Example sentences of "it [be] a last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , we 've got some publicity material produced , posters we intend doing several displays county hall , headquarters , all police stations will have posters sent out to them , probably libraries will be circulated with them , er it 's a last minute job typical we only just found about it , we do what we can we need some sort of press exercise do n't we you know . |
| 2 | It 's a last resort but then again we might not need it but if we do |
| 3 | He says that it 's a last resort … to protect other patients and staff . |
| 4 | Sometimes it 's a last resort . |
| 5 | , it 's a last resort . |
| 6 | I hope that all hon. Members will accept that that is the motivation behind the clause ; it is a last resort provision which we hope will not be required . |
| 7 | The caller from the agency may plead and cajole you into agreeing to accept the job , especially if it is a last minute booking and they are desperate for someone . |
| 8 | UNDERTOWN REEKS of quality ; with its great organic chimney and its sumptuous flaunting of local materials , it is a last blast of true Arts and Crafts architecture . |
| 9 | Firstly , nobody , but nobody would want to levy charges until it was a last resort , but if the alternative to levying those charges were perhaps that we had to cut the staffing levels in those adult training centres , then you get a different answer to the question , and I had a meeting about four weeks ago with the heads of some of our centres who 've been asking parents and carers that question . |
| 10 | Lawrence Wilson ( 27 ) and Martin Isaac ( 24 ) chipped in with useful runs , but it was a last wicket stand of 59 between Rob Houghton ( 39 ) and Stuart Wade ( 20 not out ) that lifted Sefton to 176 all out . |
| 11 | It was a last throw , before the whole game became too hot . |
| 12 | It was a last throw , and it worked in part , helped by the situation . |
| 13 | Neither we , nor the shadowy crowds on the bank calling out blessings and affectionate greetings , realised that it was a last farewell , though we had misgivings . |