Example sentences of "at [adv] the last " in BNC.

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1 I think we shall have to look at just the last two years . ’
2 We were therefore very disappointed when Ms de Jonghe found she had to cancel everything at practically the last minute .
3 I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done .
4 By the end , or at least the last week , of the tour England ‘ B ’ were looking a much better all-round side than when they started .
5 In at least the last three types of valid cluster the motivation is to overcome or exploit some kind of market failure .
6 Cypress Semiconductor Corp is disappointed with its Sparc business , which is falling and impacted its earnings in at least the last quarter : but now it reckons its Pinnacle Sparc shot ( UX No 381 ) will save the day in the second half .
7 Crowfield has appeared quite clearly on at least the last two editions of half mill Sheet 2171CD ( Southern England & Wales ) but does n't appear on the latest Sheet 14 ( East Anglia — Edition 12 ) quarter mill .
8 BARB 's research shows that the average individual watches around three and a half hours of television per day ( and has done so for at least the last 10 years ) , just over half of this being ITV .
9 Although Walton J. referred on two occasions to the plaintiff being under a mistaken belief that they were bound to pay the duties it is clear from his findings that in relation to at least the last three payments they were in considerable doubt as to their liability and he said , at p. 745 :
10 This has not in itself created a culture and ideology of consumerism ; for these have been in place for at least the last century and perhaps longer in the First World and among comprador classes elsewhere .
11 Discussion of issues surrounding electronic records is not novel ; archivists have been concerned with them for at least the last three decades .
12 Well , what about striker Damian Henderson ( 20 ) who has played in the Leeds reserves for at least the last two seasons .
13 In Strabane , Co Londonderry , more than six out of ten people have been out of work for at least the last year .
14 We have protected pensioners and other pass users for at least the last two or three years when we have been under considerable pressure to abandon free travel .
15 ‘ Panics over juvenile crime have been a recurrent feature in Britain for at least the last 150 years , ’ Mr Bowman claimed .
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