Example sentences of "last [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silver-haired Lt Drebin 's last case netted Red rock producers Taunton Cider 24 awards worldwide and quadrupled British cider sales last year . |
| 2 | In the last category fell four types that embodied the ideal qualities of physical form as set out in the ‘ canon ’ of Polyclitus : the diskophoros ( discus-carrier ) , the doryphoros ( spear-carrier ) , the diadumenos ( victor crowning himself ) and the hero Hercules . |
| 3 | This last category included five groups associated with Mencap Homes Foundation projects which while benefiting from CMHT support were part of a wider supportive structure , but they also included four other groups which were primarily assisted by the teams . |
| 4 | In general , though , it is the last male to mate that fathers most offspring . |
| 5 | The last appendix has nine pages of blank work sheets for duplication and use for calculations , tension graphs and reporting measurements . |
| 6 | The soldiers had orders not to shoot except as a last resort to save human life . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Anfield manager Graeme Souness was at the Deva Stadium last Saturday to watch 19-year-old Lambert turn on a wonder show in the 3-0 rout of Chester . |
| 9 | But beneath that successful entry last spring lay many months of feasibility studies and fund-raising , planning and persuasion . |
| 10 | SOME CONTROL But Coun. Dave Lyonette ( Lab ) said he had counted 43 vehicles parked between Binns and the gas showrooms on High Row last Friday displaying orange badges . |
| 11 | ROGER Shute , whose takeover of the helm of Ross Consumer Electronics last Friday quadrupled that company 's share price , excited the market again yesterday by reporting sharply higher profits for BM Group , the industrial holding group where he is chairman and chief executive . |
| 12 | Mr Li used the normally staid platform of the National People 's Congress in Beijing yesterday to make an unprecedented attack on the colony 's governor , Chris Patten , who last Friday published proposed democracy laws when China refused talks or negotiations . |
| 13 | The community charge provides that incentive , and our new local government Bill that was published last Friday provides local authorities with a way of so doing . ’ |
| 14 | In a last bid to gain full control over the port the German government offered Poland guaranteed rights of access if the Poles would allow the city to revert to the Reich . |
| 15 | Last winter featured tartan themes , while metallic Sixties dresses and lurex tops were popular at Christmas . |
| 16 | We have already dropped our International Tax section and this is the last issue to include European Briefing : both sections had relatively little support from readers . |
| 17 | The Association of Metropolitan Authorities welcomed the commission 's conclusions , which it said confirmed its own survey last December showing soaring arrears in England 's big cities . |
| 18 | Mr Laurie Bull was the last teacher to enjoy this facility . |
| 19 | This last point implies that psychoanalysis , as such , is not concerned with the truth or falsity of religious beliefs , and that it rather counteracts the earlier arguments about religious beliefs being neither justified by sense experience nor rational arguments . |
| 20 | William McCutcheon and Edward McHugh appeared at Derry Magistrates Court last Monday to face 10 drug charges between them . |
| 21 | The advance and retreat of the last glaciation caused sea-level changes to take place there very recently , in geological terms . |
| 22 | The danger of a conjuncture between the heirs of Pugachev and those of Radishchev haunted the government and fired the desperate efforts of Nicholas 's last years to silence all criticism . |
| 23 | After the second last Pitman sneaked another look behind him , and this telegraphed to Brian Fletcher that all was not lost . |
| 24 | The Scottish Enterprise Foundation , a consortium of companies and public bodies formed last November to encourage new business in Scotland , is inviting students with bright ideas to submit them to a panel of entrepreneurs and experts . |
| 25 | The council 's ruling Labour group decided last November to seek legal advice from counsel about taking action against the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser . |
| 26 | This is your last chance to plant bare-rooted fruit trees and bushes . |
| 27 | With the championship having been decided , this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , Mr Cohen , ’ he appealed , ‘ I 'll give you one last chance to sign that cheque . |
| 29 | They had six hours twenty minutes to survive , but the first hour of the last day saw five wickets crash for 78 . |
| 30 | If this by itself were not sufficient grounds for paying Spain more attention than it has hitherto received , the development of the country 's industrial relations over the last decade provides ample material for fertile investigation . |