Example sentences of "[prep] the last word in " in BNC.

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1 IT IS revered as the last word in wonderful facts , loved by schoolchildren and eggheads alike .
2 From those brought up to regard the system as the last word in representing the Keynesian system , such a virulent reaction is hardly surprising .
3 Wall fabric always sounds like the last word in luxury but in fact need not cost much .
4 But at the time Mendeleev , like Clerk Maxwell , looked like the last word in an old discussion rather than the first in a new one .
5 ‘ Take a seat while I get you something to drink , ’ he invited , indicating what looked like the last word in comfort in the shape of a couch — one of a pair in the room .
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