Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the late [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catch someone gettin' off the late bus from Tucker . ’ |
| 2 | Early in 1983 , a consensus seemed to be emerging among theorists using computer models of the atmosphere that this material , now spreading across the northern hemisphere , would lead to a cooling of perhaps half a degree Centigrade , with the peak effect occurring in the late summer of 1983 or the winter of 1983–84 . |
| 3 | I experienced the problem about five years ago , when I had a bout of wheezing in the late summer . |
| 4 | Some conscripts were able to live at home for at least part of their service , reporting for duty at 5.30 a.m. and returning in the late afternoon — but usually only those who lived near a training depot had permission to commute to it . |
| 5 | We spent the middle of the day at the red fort , returning in the late afternoon to catch sunset at the Taj . |
| 6 | In winter it makes an early morning crossing , returning in the late afternoon and allowing some six hours 2. shore in Porto Santo . |
| 7 | In the South-west , Exeter became a major centre of cloth exports from the 1490s , and by the early sixteenth century some of the smaller Devon towns were also active in the trade , this perhaps contributing to the later growth of West Country shipping activity . |
| 8 | Tracey said she recruited many of her adult models by trooping the disco and nightclub circuit looking for the latest talent . |
| 9 | One afternoon I was bundled on to an open lorry where about 40 others were already shivering in the late autumn frost . |
| 10 | Writing in the latest issue of the Federation 's magazine GAFF , Doherty proposes that the organisation should institute its own honours system which would recognise both anglers and clubs . |
| 11 | Professor Laura , writing in the latest edition of Nature and Health , said bacteria , fungi , amoebae , worms and mites grow in a brown slime found in contaminated air-conditioning plants and are circulated and inhaled . |
| 12 | Recovery is ‘ just around the corner ’ for the UK hotel industry , according to Horwath Consulting , international hotel , tourism and leisure consultants , writing in the latest Horwath Business Review . |
| 13 | The offering of Ortiz-Patiño silver features English Chinoiserie-decorated pieces dating from the late seventeenth-century and a number of French eighteenth-century examples ordered by Catherine the Great and the Russian court . |
| 14 | It now stands alongside the main road between Sleaford and Lincoln , set in a landscape of rectangular fields and straight lanes all dating from the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century enclosures there . |
| 15 | To deal with the blood differential first : according to the later thinking of the tannaim ( rabbis of the first centuries AD ) , the reason for the Levitical laws of menstruation and childbirth was as punishment for the sin of Eve who brought about the death of Adam . |
| 16 | Water quality in Scottish rivers improved significantly over the period 1985-90 , according to the latest Water Quality Survey . |
| 17 | Meat is better value now than it was 10 years ago , according to the latest issue of the Meat and Livestock Commission 's Meat Demand Trends . |
| 18 | Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 19 | Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 20 | GOODS stolen from retailers accounted for 1.1 p.c. of turnover last year , down by a quarter compared with 1989 , according to the latest survey by accountants Touche Ross . |
| 21 | YOUNG women like Jo Garcia have had 4.3 loves , according to the latest survey into the nation 's sex lives . |
| 22 | According to the latest survey by the BBC , schools have reported a 30 per cent increase in the numbers of youngsters being permanently excluded from schools across the eastern region . |
| 23 | Scottish firms expect to boost output and create more jobs according to the latest survey from the CBI . |
| 24 | The health of most of Europe 's forests is continuing to decline , according to the latest survey by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UNECE ) and the European Community ( EC ) . |
| 25 | HOUSE prices tumbled again last month , according to the latest survey by Nationwide Building Society published yesterday . |
| 26 | His 43 per cent support has shrunk to 32 per cent , according to the latest poll . |
| 27 | One year after the Intifada began , some 49 per cent of the population favoured it ; according to the latest poll , the number has now risen to 52 per cent . |
| 28 | More people in Britain oppose than support the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder , according to the latest poll conducted by Gallup to seek opinions on the restoration of capital punishment . |
| 29 | Both the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister have made clear statements in the past 10 days that if the Scottish people vote for independence at the election , independence is what we shall have , but will the Secretary of State say a bit more today about how he answers the current argument about whether he has the right to run Scotland with nine Members of Parliament and , according to the latest poll , 18 per cent . |
| 30 | According to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures , the IoS averaged 374,084 for July to December against 352,335 for the same period in 1990 . |