Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , some painkillers are ruled out ( such as epidural ) , because they take too long to administer and take effect , so your plans for your birth may have to be altered at the last minute . |
| 2 | The clear message from the budget was that the next general election should be delayed until the last minute , in June 1992 . |
| 3 | In one of the meditations on the Passion to be examined in the last part of the chapter Rolle vividly explores the nature of such a loss . |
| 4 | The road from Silchester to Durobrivae and includes Dorchester-on-Thames , Alchester , Towcester and Irchester , assuming there is a gap in the road yet to be filled between the last two places . |
| 5 | Aim for the knoll of Little Ingleborough where a path coming up from Gaping Gill will be joined for the last easy half-mile to the summit . |
| 6 | You may be able to claim constructive dismissal even if the incident which directly leads to your departure is minor , if it can be regarded as the last straw . |
| 7 | Nor can the stability argument be regarded as the last word , as we do not know whether general relativity itself will be valid right up to the space-time singularity . |
| 8 | This may be regarded as the last fling of this relationship . |
| 9 | If it is pressed while on the first input field of a line , then the cursor will be placed on the last input field of the previous line . |
| 10 | It should be added to the last rinse in both machine and hand washes , and is suitable for all kinds of fabric . |
| 11 | Even in this chapter the discussion of The Winter 's Tale had occurred in the first edition much earlier in the book , from where it has been removed and rewritten to be included in the last chapter . |
| 12 | In vain has Adrienne written asking for news from the North-East to be included in the last two issues : for we had nothing to report beyond our puny struggles against the mighty Aerobics phenomenon . |
| 13 | Discussion of this aspect will be pursued in the last two sections of this chapter as already promised . |
| 14 | But this was far too much activity to be squeezed into the last quarter of the fourth century . |
| 15 | He argues that more people will live to the full extent of their lifespans and that the onset of disability will be squeezed into the last phase of life . |
| 16 | Quite often operations could be cancelled at the last moment owing to worsening weather conditions , and this must have been a terrible let-down for them , after getting themselves keyed-up for yet another hectic night . |
| 17 | Unfortunately the October meeting had to be cancelled at the last minute through lack of support . |
| 18 | Many MPs suspect no announcement on the decision will be made until the last day before the summer recess to avoid a Parliamentary row . |
| 19 | No entry will be accepted after the last post on Friday 30 August , 1991 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Sebastiane ( Virgin , 18 , rental ) , with its nude centurions cavorting in the sun , is well-known ; but his homo-erotic visual poetry can also be seen in The Last of England ( Island Visual Arts , 18 , rental ) , in which a junkie skinhead roams through a land of urban detritus . |
| 22 | Some indication of how this operates can be seen in the last extract quoted , other answers to these questions are to a certain extent dictated by the nature of the activities involved in each specific arts subject , and the way they are examined . |
| 23 | The intention was for students to complete a short initial destinations questionnaire as they approached the end of their course , and it was suggested that this might be done in the last formal course session , or when projects were handed in ( if appropriate ) . |
| 24 | Cheryl Wragg , 34 , was airlifted 150 miles for the operation , just weeks after 10-year-old Adele 's appeal , only to be told at the last minute the lungs were unsuitable . |
| 25 | And it can not be ruled out that even higher interest rates - whatever the political consequences — would be used in the last resort . |
| 26 | The First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies will be offered for the last time in 1993 . |
| 27 | Exercises such as straight sit-ups and weight lifting should be avoided in the last three months of pregnancy during which period a hormone called relaxin is produced . |
| 28 | The question of the truth of the Christian picture of the world has increasingly come to be raised during the last two hundred years . |
| 29 | Like all good Home Guarders a great deal of effort was made to arrive at the Five Bells , our unofficial H.Q. which was then being run by Mrs Friar , her husband Bill being away on service with the Navy , and a common joke of the day was " If the Jerries landed the Five Bells would be defended to the last half pint " . |
| 30 | Nigel Lawson 's tax cuts will , it seems , be defended to the last ( though the International Monetary Fund is reportedly applying pressure in that regard ) and the search is on for cutbacks in the social side of public spending . |