Example sentences of "and [noun] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compare and contrast with last week 's statement by Auberon Waugh : ‘ The greatest sin-gle cause of unhappiness in Britain today is the modern British woman 's hatred of housework . ’ |
| 2 | Coetzer , 6ft 4ins and nearly 16 stones , was ranked No.1 contender by the WBA and IBF until last month in Las Vegas , when Riddick Bowe stopped him in round seven . |
| 3 | Kiernan , always a popular visitor here , and winner of last year 's Dublin marathon , looks to be the man to beat this year also . |
| 4 | A PETROL chainsaw and £283 cash were taken in a break-in at Rakelands Lane , Liss between Wednesday and Saturday of last week . |
| 5 | ‘ Is n't it also unacceptable that it took the management of British Nuclear Fuels longer than one might expect to make this incident public , especially bearing in mind that Dr Lewis Moonie [ a Labour front-bencher ] and I actually visited this site on Thursday and Friday of last week and were not informed that these excessive discharges had taken place ? ’ |
| 6 | The gesture was infectious and Donna at last found herself grinning , too . |
| 7 | In contrast to the pervading mood of fear and uncertainty of last year , the atmosphere from 17 to 22 June this year was one of resignation : the crisis is upon us ; there 's no end to it in sight , but we still have to be here . |
| 8 | Twenty-five years later , when Thérèse and Léonie at last began to talk to each other about that time , they called it the odd summer . |
| 9 | Of the former , the main techniques are market intervention through open market operations ( see Chapter 9 ) , intervention in the foreign exchange markets , and lender of last resort facilities . |
| 10 | Destiny Technology reportedly sent cease-and-desist notices to USL in March , April and May of last year before the operating system was formally introduced as SVR4.2 in June . |
| 11 | There are also the geologists and civil engineers who gave evidence for Cardiff residents against the barrage during the Select Committee stage of the proceedings on the private Bill in February , April and May of last year . |
| 12 | A drawing pin through the pocket ensures the holder does not fall out ; comfort , security and peace at last . |
| 13 | He can play himself into a commanding position — as he did against Courier in the French Open , Wheaton at Wimbledon and Sampras in last year 's ATP final — and then somehow , his judgement deserts him , every time . |
| 14 | ‘ We were asking for deposits between June and November of last year , and for a lot of people times were tough , says Art Show director O. Kelley Anderson . |
| 15 | Fortune and fame at last . |
| 16 | Miss Cassan , 26 , gave notice of her ability when second behind Michael Whitaker and Monsanta in last year 's Silk Cut Jumping Derby at Hickstead , on Treffer , also owned by Fred Brown . |
| 17 | As they showed in 1987 , today 's central bankers have a better understanding of their responsibilities as providers of liquidity and lenders of last resort . |
| 18 | ‘ For 1993 , we hope to maintain our revenues and profit with last year 's level , ’ he concluded . |
| 19 | Sheets are allocated to the appropriate category by a scoring mechanism based on such criteria as date and scale of last survey , reliability of existing map , resource potential , and environmental significance . |
| 20 | The 122 sheets to be resurveyed have been selected by a scoring mechanism based on such criteria as date and scale of last survey , reliability of existing map , resource potential , and level of user need . |
| 21 | But as the ripples of recession spread out from the capital and prices at last start tumbling in Scotland , there are signs that values are stabilising back where it all began . |
| 22 | And silence at last . |
| 23 | That is £150 less than the current summer rates and £70 off last year 's prices . |
| 24 | There was a further period of tussles for power until the ageing grandson of Bruce and son of Walter and Marjory at last reached the throne in his own right as Robert II , and gave to the royal house the name which would remain as Stewart until Mary , Queen of Scots , altered its spelling to Stuart . |
| 25 | And proof at last : Genetic testing solves a murder , thirteen years on . |
| 26 | Interesting facts culled from a meeting with the leading lights of both Aldus and Adobe at last year 's Appleworld show indicate that the main problem with PostScript on the Macintosh is the QuickDraw to PostScript conversion process and has nothing at all to do with the LaserWriter or PostScript . |
| 27 | Waqar slipped four byes under Moin , and Ramprakash at last scored from his 20th ball . |
| 28 | On Bell Street 's ground and upper floor , On Kawara , senior Japanese conceptual artist and recipient of the recent Carnegie Prize , is showing four date paintings , made in May and June of last year , with the ten volumes which comprise the book One Million Years Future , and a new set of ‘ I 'm Still Alive ’ telegrams and ‘ I Got Up ’ postcards . |
| 29 | Date and time of last cleaning |
| 30 | The sculling situation has been confused by illness and injury to last year 's double scullers , Alison Gill and Annabel Eyres . |