Example sentences of "the last [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formulary procedure was bound to the principle of condemnatio pecuniaria : whatever the action , in the last resort a judge could not order a remedy in specie , but only that a sum of money should be paid . |
| 2 | Against the backdrop of all this we have Sir Roger Elliot stating in his BA Conference address that ‘ in the last resort a trade association has limited sanctions that it can apply , and if necessary it is for booksellers themselves to take appropriate action ’ . |
| 3 | But in the last resort a trade association has limited sanctions that it can apply , and if necessary it is for booksellers themselves to take appropriate action . |
| 4 | In the course of a debate on a Bill to remove the marriage bar , introduced in 1927 , MPs expressed feelings of revulsion at the ‘ travesty of nature ’ presented by the image of a working mother and in the last instance a father at home looking after the baby , but the same degree of indignation was never aroused by the work of married women of a lower social class . |
| 5 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 6 | Julia , who called off their wedding at the last minute a year ago , was recently in Ireland with new lover Jason Patric . |
| 7 | At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him . |
| 8 | The EC sought co-operation against drug traffickers , and Mexico was reported to have inserted at the last minute a formula to safeguard its national jurisdiction in this area . |
| 9 | Towards the end of the last century a Maharajah decided to help out an English village which had no regular water supply . |
| 10 | The mill is now unused apart from storage , the last miller a relative of the present owner . |
| 11 | In the last year a task force under Dr Harold Jaffe at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta , Georgia has found seven cases of |
| 12 | The last time a man had touched her it had been a pleasure , a miracle of sensation . |
| 13 | The last time a monarch refused assent was during the reign of Queen Anne ( 1702-1714 ) . |
| 14 | ( Why ? — ‘ The last time a policeman came here was in 1936 ; very few people know what happened to him . ’ ) |
| 15 | But its likely to be the last time a circus comes to the town … councillors have voted to ban performing animals from their land . |
| 16 | The last time a group of pilots attempted the trip an engine failed a pilot crashed and drowned . |
| 17 | The last time a defending champion lost as early as the second round of the US Open was in 1989 when Mats Wilander was picked off by a young Pete Sampras . |
| 18 | ‘ But the question whether the gross profit resulting from a particular transaction arose in or derived from one place or another is always in the last analysis a question of fact depending on the nature of the transaction . |
| 19 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ said Henry Tyler , in the last analysis a Ministry man , ‘ that this stuff , whatever it is , is something that ought to be put a stop to . ’ |
| 20 | Even so , the last thing a Profitboss does is get publicity for himself |
| 21 | ‘ The last thing a Secretary of State would normally have time to do is to see if the Historic Royal Palaces are being run in a way to maximise profit . ’ |
| 22 | The last thing a child of 15 needed , Frances Crook forcibly suggested , was cell confinement and sensory deprivation . |
| 23 | But the last thing a 12-string requires is a set of Velvet Brick humbuckers , and the kind of player who 'd want a 6-string like the Teardrop will probably be looking for more twang than thrang , and so the same applies . |
| 24 | Had he known it , he had merely started the echo of another man 's voice in Harry 's overburdened mind , saying bitterly : ‘ Light is the last thing a man should willingly surrender . |
| 25 | I was told that the last thing a parish priest coming in would want would be to take place before he |