Example sentences of "[num] at the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total world population was put at 190 at the last count . |
| 2 | The number of players varies ( around 35 at the last count ) , and the strategic implications of such rules as may exist have not been fully worked out . |
| 3 | These show that the property portfolio is worth about £1.2 billion at present prices compared with £1.7 billion at the last year end . |
| 4 | The only real worry is that , to finance a strategy driven by buying other firms , Hanson keeps a large cash balance — £7 billion at the last count . |
| 5 | The number of people identified who have made the move to the community was 768 at the last count , up to about September 1988. 526 are included in the evaluation , so we are already getting a lot of information about the potential of community care . |
| 6 | Arguing in a similar way , there could have been seven at the second party , leaving one-forty second of a cake unaccounted for , and hence an attendance of 42 at the last party . |
| 7 | The number of farmers is decreasing , 16 at the last count , but agriculture is still the dominant industry in this corner of East Yorkshire . |
| 8 | Provision for legislation for Marine Nature Reserves was only included in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1987 at the last minute , after much pressure was brought to bear on Peers and MP 's by conservation bodies such as WWF and the Marine Conservation Society . |
| 9 | In most areas , the votes of mentally handicapped people may make little difference but in very marginal constituencies , such as Brecon and Radnor , where there are approximately 250 people with a severe mental handicap and where the majority was only 56 at the last election , the voting patterns of even small populations could have a crucial effect . |
| 10 | He only needed two at the last end . |
| 11 | The prospectus shows borrowings of £48.3 million dwarfed shareholders ' funds of £19.8 million at the last balance sheet date on 9 January . |
| 12 | Wayne 's World , in which he plays the villain , had grossed $110 million at the last count . |
| 13 | The Terry 's cash would be very useful to UB , which is chaired by Bob Clarke , who is known to be keen to cut the group 's high gearing — debt amounted to about £540 million at the last count — and pave the way for even more expansion . |