Example sentences of "the [noun sg] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parti démocratique sénégalais ( PDS — Senegalese Democratic Party , Abdoulaye Wade s. g. , the main opposition party ) ; in addition there are 15 smaller parties , none of which gained more than 1.5 per cent of the vote at the last elections . |
| 2 | His only serious challenger was E.S.B. , but Devon Loch was a length to the good at the last fence and started to pull away up the run-in , over a quarter of a mile long . |
| 3 | They should be standing here now as the party of high taxation , and saying sorry to the people of Wiltshire for supporting Kenneth Clarke and his team , for supporting John Major and his team , and they should be saying sorry for the part that we pa played in lying to the electorate at the last general election . |
| 4 | As for national health service resources , the hon. Gentleman will know of the very large real-terms increases that have been made — in excess , in fact , of the real-terms increases promised by the Opposition at the last general election . |
| 5 | Andy Kyle had the honour at the last hole . |
| 6 | The tale of the fall at the last fence by the VA can be told one day , but for now talk of fund-raising , sponsorship , sale of merchandise etc etc by keen , but necessarily overnight , groupings of enthusiasts will only serve to muddy the waters . |
| 7 | Elliott saw the move at the last second . |
| 8 | Winning the title and the Billabong at the last minute on the most cut-throat wave in the world — that was the perfect ending . |
| 9 | The Gibson Les Paul Junior guitars used to join the body at the last fret , giving a functional , but slightly neck-heavy look . |
| 10 | She saw the German at the last possible moment . |
| 11 | Doubtless for those reasons Harvard banned the match at the last minute . |
| 12 | Although Stranraer were in command from the start of the final , they were in danger of losing four shots and the match at the last end but a missed stone from the opposing skip handed them victory . |
| 13 | ‘ The wench at the last place did n't want to pay up , ’ he explained with a leer . |
| 14 | He lifted the vriki off the gas-ring at the last possible moment . |
| 15 | Mr Smith took the constituency at the last election by a majority of little more than twelve hundred , but believes his five years as MP will make his seat safe . |
| 16 | At times we seemed to be on an unavoidable collision course with menacing sharp edged rocks , only to be swept clear by the current at the last minute . |
| 17 | ‘ We found the building we wanted but when the owner found out it was us he upped the price at the last moment . |
| 18 | The Pharisees believed in a form of the resurrection at the last day ( the Day of Judgment ) . |
| 19 | It stood for a ‘ state of blessedness ’ reserved for good people , prior to the resurrection at the last day . |
| 20 | If this was a late addition , one that went into the quarto at the last minute , the printer may have lost four lines of type in the process — or even cut them in order to be able to finish Act 3 tidily on the last page of a quarto sheet : the very next page , as it happens , which left scarcely any room for manoeuvre . |
| 21 | And a new character joins the cast at the last minute — Eric Batson , a forceful campaigner and organiser who put new life into the Shaw Society . |
| 22 | Murgatroyd wanted to change the basis of the launch at the last moment : he had the idea of claiming that he had found instructions for making the snacks in a recipe book compiled by his great-grandmother . |
| 23 | When he touched her on her elbow to guide her inside she very nearly snatched her arm away , only controlling the impulse at the last minute . |
| 24 | Due to the changes made to the Constitution at the last A.G.M. the position of Teachers ' Representative comes up for election this year . |
| 25 | Now one crew member , who fears dismissal if named , has revealed that about 30 passengers were admitted onto the flight at the last minute . |
| 26 | ‘ He either knew what was happening to the economy at the last election and lied or he was living in a fool 's paradise unaware of the damage he was doing . ’ |
| 27 | This is in sharp contrast to the pattern at the last observation in hospital , where activity levels tended to peak on only three occasions ( breakfast , lunch , and tea ) . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're supposed to heat them up first , ’ said Sam , ‘ and add the cream at the last minute . ’ |
| 29 | Plans for an historic ban on mining in the Antarctic were shattered by the US refusing to sign the treaty at the last moment . |
| 30 | That there shall be deposited with the Bill a declaration signed by the Agents for the Bill , stating that the Bill is the same , in every respect , as the Bill at the last stage of its proceedings in this House in the last Session ; |