Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House of Lords , not for the first or for the last time , held that ‘ determination ’ should not be construed as including everything which purported to be a determination but was not , and so the court was not precluded from deciding that the order of the Commission was a nullity . |
| 2 | 2 × rinse with diluted household bleach ( or as a last resort washing-up liquid ) . |
| 3 | So , the final batch of Computex machines were delivered during the last week of August to the Liverpool subcontractor , who promised to deliver the ZX machines on or before the last day of August . |
| 4 | If records are stored in the next available position in the prime data area — the consecutive spill method — but a link field is provided from the home record or from the last synonym , this avoids unnecessary head movements and cuts down the search time required for the consecutive spill techniques . |
| 5 | When an employee comes into the workplace , s/he no longer opens the paper mail first but will turn on the computer and read what messages have been left overnight or since the last viewing . |
| 6 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy commenced or since the last renewal date . |
| 7 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 8 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 9 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 10 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 11 | You must tell us about any changes which affect your policy and which have occurred either since the policy started or since the last renewal date . |
| 12 | Data from children whose ears contained fluid at the final assessment or at the last assessment before they were lost to follow up were excluded . |
| 13 | But it seems to be widely accepted as inevitable that indiscipline will not be eradicated , no matter how positive or imaginative the school tries to be ; hence the need to be able to apply sanctions and punishments , ‘ to register disapproval of unacceptable behaviour and as a last resort to protect the necessary authority of teachers and the stability of the school system ’ . |
| 14 | The Big Bang may have encouraged a greater familiarity among companies with search firms , simply because it was the first occasion when they had called on their services , often reluctantly and as a last resort . |
| 15 | The Police Complaints Authority will receive a report of the investigation and the subsequent action taken and has the power to require the papers to be sent to the D.P.P. , to recommend that disciplinary charges be brought and as a last resort order these charges to be brought . |
| 16 | Therefore , a system was introduced which enabled regiments to appoint honorary colonels of their own choosing so that they could speak on their behalf and as a last resort have a direct right to apply to the sovereign in order to make representations on behalf of their unit . |
| 17 | Out of luck and exhausted , he returns home , and as a last try , decides to phone . |
| 18 | Birth timing or spacing is measured as the length of time that has elapsed between marriage and first birth , between successive births ( closed birth intervals ) and between the last birth and the observation ( open birth interval ) . |
| 19 | Listening to the news through a set of headphones is at the core of the work and for the last year there has been monitoring of television broadcasts by satellite . |
| 20 | For the first time for months , and for the last time ever , I enjoyed the feeling of happiness . |
| 21 | Thatcherism was born and during the last decade there has been record redundancies and bankruptcies within the U K as a whole . |
| 22 | Net immigration during the 1880s accounted for only about 17,000 of the total increase of about 49,000 , and during the last decade of the century all the net gain of about 24,000 people was accounted for by natural growth . |
| 23 | Over the centuries the border has moved more than a little — for instance in 1917 , Alsace was part of Germany and during the last war it was again occupied by the Germans . |
| 24 | I was sitting in a row exactly in front of Harold Wilson and his party , and during the last interval I heard him ask his neighbour whether anyone would ‘ have seen these plays right through ’ . |
| 25 | Bridgwater were runners-up in Courage Western Counties League and during the last week have beaten Weston-super-Mare 18-7 in the final of the Bass Somerset Cup , and Nuneaton , in a friendly , 38-12 . |
| 26 | But even there they were not to be left alone , and after the last campaign the conquest ended ignominiously as it had begun with the summary execution of Tupac Amaru , thirty-nine years after Atahualpa , his uncle . |
| 27 | After all these years and after the last time , I feel I must take things easy . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No , ’ he denied coldly , and with a last warning glance at Ellie he walked out . |
| 29 | When they reached the middle , he ordered the oarsmen to stop and with a last farewell he stepped overboard . |
| 30 | The biggest problem and disappointment was that the international rig count continued downwards and that was where we had been hoping for increased sales and increased market share looking into this year and into the last part of last year . |