Example sentences of "to the last [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not , use the arrows icon until this does appear ) Take the cross pointer to the last square at the right , you will see that this is column 45 . |
| 2 | A sky-blue bus lumbered past , then they shot out on to the curving mountain road behind it , and a second later overtook it with a roar that must have terrified the already nervous passengers , as the buses always drove maniacally around these bends , desperate to stick to their schedule right down to the last fraction of a second . |
| 3 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 4 | We still have a six-point buffer but I expect us to have to go to the last day of the season . ’ |
| 5 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 6 | The employee worked under a contract for a fixed , specified period from the start of the autumn term to the last day of the summer term . |
| 7 | Following the introduction of civil penalties for late filing of accounts from 1 July ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 85 ) , Companies House has confirmed that the periods allowed for the filing of company accounts actually expire at midnight on the date in the last month for filing which corresponds to the last day of the company 's accounting reference period . |
| 8 | What a strange statement has come from Companies House confirming that the periods allowed for filing of company accounts actually expire at midnight on the date in the last month for filing which corresponds to the last day of the company 's accounting reference period ( see ACCOUNTANCY , October , p 98 ) . |
| 9 | Gokbilgin reproduces a for Mehmed II's complex based on the Fatih mosque in Istanbul for the year 1 Dhu " l-Ka'da 894 to the last day of Shawwal 895 ( 26 September 1489 to 15 September 1490 ) from which it is clear that Molla Arab was both muderris at the Sahn and Multi during that year ; while in a document published by Barkan , a conflation of two statements of income and expenditure for the of Murad II in Edirne , written in Rajab 896/May-June 1491 and covering the years mid-893 to mid-895 , one finds a reference to one " Mevlana Isa Halife , [ the ] Sufi , one of the disciples of Mevlana Arab , mufti " . |
| 10 | So out of the 16,000 Pathfinders I personally recruited from the very first day of my appointment to the Pathfinder Force , to the last day of the war , I am not aware of one occasion on which a member of aircrew , whatever his category , was dealt with under the terms of the AMO . |
| 11 | ‘ There is still a long way to go , though , and nobody at this club forgets that , two seasons ago , Aberdeen made up a ten-point deficit and took Rangers to the last day of the season before they ( Rangers ) won the title . ’ |
| 12 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 13 | Imbert is also showing forty-two drawings and watercolours by Moore spanning his career from early realistic sketches of 1921 through surrealistic studies of the 1930s to the last works of the 1970s . |
| 14 | ‘ I find by the time I get to the last houses on Christmas Eve , rum custard has congealed into a nasty skin , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Welcome to the last session of the day . |
| 16 | All these questions relate to a captain 's last Test as captain , not necessarily to the last Test in which he played . |
| 17 | 5.5 Decoration [ As often as may in the [ reasonable ] opinion of the Surveyor be necessary in order to maintain a high standard of decorative finish and attractiveness and to preserve the Premises or In each of the Decorating Years ] and in the last year of the Term to redecorate the Premises in a good and workmanlike manner and with appropriate materials of good quality [ to the [ reasonable ] satisfaction of the Surveyor ] the tints and colours and patterns of such decoration to be approved by the Landlord [ provided that the covenants relating to the last year of the Term shall not apply where the Tenant shall have redecorated the Premises less than [ 18 ] months prior to the expiry of the Term ] Most tenants would not wish to be under an obligation to redecorate the interior or exterior of the premises more frequently than every five years , although this is a matter for negotiation . |
| 18 | It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis . |
| 19 | He led her to the last desk in the line , on which she could see a sheaf of pink sheets of paper . |
| 20 | Their calibre , though , is impossible to deny : listen to the last half of Divine Madness and you 'll hear the most consistently pugnacious and provocative music British pop has turned up in the last 15 years . |
| 21 | I smiled understanding and held on to the last wedge of the broken window , catching glimpses of the brown Yucay River snaking its way between the terraced hills . |
| 22 | Waldendale means the dale of the Welshman , Welsh being a word once used to describe any foreigner , though in this case it probably refers to the last remnants of the Celtic peoples who retreated to this dale in the face of Norse and Anglo-Saxon expansion . |
| 23 | On the Sunday morning I went to the last service to be held at the City Temple . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't , ’ she whispered , clinging to the last vestige of whatever part of her identity remained to her , pride perhaps , or simple self-preservation . |
| 25 | This jump occurs after the paragraph corresponding to the last link from a node and before the first paragraph associated with the next node . |
| 26 | The already noted systems orientation in the FRG lends credibility to the last correlation in spite of the low significance from the sample tested . |
| 27 | It 's certainly a narrow aréte , but I found the tiny loose stones of Am Bodach 's unstable path far more disquieting than this ridge , with its well-worn , solid path snaking comfortingly across to the last top between us and our goal of Sgurr a' Mhaim . |
| 28 | But Doyle listened right to the last word of the News . |
| 29 | In order to prevent the display from scrolling , you must not write to the last column of the last row . |
| 30 | I have seen it — Not long ago , in Moscow on quite another mission , I tiptoed up the great empty staircase and , with a diplomatic passport in my pocket , stood in the eternal dusk that shrouds old ballrooms when they are asleep — With its plump brown pillars and gilded mirrors , it was better suited to the last hours of a sinking liner than the launch of a great initiative . |