Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the revenue has been stable for the last three years . |
| 2 | Injury statistics and trends show that after substantial reductions in recent decades , employees fatalities appear to be levelling off at about 1.6 per 100 000 employees and that the reported major injury rate for employees has been stable over the last three years . |
| 3 | ‘ She had been depressed during the last 18 months but I thought she was getting better . |
| 4 | In fact the screening rate of women in the excluded group has been low over the last 20 years — some 50–80 per cent of older women have never had a smear . |
| 5 | Under the management of CEO Denis Brown , and financially re-structured ( UX No 402 ) , the company has been profitable for the last six quarters and is once again in growth mode , although margins are down and international sales weak . |
| 6 | Sharon 's father has been unemployed for the last three years . |
| 7 | Staff turnover has been high in the last few years as school closure has loomed closer . |
| 8 | And then she 's been average on the last three or four months she 's been on eight stone . |
| 9 | The other outstanding cup tie , between Old Loughtonians and Broxbourne , has been arranged for Sunday week because Broxbourne are involved in the last of the East qualifiers for the Royal Bank English Indoor Championship . |
| 10 | The other outstanding cup tie , between Old Loughtonians and Broxbourne , has been arranged for Sunday week because Broxbourne are involved in the last of the East qualifiers for the Royal Bank English Indoor Championship . |
| 11 | Praxis , a 165-person concern founded in 1983 , sees the acquisition as a way of growing its business , which has been flat for the last few years . |
| 12 | Indeed , the central problem raised by these two opposed models is whether the qualitative and experiential features of late-industrial structured dependence are exclusive to the last half century . |
| 13 | She had been married for the last two years , to a man who really was a sewage plant manager ( Slater was quite hurt that Graham thought he 'd invented this detail for the sake of a joke ) . |
| 14 | Mrs Abercrombie has been incontinent for the last year and is unsuitable , now , for one of our houses . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's amazing how many people who , when you catch them with their trousers down and take a formal sample , will say , ‘ It 's been beautiful for the last two years and just this , just yesterday that this thing went wrong and your chap happened to come . ’ |
| 16 | Well , it 's about why I 've been ex-directory for the last , er , twenty years . |
| 17 | ‘ No , ’ Randi told New Scientist , ‘ they 're the ones who are stuck in the last century . |
| 18 | It has been tough during the last two Tests , and when it gets tough you want to have your best blokes there . ’ |
| 19 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 20 | I wish that we had been able during the last few months to persuade our European colleagues that we are not arguing just for a narrow British position . |
| 21 | Both the scale and rate of change affecting the operation of the company have been dramatic over the last nine months . |
| 22 | General Motors approached the Smithsonian six or seven years ago asking if we would be interested in the last Cadillac convertible from its assembly line . |
| 23 | It should be clear from the last chapter that they both play a role in determining the equilibrium level of income and employment and that a change in any one of them will cause the level of national income to change via the multiplier effect . |
| 24 | It would probably be dark for the last half-mile or so of his walk home . |
| 25 | Now what I 'd like you to do is to select two , I told you I 'd be serious in the last part , the whole is here , is select the two pads you like best , please , and put one at the front of the binder and one at the back . |
| 26 | She was bound to be sick before the last race , either then or on the road to the meeting , or on the road home . |
| 27 | The Regulations clearly could be useful as a last resort , where the advertisement is not caught by any other legal provision and there is no other effective way of dealing with it , e.g. an advertisement falsely stating ‘ closing down sale ’ ( see paragraph 16. -14 above ) . |
| 28 | He told Aenarion that if he sought such corrupt power he would bring eons of tragedy to the Elves , that he and his line would be accursed to the last generation , that the gods would turn their faces from him and that Aenarion himself would surely die . |
| 29 | Well , I must admit I 'm happy with the last 6 games . |
| 30 | ‘ It seems a shame to have got so far and to be stuck on the last few , ’ said Judith , who can be contacted on 0420 22108 . |