot except as a last resort to save human life . |
| 21 | Toads are poisonous , too , but like the cobra they prefer not to use their poison except as a last resort , although for a different reason — their poison glands only secrete their lethal dose when the toad is bitten hard by an attacker , and for the toad this is leaving matters far too late , with serious injury a strong possibility . |
| 22 | The HSE 's propensity ( or more realistically reluctance ) to prosecute , except as a last resort or where there is no alternative , is well-known and is touched on by Phil James in ‘ Reforming British Health and Safety Law : a framework for discussion ’ ( 1992 ) 21 Industrial Law Journal 83–105 , together with the related area of penalties . |
| 23 | Erm , you will remember that after the last meeting we were going to have a meeting with Mr which we , which we subsequently did have and we put forward several erm possible uses for the old hospital , including re-siting of the library , relocation of the council offices , police station , day centre for the elderly , day services for the physically disabled , for young mothers and children centre and for a mental health services centre and he was delighted that we had the meeting because he has to meet with his superiors late in December , early January , when he has been asked to put forward ideas . |
| 24 | Can I just say that after the last meeting and you urging us all to write I did write to them . |
| 25 | I also made a documentary about the U-boat campaign which in two world wars had nearly brought us to our knees ; and I have always regretted that after the last war , when we sank so many of them in deep water , we did not keep one as a trophy and bring it up the Thames into the heart of London : it would have been a perennial attraction for every schoolboy in the country . |
| 26 | IMF statistics show that throughout the last decade German interest rates have consistently been half those of the UK . |
| 27 | That argument would I think be very persuasive if I were able to be confident that the levels of conversion is one which would be an adequate and proper one , it is relatively new , there is nothing wrong with that , it is not apparently been a conversion which has been put into practice , except in the last year because have only started conversion when the Nissan Serena was brought out . |
| 28 | ‘ But the authorities make it quite clear … that before the constable is in a position to choose between a specimen of blood or a specimen of urine on the defendant 's claim that one or other specimens should be substituted for the specimen of breath , the defendant must be made aware not merely that he can have the breath specimen substituted by some other specimen in general terms , but that the alternative specimen can be one either of blood or of urine , although in the last resort , subject to the proviso to subsection ( 4 ) as to medical practitioners , the choice is that of the police officer . |
| 29 | For example , although in the last chapter I advocated a policy of not hoarding , there are certain exceptions . |
| 30 | The hon. Gentleman has clearly not observed that in the last year inflation has fallen to 4 per cent . |