Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silver-haired Lt Drebin 's last case netted Red rock producers Taunton Cider 24 awards worldwide and quadrupled British cider sales last year . |
| 2 | In the last category fell four types that embodied the ideal qualities of physical form as set out in the ‘ canon ’ of Polyclitus : the diskophoros ( discus-carrier ) , the doryphoros ( spear-carrier ) , the diadumenos ( victor crowning himself ) and the hero Hercules . |
| 3 | This last category included five groups associated with Mencap Homes Foundation projects which while benefiting from CMHT support were part of a wider supportive structure , but they also included four other groups which were primarily assisted by the teams . |
| 4 | That last sentence has more to do with Kinnock than with Major . |
| 5 | In general , though , it is the last male to mate that fathers most offspring . |
| 6 | Chasing 162 , Felling entered the last hour requiring 82 to win with six wickets left . |
| 7 | It gained 14 points in early trading but was down almost 25 points before rallying in the last hour to close 20.3 lower at 2,818.0 , with just under 600 million shares changing hands . |
| 8 | This leaves the Metropolitan with one last hope to secure some of the most urgently needed Sharp items before their dispersal , either by private purchase or by gift . |
| 9 | They had ‘ disavowed any intention , for the present , of acting in opposition to the Labour movement in the country , and certainly their action in many constituencies during the last election gives earnest of their disavowal . ’ |
| 10 | The last appendix has nine pages of blank work sheets for duplication and use for calculations , tension graphs and reporting measurements . |
| 11 | The soldiers had orders not to shoot except as a last resort to save human life . |
| 12 | The Police Complaints Authority will receive a report of the investigation and the subsequent action taken and has the power to require the papers to be sent to the D.P.P. , to recommend that disciplinary charges be brought and as a last resort order these charges to be brought . |
| 13 | In a last attempt to avoid this very un-English measure the Liberal Government introduced a scheme , organized by Lord Derby , whereby men ‘ attested ’ their willingness to serve if called upon . |
| 14 | No firm grows at a constant rate throughout its life , so while the earnings model in the last subsection gives simple and convenient formulae for the share price , it is not very realistic . |
| 15 | But beneath that successful entry last spring lay many months of feasibility studies and fund-raising , planning and persuasion . |
| 16 | BLOOD-sucking leeches are being used in a last bid to save two year-old Tanya Wood 's severed finger . |
| 17 | In a last bid to gain full control over the port the German government offered Poland guaranteed rights of access if the Poles would allow the city to revert to the Reich . |
| 18 | Even though Jones eventually fell , mis-hooking Pringle just before tea , after 3½ hours of defiance , the last session looked set to be little more than batting practice for the home side . |
| 19 | Subjects were eligible when the period between the last test result negative for HIV and the first test result positive for HIV-1 was no longer than six months . |
| 20 | Last winter featured tartan themes , while metallic Sixties dresses and lurex tops were popular at Christmas . |
| 21 | We have already dropped our International Tax section and this is the last issue to include European Briefing : both sections had relatively little support from readers . |
| 22 | Mr Laurie Bull was the last teacher to enjoy this facility . |
| 23 | Too many of them had clear memories of the last war to relish another . |
| 24 | This last remark prompts some particularly scornful laughter from the rest of the clan . |
| 25 | This last remark proved accurate : Elek encountered financial difficulties and Vaughan , on his own and Minton 's behalf , took the matter of payment to his solicitors . |
| 26 | The last point sounds simple but some organisations do become so carried away with logos and elaborate art work that well over half the area of the printed page is unavailable for typed material . |
| 27 | This last point implies that psychoanalysis , as such , is not concerned with the truth or falsity of religious beliefs , and that it rather counteracts the earlier arguments about religious beliefs being neither justified by sense experience nor rational arguments . |
| 28 | It may be argued that this last point has more to do with why the speaker talked about something than with what he talked about . |
| 29 | The advance and retreat of the last glaciation caused sea-level changes to take place there very recently , in geological terms . |
| 30 | The political pilgrim should not stumble through backstreets and alleys with only glimpses of his goal , then suddenly at the last moment find all revealed ; rather he should approach it in awe , aware of its enormous size from a great distance . |