Example sentences of "[num] [adv prt] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a good match and because I always felt I had a chance to break Byron I was not too unhappy when I went 3–0 down in the last set . |
| 2 | Although lay delegates had been tried before — in the 1290s , for example — the frequency of their presence in six out of the last eleven assemblies of Edward III 's reign added a new ( and continuing ) dimension to convocation . |
| 3 | As an eminent American economist once remarked , ‘ The Stock Market has anticipated 10 out of the last 3 recessions and 12 of the last 3 recoveries ! ’ |
| 4 | At the same time not only was there another G number but it was the same make of car as the last five G numbers had been and it was the same colour as three out of the last ten cars that had passed the other way . |
| 5 | Before leading a protest outside the Scottish Office , the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie , said unemployment was now at its highest level for almost four years , with the official figures showing a rise in 13 out of the last 14 months . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been leading scorer at Boro for five out of the last seven seasons — but it has become a way of life to be talked about as the player who is leaving or out of the team . |
| 7 | In five out of the last seven years the success rate for this type of appeal has been the first or second highest for all categories and almost one in every two appeals has been lost by local authorities . |
| 8 | LANCASHIRE 'S young lions came to the rescue , winning five out of the last six games to force a draw with reigning Northern Counties champions Yorkshire in the annual friendly match between the arch rivals at Scarcroft . |
| 9 | Laurie Degnan has watched his youngsters take national junior boxing titles for nine out of the last ten years . |
| 10 | Halifax have taken just two out of the last 18 points . |
| 11 | But is may not be an accident that two out of the last three large , completed bids have ended up as tender offers , not full-scale takeovers . |
| 12 | The situation which has applied in two out of the last three years , when percentage cuts or hold-backs were applied across the board by Management , is incompatible with the special factors involved in Library financial management . |