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

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1 I have to be honest and say that the last few years have not been as good as I would have expected .
2 ‘ I hope I do n't need to tell you the level of shock that the last few days have brought to this entire country . ’
3 As a final refinement , you will probably find that the last few frames of each shot on the copy assembly are over-recorded at the edits .
4 Writing in The Executive Grapevine , he sees natural competition between search firms as enough to foster and maintain their quality , and considers that the last few years have witnessed a weeding-out of the less professional outfits resulting in fewer and better consultants .
5 It may not be too extreme to suggest that the last few years have seen a quiet revolution in the direction taken by our thinking about writing development and the teaching of writing in schools .
6 I wish the skiing industry and skiers every success for many seasons to come , but I do not think that the last few indifferent seasons have a timely message .
7 ‘ It is true that the last few days have been hard , ’ he confessed quietly , sliding his arm along Caroline 's taut shoulders , ‘ but tonight I will look after her .
8 The bright day was ruined , and the peace that the last few weeks had given her shattered .
9 Order effects strategy involved the effect of the position of each adjective in the list to the impression formed ; ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ , ‘ when the list ended with several good qualities this tended to affect any answer since they remained more prominent in my mind ’ , and ‘ tended to remember first 3 adjectives better than last 3 ’ .
10 In many cases , the latter variables were accounted for more than initial variables — ; ‘ first or last words were in many cases influential in my decision making process ’ and ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ .
11 The message I got was that the last few days it did n't matter a bugger what it cost but we were in desperate straights to get in stock .
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