Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , ’ he added morosely , ‘ until the ravens start pecking them , though they usually leave that bit for the last . |
| 2 | A member of the Covenant Committee will be available at each Mass on the last Sunday of the month . |
| 3 | ‘ It was a fantastic feeling to be out on that field for the last 10 or 15 minutes , ’ he recalled . |
| 4 | ‘ Mind you , I 'm regarded more as a provider than a goalscorer and I have n't done too badly in that department over the last couple of years . ’ |
| 5 | Even the intendants , who had been under Colbert and his successors the greatest of all agencies of administrative centralization , showed tendencies of this kind in the last decades of the period . |
| 6 | The new French minister of industry , Gerard Longuet , seems anxious to hurry along the privatisation of Compagnie des Machines Bull SA , which has cost the French government some $2,500m over the last 10 years , according to Les Echos . |
| 7 | We now stock upwards of 300 titles , admittedly mostly between September and December , but they can generate very significant sales at a crucial time of year — and none of us can afford to ignore a product range that has increased in sales by some 300% in the last three years . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been back to London a few times in the last year , and I 've had some great times there , ’ she enthused . |
| 9 | Another change within the last 200 years is in the field of reproductive biology . |
| 10 | DEC UK 's workstation product manager , Tom Yeates , says sales of VAXstations running VMS exceeded targets by two and a half times over the last quarter , something it attributes to increased confidence in VMS due to the launch of the Alpha chip . |
| 11 | The document , which was leaked to The Ecologist magazine , also states that the proportion of failures has multiplied by two and a half times over the last 10 years . |
| 12 | Finally , proceed in the last few minutes to the last two of the seven stages — IL and E. |
| 13 | He laughed and kissed her again , and somehow it was another hour before the last of the doughnuts and her third cup of tea were consumed and he decreed that the colour had returned to her cheeks and they could leave . |
| 14 | Another difficulty of the last 11 or 12 years is that we have always faced west , towards the United States of America . |
| 15 | Tim Smith made the conversions and two penalties … as well as this touchdown in the last minute … claiming fifteen of Gloucester 's 25 points . |
| 16 | Would it be possible to have another look at the last provision that the Minister mentioned , which imposes on local authorities a duty to provide sites for travellers ? |
| 17 | Do n't zoom the lens in and out , either , but save this effect for the last shot in which you zoom out to a wide view of the garden again . |
| 18 | David Elsworth has been fined £750 by the Jockey Club 's Disciplinary Committee for incorrectly recording the vaccination details of the filly First Veil , his fourth breach of this rule in the last year . |
| 19 | I have left this monument to the last because it gives the fullest and most splendid expression to the first phase of fifth-century classical art ; and a comparison of it with the Parthenon makes clear both the essential unity of that style and the difference between its phases . |
| 20 | By combining this chapter with the last we can see why International Relations is so unsettled and so ready to try very varied approaches . |
| 21 | Knowing my shortcomings , Mum had taken charge of making curtains for George 's house and a week before the wedding she went to the market to find some fabric for the last pair . |
| 22 | ‘ Have you seen anyone around this warehouse in the last six months ? ’ |
| 23 | Six more contestants we need , the only rule is that you must n't have played a phone-in competition on this programme in the last four weeks . |
| 24 | So if you 'd like to play the game the only rule is that you must n't have played a phone in competition on this programme in the last four weeks . |
| 25 | A lifelong Conservative who has always been politically active , and who has fought this seat in the last two local elections , Margaret lives in Headington Ward , and understands , and cares about the local issues . |
| 26 | you 've done at least some work in the last two weeks ' maths lessons . |
| 27 | That argument has been very forceful in some countries for the last three or four decades at least . |
| 28 | He 's been active with me in this issue for the last few years , ’ the MP announced . |
| 29 | When on this mill for the last time there will close the gate |
| 30 | Well , she 's been having an affair with this bloke for the last year or so and then out of the blue he turned round and … |