Example sentences of "at the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gibson Les Paul Junior guitars used to join the body at the last fret , giving a functional , but slightly neck-heavy look . |
| 2 | Measure at the last fret position the distance from the rule to the edge of the neck . |
| 3 | At the last holiday resort in the world a small group of guests are cautiously testing the air . |
| 4 | Any self respecting managing director in industry would recoil at the last Feethams balance sheet . |
| 5 | Even at the last conclave , in 1978 , this hypothetical cardinal could at most have been only 49 years old . |
| 6 | Data from children whose ears contained fluid at the final assessment or at the last assessment before they were lost to follow up were excluded . |
| 7 | Before we look at the last goal of transformation , unbending curved relationships , it will be helpful to return briefly to the debate about the goals of development . |
| 8 | Among the most vulnerable households are those headed by women — at the last census in 1980 approximately one-third of rural households were female-headed , and less than one-fifth in town . |
| 9 | The survey showed that breeding had been so successful that there were now three times as many swans than at the last census , taken in 1983 . |
| 10 | Suddenly , Molly 's back arched and lifted his entire weight off the floor as she reached her climax The noises she made finally triggered Yanto who , with great effort , managed to withdraw at the last second . |
| 11 | I knew all about the technical hazards , the need to remain seemingly unperturbed when the running order had to be changed at the last second , the importance of acquiring a warm , friendly rapport with the viewer . |
| 12 | Elliott saw the move at the last second . |
| 13 | Despite everything she 'd said , her eyes fluttered closed in unspoken invitation , but at the last second she heard his laughter , low and mocking . |
| 14 | It had been aimed at my head , but I moved at the last second , prompted by some unclassified intuition of survival . |
| 15 | Perhaps it decided to stay put and I would n't notice it was there and maybe at the last second it decided it would run for it ! |
| 16 | Now , in a bit of a rush : the asparagus was excellent , but its finger-bowls arrived late , so that buttery fingers only got rinsed at the last bite . |
| 17 | Two such papers were tabled at the last TCP meeting : a submission from Metropolitan Section to the Traffic Director for London commenting on the Draft Network Plan and a response from the North Western Section to PIEDA 's Regional Economic Strategy paper . |
| 18 | Accordingly , at the last Committee meeting , a vote of confidence was passed and a letter to that effect was sent to them . |
| 19 | Right , at the last Committee , it was suggested that the figures be presented to Committee on a town by town basis , I E not the wider travel to work areas , the reason being that the travel to work areas are , are quite large and sometimes mask differences in rates of unemployment between different settlements . |
| 20 | What I said at the last committee was I merely advised the committee that if they went ahead in this current financial year that the grant would not be available . |
| 21 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
| 22 | IN view of all the talk about a resumption of political talks , I 've been looking at the last word of the Ulster Unionists on the subject , delivered just before the plug was pulled last October . |
| 23 | He hit one of the great five irons , too , at the last hole , a shot that still gives him one of those lovely shivers of success whenever he thinks about it . |
| 24 | He was wearing a pale-blue safari-style jacket , belted at the last hole , short-sleeved to display the diamond-faced gold Rolex worn on one beefy wrist . |
| 25 | Andy Kyle had the honour at the last hole . |
| 26 | Torrance said : ‘ I have finished 12th and 13th in my last two tournaments and I would have done better in Valencia if I had not driven out of bounds at the last hole . |
| 27 | The delegates denied that the meeting was intended to create structures supplanting the CIS , but President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan , one of the strongest proponents of the CIS , said after the meeting that his confidence in the stability of the CIS had decreased because of Ukraine 's attitude at the last CIS summit [ see p. 38825 ] and the course of the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ for which see p. 38875 ] . |
| 28 | The delegates denied that the meeting was intended to create structures supplanting the CIS , but President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan , one of the strongest proponents of the CIS , said after the meeting that his confidence in the stability of the CIS had decreased because of Ukraine 's attitude at the last CIS summit [ see p. 38825 ] and the course of the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ see p. 38875 ] . |
| 29 | At the last opening , 400 visitors in one afternoon flocked in to admire the Weedons ' strikingly formal walkways flanked by irises , lavender , peonies and closely clipped privet hedges . |
| 30 | He looked at the last name on the list . |