Example sentences of "last [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of a debate on a Bill to remove the marriage bar , introduced in 1927 , MPs expressed feelings of revulsion at the ‘ travesty of nature ’ presented by the image of a working mother and in the last instance a father at home looking after the baby , but the same degree of indignation was never aroused by the work of married women of a lower social class . |
| 2 | To qualify in this last category a dependant need not have been related to the deceased , and thus a mistress would be included . |
| 3 | He did not conspire against the regime , but in February 1659 he and other London republicans presented Richard Cromwell 's Parliament with the same subversive petition that had led Oliver Cromwell to dissolve his last Parliament a year earlier . |
| 4 | Formulary procedure was bound to the principle of condemnatio pecuniaria : whatever the action , in the last resort a judge could not order a remedy in specie , but only that a sum of money should be paid . |
| 5 | Against the backdrop of all this we have Sir Roger Elliot stating in his BA Conference address that ‘ in the last resort a trade association has limited sanctions that it can apply , and if necessary it is for booksellers themselves to take appropriate action ’ . |
| 6 | But in the last resort a trade association has limited sanctions that it can apply , and if necessary it is for booksellers themselves to take appropriate action . |
| 7 | One could almost say that the second scenes really belong to the interludes which precede them though in the final act Britten adds to Grimes 's last monologue a reprise of the first interlude , whose function is to close out the musical form of the opera as a whole . |
| 8 | Last Session a team of four pupils from Heriot 's represented Edinburgh and South East of Scotland at the national final held in London of the ‘ Top of the Bench ’ quiz organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry . |
| 9 | In the middle of last winter a friend , Tish Berkley and I decided to take an Over-26 Inter Rail ticket and spend two weeks in the following July , travelling in Europe . |
| 10 | Julia , who called off their wedding at the last minute a year ago , was recently in Ireland with new lover Jason Patric . |
| 11 | At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him . |
| 12 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 13 | The EC sought co-operation against drug traffickers , and Mexico was reported to have inserted at the last minute a formula to safeguard its national jurisdiction in this area . |
| 14 | Last night a Shell spokesman said the company never commented on partnerships in any wells . |
| 15 | Last night a spokeswoman for the Arts Centre said the festival has become a victim of its own success . |
| 16 | Last night a spokeswoman for the Arts Centre said the festival has become a victim of its own success . |
| 17 | Last night a management spokeswoman said a skeleton staff was working and would produce a newspaper . |
| 18 | Last night a benefit concert was set to take place at the Bristol Bierkeller , featuring Extreme Noise Terror , perhaps Britain 's foremost thrash band , now legendary for turning out songs which clock in at under one second . |
| 19 | Britain was also able to unveil last night a breakthrough in cutting back on Euro red tape . |
| 20 | Last night a storm of protest was growing over the Government 's ‘ do nothing ’ approach . |
| 21 | Last night a storm of protest was growing over the Government 's ‘ do nothing ’ approach . |
| 22 | And there have been two burglaries in Bicester ; last night a Ford truck was stolen and ten and a half thousand pounds ' worth of roofing was stolen from a roofing supply store . |
| 23 | Last night a post-mortem examination was being carried out to discover how the man died but police said they were treating the death as highly suspicious . |
| 24 | Last night a man was helping police inquiries . |
| 25 | Last night a man who is wanted in connection with a building society robbery was named on BBC 's Crimewatch . |
| 26 | " To buy the policeman I was fighting with last night a drink . " |
| 27 | Last night a detective hunting the killers said : ‘ They were like sharks , once they tasted blood , they could n't stop . |
| 28 | Last night a detective investigating the tragedy said : ‘ It is one of the most distressing cases I have ever come across . |
| 29 | Last night a detective investigating the theft said that , although this type of crime was becoming increasingly prevalent , it was the first time he had heard of a baby being used as a decoy . |
| 30 | Last night a spokesman for Bristol Social Services confirmed his department had been asked to investigate by the police . |