Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] the final [noun] " in BNC.

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1 OLD Kingstonians and Brooklands became the final qualifiers for next year 's Pizza Express National League , winning their play-off matches yesterday to earn places in the Second Division .
2 The story of the creation of the time-scale of magnetic reversals ( the Jaramillo Reve provided the final entry in the time-scale ) goes back to the early 1950s when the scientists at Berkeley perfected the detection accuracy of the potassium/argon method of rock-dating for samples less than a million years old .
3 Marcus Hannaford got the final touch down .
4 Harrods has the final say in whom its concessions may hire , even down to the lowliest positions , and Sally may have seemed the obvious choice to impress them .
5 4.00pm Linda adds the final touch to the swill roll .
6 Did Chris Fairburn know the final score ?
7 Bernice heaved the final stone into place on top of the makeshift burial mound .
8 And Glentoran 's win at Larne put the final nail in their faint qualifying hopes .
9 But Adams had the final word with a last-minute try .
10 Barnes , using all his trickery and fine distribution , began to carve Everton 's defence apart , but again Liverpool without Ian Rush lacked the final touch .
11 Then a Hall corner-kick was headed goalwards by Read and Pullen applied the final touch to make it 3–0 .
12 John Barnes scored the final goal for a combined Everton-Liverpool team in a 6–4 victory against a combined Manchester outfit in Gareme Sharpe 's testimonial as he continued his comeback programme .
13 Work continued apace and Colonel von Donop appeared again on 21 December to inspect the final section , which he did in car No. 36 .
14 With these provocative remarks , Waterstones ' managing director Alan Giles began the final session of the conference , titled ‘ Investing in the Future — What Next ? ’
15 Sunday 17 May saw the final slewing of the track and train operated point installation for the new Welshpool Station .
16 This enabled the foundry and The Royal Bank of Scotland to anticipate the final result .
17 Typically , Rush had the final say .
18 But the irrepressible Saunders had the final word in the first half .
19 Next door , in the mirror of the basement cloakroom of Canon Wheeler 's house , Julia made the final adjustments to a maid 's uniform .
20 The last man to leave , General Boris Gromov made the final part of the crossing on foot .
21 Dobson heads the final chapter of his study of Anglo-American economic relations , " Terminal Decline ?
22 In April 1506 Henry VII visited Cambridge to initiate the final stage of the King 's chapel ; work began in earnest two years later and the fabric was complete by 1515 .
23 The home side ended the game in style with Martin Morris scoring the final try in injury time .
24 Stephen hammered the final nail into a plank which criss-crossed the front door and held out his hand to her to step through .
25 Argyle survived the final bombardment and Shilton claimed afterwards he had even enjoyed his brush with ignominy .
26 Thomas Sachs stressed the final word a little .
27 Lyddy put the final touches to her hair and slipped two ropes of pearls carefully over the finished edifice .
28 King Hussein inaugurated the final session of the 11th National Assembly on Dec. 1 .
29 But Chatfield had the final say to clinch victory .
30 Lieutenant Nick Day said the final farewell was ‘ a very sad occasion , rather like a funeral ’ .
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