Example sentences of "[vb pp] by the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hawksmoor , which came out in 1985 , was preceded by the Eliot biography of 1984 , which was preceded by The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde of the year before , and in 1987 these annual events were pressed upon by Chatterton . |
| 2 | What this usually means is that payment is expected by the last day of the month following the month in which the invoice is issued . |
| 3 | ULSTER hockey 's senior league title will be decided by the last game of the programme on Saturday … and it wo n't involve Lisnagarvey , the team which has had a four-year reign as champions . |
| 4 | Where the terrain increases in difficulty , or the whole party is forced onto the same flank , the leader climber can place sling and nut runners , which are clipped back down the rope and collected by the last member . |
| 5 | The migration component has to be based on estimates gauged from a variety of sources like the Electoral Register , the NHS Central Register , the International Passenger Survey , and the migration patterns revealed by the last census . |
| 6 | " Mr. Osborne stated that he and Mr. Stewart met as requested by the last meeting and made a selection of Thirty-six Books a list of which he had now pleasure of laying before the Meeting for their approval , but the Meeting found that they would need to curtail the list to Twentythree so as not to exceed the ammount of two pounds . " |
| 7 | Un-expected frequency changes are always offered by the last controller in the UK , alleviating a panic reference to paperwork . |
| 8 | Prices of leisure goods eased by a modest 0.2 per cent , as did the average cost of fuel and light , helped by the last round of the recent phased cuts in gas prices . |
| 9 | In his report to the Assembly , the Secretary-General said that by December only 72 countries had paid their contributions ( fewer than the previous year ) and that resources would be exhausted by the last quarter of 1990 . |
| 10 | Taunton Cider will cease operations quietly on January 1 , but Fitzgerald Lighting will mark the end of their connection on December 1 in style with a steam hauled run by the last train from Walker Lines Industrial Estate to Bodmin Parkway . |
| 11 | We can not all , as it already been emphasised by the last speaker we may not all be able to do the same things we have not all got the same gifts or the same responsibilities er within the church but you all have the same responsibilities in this light of God . |
| 12 | A lawyer , he lives in one of the swish apartment blocks which sprang out of the rubble left by the last act of licensed hooliganism to hit Cagliari , namely the second world war . |
| 13 | On the attic floor the grain bins are still intact , along with the remains of sack trucks , leather shovels and so on , left by the last miller . |
| 14 | It is not easy to cheat ; liberty is licensed by the last figure ( odd or even ) of your number plate . |
| 15 | Favourites were ‘ confetti strikes ’ , where different workers struck for a set period at a time determined by the last digit or colour of their registration cards . |
| 16 | Already we have moved into a darker , more specific and personal mood which is strengthened by the last chapter where the listener is brought closer to the poet to provide comfort for all the losses he has endured . |