Example sentences of "that [prep] [art] last " in BNC.

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1 If full airbrakes are needed for more than a few seconds , and it looks as though they should be kept on , sideslipping should be used to get rid of the excess height so that for the last part of the approach less than full airbrake approach is required .
2 ‘ Sometimes , ’ muttered Phoebe ; she was not going to tell this woman that for the last six months she had done practically nothing else .
3 For example , Bradley et al. ( 1987a ) have suggested that for the last 30–40 years there has been a general decrease in precipitation in low-latitudes of the northern hemisphere which are in accord with General Circulation Model ( GCM ) predictions based on doubled carbon dioxide levels .
4 Data Connection Ltd , the Enfield , Middlesex-based UK software house that for the last ten years has provided some of the technical bedrock for the big OEMs , is now making its Unix/SNA connectivity software available to large end-users .
5 The men claimed that for the last six weeks women and children had been ‘ assaulted and humiliated ’ during raids on houses in loyalist areas .
6 But the fact remains that for the last 13 years we have been governed by a party rejected by nearly 60pc of voters .
7 He explained that for the last two years the unit has been funded with money from the Department of Education and Science channelled through Durham County Council .
8 Suppose that for the last several periods of time , real national income has been constant at £l , 000 .
9 Then she told me that during the last winter , while I was in Sweden , my father had already had an attack , but they had not told me .
10 I was also surprised to hear that during the last few days her Premium Bond had won £5,000 .
11 British Telecommunications Plc 's BT North America has announced deployment of 9.6Kbps local dial capabilities in 99 new US cities , meaning that during the last six months it has more than doubled its coverage .
12 The point on which I want to concentrate here is that during the last two centuries changes in the law and in employment policies progressively have excluded both the youngest and the oldest generations from the labour market , and therefore from the means to support themselves through earning wages .
13 The immediate trigger was that during the last period of the war the Ministry of Reconstruction 's Housing Advisory Panel , chaired by Lord Salisbury , was successful in establishing the parameters of post-war policy .
14 It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words .
15 You will recall that during the last Executive Committee meeting we considered a proposal to create an index to help branches make use of the increasing amount of planning policy guidance which is now available .
16 It has been estimated that during the last forty years of the seventeenth century between 100,000 and 150,000 people crossed the Atlantic Ocean to start a new life in America .
17 It has been suggested that during the last four years of his reign Charles " at last emerged as an unfettered sovereign " , and that " instead of having to solicit the support of his subjects , he now commanded their obedience " .
18 Council records show that during the last 18 months 32 companies and 12 sole traders stopped trading in the town ‘ for one reason or another . ’
19 Bob Burnett , spokesman for Livingston-based TIG , said : ‘ Research at Edinburgh University showed that during the last decade careless handling of smokers ’ materials played a part in 44 per cent of household fires which resulted in death . ’
20 ‘ It would seem , ’ said Earl Robert , after a moment of courteous silence in deference to any other who might wish to speak , ‘ that as the last comer , this verdict sends me first into the lists .
21 I also made a documentary about the U-boat campaign which in two world wars had nearly brought us to our knees ; and I have always regretted that after the last war , when we sank so many of them in deep water , we did not keep one as a trophy and bring it up the Thames into the heart of London : it would have been a perennial attraction for every schoolboy in the country .
22 Erm , you will remember that after the last meeting we were going to have a meeting with Mr which we , which we subsequently did have and we put forward several erm possible uses for the old hospital , including re-siting of the library , relocation of the council offices , police station , day centre for the elderly , day services for the physically disabled , for young mothers and children centre and for a mental health services centre and he was delighted that we had the meeting because he has to meet with his superiors late in December , early January , when he has been asked to put forward ideas .
23 Can I just say that after the last meeting and you urging us all to write I did write to them .
24 IMF statistics show that throughout the last decade German interest rates have consistently been half those of the UK .
25 They forget that under the last Labour Government the cab trade was decimated .
26 Moreover , it should be an embarrassment to the hon. Gentlemen to be reminded that under the last Labour Government prices for domestic customers rose by 22 per cent .
27 ‘ They want to cover up falling union membership and the fact that under the last Labour Government investment rose by just 13pc whereas under the Conservatives it has risen by 55pc in real terms .
28 I understand , for example , that within the last few years you have been lucky in receiving a very large legacy from the late Dr D.M. McDonald to build an institute ?
29 It may interest them that within the last few months the European parliament has agreed to press for a bill of rights for the citizens of Europe and for a written constitution for Europe .
30 But it is certainly true that in the last sixty years the various schools and academies of acting have had a significant effect on the climate of acting .
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