Example sentences of "last [noun] [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 | Anfield manager Graeme Souness was at the Deva Stadium last Saturday to watch 19-year-old Lambert turn on a wonder show in the 3-0 rout of Chester . |
| 16 | But beneath that successful entry last spring lay many months of feasibility studies and fund-raising , planning and persuasion . |
| 17 | SOME CONTROL But Coun. Dave Lyonette ( Lab ) said he had counted 43 vehicles parked between Binns and the gas showrooms on High Row last Friday displaying orange badges . |
| 18 | ROGER Shute , whose takeover of the helm of Ross Consumer Electronics last Friday quadrupled that company 's share price , excited the market again yesterday by reporting sharply higher profits for BM Group , the industrial holding group where he is chairman and chief executive . |
| 19 | Mr Li used the normally staid platform of the National People 's Congress in Beijing yesterday to make an unprecedented attack on the colony 's governor , Chris Patten , who last Friday published proposed democracy laws when China refused talks or negotiations . |
| 20 | The community charge provides that incentive , and our new local government Bill that was published last Friday provides local authorities with a way of so doing . ’ |
| 21 | BLOOD-sucking leeches are being used in a last bid to save two year-old Tanya Wood 's severed finger . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Last winter featured tartan themes , while metallic Sixties dresses and lurex tops were popular at Christmas . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Last December Judge Rant jailed eight men for consensual activities ( MT February ) ; sado-masochistic ( S&M ) sexual practices carried out by homosexual men — in private . |
| 28 | The Association of Metropolitan Authorities welcomed the commission 's conclusions , which it said confirmed its own survey last December showing soaring arrears in England 's big cities . |
| 29 | Mr Laurie Bull was the last teacher to enjoy this facility . |
| 30 | Too many of them had clear memories of the last war to relish another . |