Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] last [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now they 're going to be pegged at last year 's level .
2 No direct comparison can be made with last year 's figures , as chairman Hugo Biermann reversed his company into a quoted shell company called Pathfinder Plc , and then changed its name to Maddox — because it was based in Maddox Street in London .
3 No entry will be accepted after last post on Friday August 28 , 1992 .
4 No entry will be accepted after last post on Wednesday September 30 , 1992 .
5 ( Chlorine , though , already one of the main commodity businesses when ICI began in the 1920s , still accounts for a remarkable 12% of total sales ; the proportion will be reduced by last month 's decision to shut two chlorine plants at Hillhouse , Lancashire . )
6 That 's a question which might be asked after last week 's thoroughly enjoyable Carrowdore 100 which however saw only a handful of riders on the line in each race except the classic .
7 Well they 'll be forced for last Sunday .
8 They will be forced for last Sunday , and that was
9 The council was faced with half a million tax demands which had to be folded by last Tuesday .
10 The women 's squad look likely to be headed by last year 's bronze medal pair , Fiona Freckleton and Miriam Batten , who return on Tuesday from altitude training in Mexico .
11 The assessors will be working on last autumn 's crop soon enough , and the job will ensure that no one in the household asks any questions .
12 At this stage it seems likely the Ormeau side will be banking on last year 's squad .
13 Pardon my smiles , white-collar pondies , but no way would this ragged gash in the ground be mollified by last week 's Sun .
14 Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence .
15 When gamma equals one all the weight is given to last year 's price all the weight is given to last year 's price okay right , so past history , all past history is ignored apart from the price at T minus one right and the closer that gamma is our expectations co-efficient , closer gamma is to one , the more weight be attached to last year 's price , relative to the previous history of prices okay right .
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