Example sentences of "last [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might seem like a horrifying amount to spend in eight months ( and it would have been a lot more were Caterham 's labour rate not a reasonable £20 an hour ) , but you have to remind yourself that five services would last the average Caterham owner until 1996 . |
| 2 | Some four and a half years ago when I was elected as a branch secretary of a fairly substantial branch in the Birmingham Region , I had two hours with the then finance officer and he said , well it did n't last the two hours , and he said er , well you know all there is to know now , about how to run this branch . |
| 3 | Begin increasing training intensity as soon as you can last the 20 minutes . |
| 4 | As some debates may not last the full time allotted to them , it is the responsibility of hon. Members to keep in touch with developments if they are not to miss their turn . |
| 5 | Pit-fire could last a hundred years |
| 6 | As this is a new ( as opposed to a rebuilt second hand ) engine it should last a long time and parts are available worldwide . |
| 7 | Well-designed signs are expensive , but this expense is a good investment in that the signs will last a long time and help overcome the physical barriers of the library . |
| 8 | Good stakes can last a long time , but it does help if they are cut some months before they are used , and well seasoned . |
| 9 | The centre core gives ‘ durability ’ — they 'll last a long time and the overwrap improves the ‘ playability ’ or feel or response to the ball . |
| 10 | They should last a long time , and can be stripped down and boiled to clean them . |
| 11 | It was the only time I felt slightly frightened and that was mainly because I 'd heard that a posterior labour could last a long time — even 24 hours . |
| 12 | Baby mesomorphs have a large appetite , and like to make feeds last a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ Rachel 's cot cost £130 and we bought a horsehair mattress for it which cost £50 — expensive but it will last a long time . |
| 14 | Already in November 1941 , the SD was reporting ‘ disappointment that the final smashing of Bolshevism is not taking place as rapidly as hoped and that no end of the eastern campaign is in sight ’ , a dampening of optimism at the news of the first falls of snow and the feeling that further advancement might be extremely difficult , puzzlement at the failure to advance further when the Russian troops were allegedly so poor and so badly equipped , concern at the reports of continued tough resistance of the Soviet army , and pessimism that ‘ the way to the Urals was still a long one , and the partisan war could still last a good while ’ . |
| 15 | She had told him once as they lay at peace in bed that the sleep after childbirth , an unconsciousness that might only last a split second , was the most complete sleep she had ever known and when you woke from it you felt you had been elsewhere for a hundred years . |
| 16 | Contracts like George Michael 's can last a professional lifetime , the artist gets the security he craves early in his career but hands over the copyright and much profit from his recordings . |
| 17 | Contested cases where there is representation can easily last a full day , or even longer if the facts are at all complicated , and the written decisions are lengthy , often running to six or seven pages of single-spaced typescript . |
| 18 | They were n't right for each other and maybe a marriage would last a shorter time than a more informal , less intense liaison ; brief and bitter , both of them on proximity fuses with things coming rapidly to a crunch , rather than something more drawn out , where they might spend long periods apart and so forget how much they hated being together , and enjoy the fleeting , passionate moments of reunion … |
| 19 | The price of a car in East Germany can be a significant proportion of a lifetime 's earnings , and the wait for the car can last a significant part of that lifetime . |
| 20 | Fear not , for excellent runners are once more in abundance and arms , should they be feeling the angle , need only last a few layaway moves to gain larger holds in the base of the slim upper groove . |
| 21 | Dr Spilsby thinks she will last a few weeks yet . ’ |
| 22 | The government said that fuel supplies would only last a few weeks , but that meat and butter would run out within days . |
| 23 | This was a situation which could only last a short time before complete economic and social collapse ensued . |
| 24 | Cooler fresh water changes usually trigger pairs into a spawning sequence ( which can last a whole day ) with their signals to the natural breeding clock . |
| 25 | But not bad ones and these should last a little while because they are crunched up they are powdery |
| 26 | The commencement of the major attack on Britain and ‘ the complete destruction of the island ’ was now seen as urgent ; Germany , it was felt , could last a third war winter , but sabotage would increase , and it would not be surprising if another ‘ November 1918 ’ was the result . |
| 27 | Two thousand points is the usual size for battles that will last an entire evening , and three thousand points will give you enough troops for a battle that will take most of a day to fight . |
| 28 | Two thousand points is the usual size for battles that will last an entire evening , and three thousand points will give you enough troops for a battle that will take the best part of a day to fight . |