Example sentences of "of [pron] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unc algorithm resolves A into the product unc as above , and then multiplies the factors in reverse order to obtain a new matrix B. Since unc and then unc is a similar transform of A. B is , in general , a fully populated matrix of which the last column is that of R1 ( thus A14 reappears in B ) and the last row that of L1 multiplied by x44 . |
| 2 | Thus the offensive , in support of which the last series of raids by the SAS had been carried out , was a failure . |
| 3 | The programme concluded with a snatch of birdsong , a low trill , repeated several times before dwindling into silence ; this , the presenter announced , was the song of the dusky seaside sparrow , a species of which the last survivor had died a few days before in its aviary at Disney World in Florida . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most successful rendering was that of the fifth poem of ‘ Landscapes ’ , entitled ‘ Cape Ann ’ , which he read with great gusto and of which the last line ‘ The palaver is finished ’ produced a ripple of pleasure . |
| 5 | A good example from the field of librarianship is the Library Association 's series British librarianship and information work , of which the last edition covered the years 1981–5 . |
| 6 | Erm but er I think when you say about being confrontational there 's if you 've got a client in front of you the last thing that you want to do is have erm a confrontation with them |
| 7 | On a postcard — no letters please — we would like your idea of what the last thoughts of the erk were — plus of course your name and address . |