Example sentences of "[vb base] the last [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large urban local authorities which remain the last bastion of Labour power have tried to undercut New Right attacks by improving the efficiency and quality of their services , and becoming more responsive to their users ( Fenwick 1989 ; Young 1991 ) . |
| 2 | Delete the last sentence of the first paragraph |
| 3 | For example , if we make the last element of unc unity , and partition ( |
| 4 | By contrast , most British supporters walk the last part of the way to the stadium and derive a greater sense of excitement , anticipation and being part of a crowd . |
| 5 | From afar it looks like the classical volcanic cone and it is with a mounting sense of excitement that I climb the last section of loose lava gravel and sharp , welded lava rock . |
| 6 | He also cut the last line of the final song , ‘ Rest till the rosy morn 's uprise ’ , leaving the Fairy Queen herself at the centre of a choral lullaby . |
| 7 | Finish the last packet of cigarettes the night before and not dash out to the off-license or garage before going to bed in order to stock up . |
| 8 | ( ii ) If we transfer the last column of A to the first position , we have a new matrix A ; with B unchanged we then have unc A is again of degeneracy 1 , B of degeneracy 2 ; but here C is of degeneracy 3 . |
| 9 | He saw it all reflected in the eyes of those blood-spattered gallopers and bears and lions and tigers and ostriches , all frozen in mid-stride , helpless witnesses of the terror they could not run from , and Preston trying desperately to escape from it , as much in terror of the mutilated corpse of Mary Moxton as he was of her murderer , and running from room to room and pulling open the last door of the last room and out into the night and down the long black tunnel under the railway line getting closer and closer to the grey patch of light at the end until , on the verge of safety , the figure would leap out at him in its bloody clothes with the meat cleaver in its hands … |
| 10 | Copy the last sentence of the first paragraph and insert it as a separate paragraph at the end of the task , one clear line space below the paragraph starting ‘ NOISE … ‘ |
| 11 | As we approach the last years of the 20th century , environmental damage to the earth , air and water threaten the basic resources on which we depend . ’ |
| 12 | We have got the fastest rising unemployment anywhere in Europe and the figures destroy the last vestiges of credibility for the Conservatives on the economy . ’ |
| 13 | It is also worth noting here that the only mid-Tertiary movements in northern Europe that can be called an orogeny are in Spitsbergen , where we find the last expression of an Atlantic compressive line clearly preserved down the west coast , presumably reflecting the continued grinding together of the northernmost tip of the European plate with that of Greenland . |
| 14 | Use the last phrase of the previous section to get smoothly into the opening phrase of the next movement . |
| 15 | Workers pass it from mouth to mouth or gather one another 's excrement in order to reprocess the partially digested food and extract the last particle of nutriment from it . |
| 16 | Even for those who reach the last year of secondary school , only about 50 per cent pass the matriculation exam , and only a handful achieve the higher grade of ‘ matric exemption ’ which is required for university entrance . |
| 17 | When SBUs reach the last phase of their life-cycle ( irrespective of whether a cost-leadership or differentiated-product strategy is being employed ) , there are still further options available which will need to be understood by the accountant in order to ensure that all options are considered and relevant financial profiles selected . |
| 18 | Cornish people of southwestern England believe souls progress through various stages , reducing in size each time until they reach the last stage of the cycle before passing to Heaven or Hell . |
| 19 | After this , of course , you reach the last stage of training : free flying . |
| 20 | We also sold some copies of Mrs Janet Preshous 's book Bishop 's Castle Well-Remembered ( see the last issue of the Journal ) . |
| 21 | Erm see the last couple of years it 's changed again . |
| 22 | Anderson ( 1977 ) has used systematic point sampling from the Ministry of Agriculture 's Land Classification maps ( see the last section of the chapter for a commentary ) to produce land use estimates very similar to Best 's as shown in Table 8.2 , and in the uplands , Parry et al . |
| 23 | Not only does Tony Porter , Service Technician with Hygiene Leeds , renovate old motorcycles ( see the last edition of Environmental Issues ) he also carries out his job above and beyond the call of duty . |
| 24 | They often represent the last vestiges of the ancient practice of hacking back the vegetation along well-used tracks . |
| 25 | 3.9 References to " the last year of the Term " include the last year of the Term if the Term shall determine otherwise than by effluxion of time and references to " the expiration of the Term " include such other determination of the Term |