Example sentences of "last year ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm th the general idea is that I 'm actually responding to a request from last years ' student group so that the previous lecturer did pass on to me that the student group had been unhappy that there were too many texts referred to as they could n't necessarily get them from the library and they could n't afford to buy more than one text . |
| 2 | The West Indies won last year 's test series against Australia in the Caribbean 2-1 , with two matches drawn . |
| 3 | Last year 's profit before tax of £122.4m was recently restated as a loss of £38.5m when its property write-downs were taken through the p&l account instead of reserves . |
| 4 | The grynd continues , but these days the whale meat is no longer needed for food , and islanders are often having to empty last year 's whale meat from the freezer to make way for the fresh catch . |
| 5 | The Front draws its core support from the one-third of whites who opposed Mr de Klerk in last year 's referendum on reform . |
| 6 | Running concurrently with the 400s will be the 125s , and here the class is bristling with potential winners , led by last year 's victor Rob Orme . |
| 7 | Senior officials of the African National Congress have been urging Mr Mandela to announce an official separation from his wife since her latest outburst in which she allegedly threatened and waved a pistol at Mrs Xoliswa Falati , her co-accused in last year 's trial for kidnap and assault . |
| 8 | With Viv Richards back to show everyone he can still do it , no-one will take Glamorgan lightly , and the same goes for Warwickshire , last year 's surprise packet , and Kent , with Carl Hooper to assist them . |
| 9 | Less than half a mile from last year 's troublespot there 's a nature lesson for the Blackbird Leys adventure playground group . |
| 10 | One of his main contributions has been the extension of last year 's freeze on rises in the uniform business rate , which at £370 million represents a large part of the £1 billion boost for industry . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that last year 's testing of seven-year olds showed that our schools need less play and more learning , less discovery and more teaching , less mixed ability and more setting , less child-centred education and more whole-class subject teaching ? |
| 12 | After the success of last year 's scheme , staff will , from 2 November , be able to claim 15% discount on all books , cards and gifts from the shop . |
| 13 | According to the adaptive expectations hypothesis , this year 's expectation will be equal to last year 's expectation ( 10 per cent ) plus some proportion ( w ) of the error . |
| 14 | Chris Wilkinson 's remarkable progress was curtailed in the quarter-finals by Chris Bailey who proceeded to displace last year 's circuit winner , the American Brian Joelson , in the semi-finals and ease himself into a confrontation with Bates the next day . |
| 15 | The deal , which would have gone ahead whatever the election result , is Bosch 's second major investment in Britain following last year 's opening of its £100m car alternator plant in Cardiff . |
| 16 | and if , you could say that you 've got last year 's opening times |
| 17 | Last year 's survey was carried out with a group of practitioners at an audit regulation meeting run by the Southern Society , and in view of the continuing concerns about regulation , we repeated this exercise with 160 practitioners who attended a similar meeting in October 1992. 64 responses were received , some of which represented one response from several representatives of the same firm . |
| 18 | The results of last year 's survey have done more than affirm the style and future of the magazine . |
| 19 | It should be noted that this figure excludes sales to the UK sector of the North Sea which are not classified as exports and reinforces the point made in last year 's survey , that the Mechanical engineering sector in Grampian is having considerable success in widening it 's export markets . |
| 20 | The changes in Eastern Europe were recognised in last year 's survey to be of long term importance only . |
| 21 | The EC and EFTA countries account for 70% of Scotland 's exports compared with 68% in last year 's survey . |
| 22 | For the first time , in last year 's survey , an analysis of Scotland 's exports by specific geographic region was undertaken . |
| 23 | Birth Control Trust spokeswoman Madeleine Simms pointed out that after last year 's survey was published , the DHSS said it was unlikely the results of a single poll would be a suitable basis for new and highly controversial legislation . |
| 24 | Scooping previous winners Shell and Tesco , ICI was mentioned by a third — more than double last year 's survey . |
| 25 | Roberts won the race on Bold Resolution , who is not entered for Newmarket , but last year 's shock Ces winner Go South did n't run badly in fourth . |
| 26 | After last year 's shock announcement of the DVR Company 's near total withdrawal from the seven-mile Buckfastleigh line and rescue handover to volunteers of the South Devon Railway Trust , these figures will be cold comfort to many local steam supporters and shareholders of the Dart Valley Railway despite claims by the Company that all is well . |
| 27 | But will the scheme also cover business interruption loss , which in last year 's explosion amounted to £100m ? |
| 28 | Scientists issued predictions in warning that the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere could dwindle to dangerously record low levels in the early spring , as a result of a build-up of depleting chemicals , combined with the effects of last year 's explosion of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines . |
| 29 | ‘ Following last year 's removal … the substantial reduction of air-delivered weapons has now been accomplished , ’ NATO Defence Ministers said in a statement at the end of a two-day meeting in Brussels . |
| 30 | Buzzards Bellbuoy is certainly a possibility under last year 's hero Jimmy Quinn , and comes from the same stable as Cuvee Charlie ( won five years ago ) . |