Example sentences of "[prep] the last [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appeal target for the last Games in Auckland in 1990 was also £250,000 and , significantly perhaps was not reached , £195,000 including sponsorship from McEwans of £100,000 being raised . |
| 2 | Except for the last Albanians in the Labour party , I do not believe that anyone seriously disputes that the process of competition is essential to maximise what is bought for the taxpayer . |
| 3 | They were formed at the same time as the Quakers , actually , in sixteen fifty-two , and the main erm belief of the group was that John Reeve and his cousin Ludowick Muddleton were the two prophets who 'd been chosen by God as the last witnesses in the Book of Revelation . |
| 4 | We 're the last , one of the last ones in our road ! |
| 5 | COACH Ian McGeechan , whose background includes eight Tests for the Lions between 1974 and 1977 plus being coach of the last Lions in 1989 , rates New Zealand ‘ the ultimate challenge ’ . |
| 6 | Bonnie and Clyde ( 1967 ) was one of the most influential American movies of the last decades in its amoral attitude to ‘ the outlaw ’ , seen from a modern psychological and social viewpoint . |
| 7 | Secondly , section 239 entitles any member or debentureholder to be furnished , on demand and without charge , with a copy of the last accounts in addition to that to which he is entitled under section 238 . |
| 8 | One of the last photographs in this collection perhaps reveals more about Mann 's relationship with her photographic models than anything else . |
| 9 | In Thwaite Lane , at Hunslet , is the Thwaite Putty Mill , one of the last places in England to keep waterwheels in regular use . |
| 10 | Barbie 's eyes are probably two of the last pits in Britain . |
| 11 | The E I P today is probably one of the last pieces in the jigsaw . |
| 12 | Not far away was the great sweep of the Radnor Forest , and beyond it the Elan valley where peregrines nested , the Towy valley with the last kites in Britain , and Tregaron Bog where wild geese came in winter . |
| 13 | But there was a net gain of some thirty seats to the Unionists in direct comparison with the last elections in 1910 , a strong position for a party that was already the largest in parliament . |
| 14 | In elections in the south-eastern province of Styria ( Steiermark ) on Sept. 22 , the far-right opposition Freedom Party of Austria ( Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs — FPÖ — whose leader , Jörg Haider , had in June been compelled to step down as governor of Carinthia — see p. 38298 ) made significant gains , increasing its support by more than 10 per cent to 14.6 per cent , compared with the last elections in 1986 [ see p. 34695 ] . |
| 15 | ‘ I was sixth out of 21 in the last championships in 1987 . |
| 16 | Although we 'd been left pretty much to our own devices in the last months in the Pit , the year and a half underground had become increasingly depressing . |
| 17 | On the main island of Curaçao which was allocated 14 seats , Liberia Peters 's centre-right National People 's Party ( Nationale Volkspartij — NVP — also known as the Partido Nashonal di Pueblo ) won seven seats ( compared with six in the last elections in November 1985 — see pp. 34291-92 ) . |
| 18 | In a general election on May 6 in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC — recognised only by Turkey ) the ruling National Unity Party ( UBP or NUP ) won 55 per cent of the vote and 34 of the 50 seats in the Legislative Assembly ( as against 37 per cent of the vote and 24 seats in the last elections in 1985 — see pp. 34067-68 ) . |
| 19 | Following the May elections the distribution of seats was SPD 71 ( 66 in the last elections in 1986 — see pp. 34503-04 ) ; CDU 67 ( 69 ) ; FDP 9 ( 9 ) ; Greens 8 ( 11 ) . |
| 20 | Likud had portrayed the elections as a test of political strength and was disappointed with the result although it improved slightly on its performance in the last elections in 1985 [ see p. 34008 ] . |
| 21 | Hoyte himself had come to office in the last elections in December 1985 [ see p. 34162 ] , while his People 's National Congress ( PNC ) had been in power since independence in 1966 . |
| 22 | Near-unanimous support was expressed for increasing current subscription rates , especially in the light of 50% inflation since the last increases in 1986 . |
| 23 | Under the amended election law the president was provided with the power to appoint new deputies to replace those who had died or had left the Assembly since the last elections in 1972 . |
| 24 | For example , the reduction in manufacturing jobs over the last decades in some high wage countries has forced workers to seek jobs in other less well paid and less secure sectors or , as has happened particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom , forced older workers displaced from traditional industries ( like mining and steel-making ) into permanent unemployment . |
| 25 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |