Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following exhibitions were listed in last month 's column and deserve recognition before they close : the large exhibition of sculpture , paintings and miniatures by Francesco Clemente at Anthony d'Offay ( to 30 April ) , Catherine Lee 's beautifully patinated wall reliefs at Annely Juda |
| 2 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 3 | No clusters of HEV occurred when seropositive persons were grouped by last name or street address . |
| 4 | The following exhibitions were reported in last month 's issue and deserve note before they close : Hamish Fulton 's elegant installation of wall texts and photographs of his walks , the most handsome exhibition to have been held at Annely Juda ( to 6 March ) , two large sculptures by Mario Merz and new paintings and charcoal drawings , the best of his career , by Leon Kossoff at Anthony d'Offay ( to 6 March ) , Michael Young 's new sand paintings at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 15 March ) , ‘ Out of Sight Out of Mind ’ , Nicholas Logsdail 's survey of international painting and sculpture 1965–1975 at Lisson ( to 20 March ) , Michael Landy 's ‘ Warning Signs ’ at Karsten Schubert ( to 6 March ) , new paintings by Arturo di Stefano , coinciding with his retrospective survey at Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery , at Purdy Hicks ( to 6 March ) , new works by Riccardo Cinalli , featuring in a touring exhibition organised by the Accademia Italiana , at Long and Ryle ( to 19 March ) , and print exhibitions of Jim Dine at Waddington Graphics ( to 14 March ) and Robert Ryman at Victoria Miro ( to 29 March ) . |
| 5 | His ‘ Dirty toys ’ , as he describes his arrangements of battered dolls and stuffed animals which he rescues from thrift shops , were included in last autumn 's ‘ Objects for the Ideal Home ’ at the Serpentine Gallery and in the Hayward Gallery 's recent ‘ Doubletake ’ , but neither occasion gave a complete or convincing account of the range of his interests . |
| 6 | She was heartily glad when they were installed at last in front of the fire , trays on knees . |
| 7 | THE familiar imbalance of quart and pint pot meant that the final three paragraphs were omitted from last Friday 's piece on Shotton Comrades ' under 19 team . |
| 8 | Cleg 's boots , a heavy weight in the basket over Hari 's arm , were mended at last . |
| 9 | Their seventh century opening stand in 14 Tests together safely established , the openers were separated at last when the younger man was bowled by Akram , who pitched around leg and hit the off stump at sped . |
| 10 | If the alliance is to be understood as a means to that end , it was also an announcement that the kleindeutsch solution of the German problem had come to stay ; the Habsburgs had no more to fear from Prussia and the corpses of Königgrätz were buried at last . |
| 11 | A couple who had looked after an elderly father in their home for many years , were persuaded at last to take one week 's holiday . |
| 12 | In New York , where he will exhibit with new dealer , Jay Gorney , in the autumn , he has attracted much attention for his ‘ Restraints ’ and ‘ Workbenches ’ which were shown at last year 's Whitney Biennial . |
| 13 | The changes in Eastern Europe were recognised in last year 's survey to be of long term importance only . |
| 14 | At each stage the vested interests — of protected tenants , of council tenants , and of local and national politicians — in the system , grew stronger and more complex , so that the wonder is not that it lived so long but that two men were found at last , in Duncan Sandys and Henry Brooke , of sufficient courage and determination to lay the axe to the roots and start hewing a way back to sanity . |
| 15 | That 's why a number of clubs were represented at last night 's reserve game against Coventry . |
| 16 | Farnham R.C. were represented in last weekend 's Surrey League road race . |
| 17 | His development as a personality and player in his three months with Celtic were illustrated during last week 's glorious exit from the European Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 18 | The following exhibitions were reviewed in last month 's column and can be recommended : Anselm Kiefer 's ‘ The Women of the Revolution ’ at Anthony d'Offay ( to 8 August ) ; James Turrell 's studies for ‘ The Irish Sky Garden ’ at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 31 July ) ; Mayor 's installation by Rebecca Horn ( to 31 August ) ; Simon Edmondson 's new paintings at Benjamin Rhodes ( to 7 August ) ; Marlborough 's second exhibition of Stephen Conroy ( to 25 July ) ; and Nayland Blake 's ‘ Bleep ’ at Milch ( to 11 July ) . |
| 19 | The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's issue and are recommended to readers : Sean Scully 's convincing demonstration of abstract art at Waddington ( to 23 December ) , the new graphic works of Roy Lichtenstein at Mayor ( to 23 December ) , theatre paintings by Sickert at Browse and Darby ( to 23 December ) , Bernard Jacobson 's handsome selection of paintings by Stanley Spencer ( to 5 December ) , with Spencer 's drawings at Dover Street Gallery ( to 18 December ) , and a fine installation of Grenville Davey 's sculpture at Chisenhale ( to 13 December ) . |
| 20 | The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's column in Il Giornale dell'Arte : Victor Pasmore 's new paintings and prints at Marlborough ( to 23 October ) , works on paper by Robert Kushner at Mayor ( to 31 October ) , twelve biomorphic paintings by Ed Albers , with ten drawings from the estate of Arshile Gorky , at Salama-Caro ( to 7 November ) , new photographs by Andreas Gursky at Victoria Miro ( to 16 October ) and Andy Goldsworthy 's floor of clay at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 31 October ) . |
| 21 | The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's issue and should be noted : sculpture and drawings by Eduardo Chillida at Annely Juda ( to 14 November ) , works on paper by Bridget Riley at Karsten Schubert ( to 14 November ) , seven sculptures and a strong selection of graphic works by Elizabeth Frink at Lumley Cazalet ( to 13 November ) , ‘ Three Score and Ten ’ , the seventieth birthday exhibition of Albert Irvin at Gimpel ( to 21 November ) , the second part of Adrian Wiczniewski 's new paintings , drawings and neon sculpture at William Jackson ( to 21 November ) , Andy Goldsworthy 's clay floor at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 27 November ) , the large sculptures of Jeff Lowe at Maak ( to 20 November ) , Fantastic Works on Paper at RAAB 's Millbank branch and the paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Robert Combas at Crane ( to 3 December ) . |
| 22 | The facial features , as seen from the series of illustrations of the painting in progress , were put in last . |
| 23 | Hundreds of trees were lost in last year 's storms and ‘ the garden in the wood ’ suffered much damage . |
| 24 | Doubts were expressed about last week 's rumour of moves to end steel price control . |
| 25 | And his gallant countrymen were beaten at last . |
| 26 | Kurdish detainees at Harmondsworth were released after last week 's fire , which also left one man seriously injured . |
| 27 | The principles of the NBS , brainchild of A1 Garden Aquaria 's Peter Oakes , were outlined in last month 's column , but little did I imagine that the device itself would be in my hands so soon afterwards , let alone up and running in time for this update . |
| 28 | The following exhibitions were mentioned in last month 's column and should be noted : interpretations of ‘ The Lake of Innisfree ’ by |