Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This last finding excludes the possibility that the preponderance of frequent past injectors in 1988 could account for differences between 1988 and 1990 in recent injecting frequency . |
| 2 | No-one believes that will be the last case to shock the market and infuriate private investors . |
| 3 | While she has /r/ in person where it should be in JC , she has pronounced /r/ at the end of mother , where Jamaicans usually do not pronounce it , and at the end of Jamaica , where historically it is absent : in this last case displaying the type of hypercorrection for which John F. Kennedy ( a speaker of the r-less Boston English ) was famous . |
| 4 | The last part describes the binomial and Black and Scholes models of option pricing . |
| 5 | As this might be my last opportunity to draw the attention of my hon. Friend the Minister to the topic of the proposed M12 between Chelmsford and the M25 , I seek his assurance that when he receives alternative proposals for that motorway 's line of route , he will take into account that such a motorway may not be required . |
| 6 | There was an added incentive this year for the students as it was their last opportunity to catch the eye of Sue Rich , captain and selector of the British Team for the World Student Games which take place later this year . |
| 7 | that last prayer concluded the dedication of the Three- Ninetieth Bomb Group Memorial Air Museum at Parham Airfield . |
| 8 | At York , the first pageant proceeded to the first station at 4.30am , and it would be around midnight when the last play reached the twelfth and last station . |
| 9 | The last lane shows the footprinting pattern obtained when the radiolabelled DNA fragment is mixed with the unlabelled calf thymus DNA before adding actinomycin . |
| 10 | Today it means in terms of a hierarchy of pedagogical responsibilities that the individual and the individual family have a primary role , which they carry out through contracting and engaging for specific purposes the services of ‘ free ’ organizations according to their private ideological orientation , and only as a last resort does the state intervene directly . |
| 11 | But it seems to be widely accepted as inevitable that indiscipline will not be eradicated , no matter how positive or imaginative the school tries to be ; hence the need to be able to apply sanctions and punishments , ‘ to register disapproval of unacceptable behaviour and as a last resort to protect the necessary authority of teachers and the stability of the school system ’ . |
| 12 | Taking lifetime consumption , this is defined as where the last term represents the present value of wealth passed on ( r being taken here as the interest rate per generation ) . |
| 13 | The Forests Under the First Two Stuarts : the Last Attempt to Re-establish the Full Forest Administration |
| 14 | Her one last attempt to halt the tide lacked conviction , she knew . |
| 15 | There is , however , still time to capture one last attempt to use the genre to articulate rage and frustration , The Post Yelverton being the man . |
| 16 | Or might he just be tempted to make one last attempt to lead the Labour party across the river ? |
| 17 | He had n't said a word since his last attempt to bamboozle the androids who had brought them more bread and water . |
| 18 | In a last attempt to crush the invasion , Vortigern , the British king , enlisted the help of the Saxon army under the renowned general , Hengist . |
| 19 | All that remained to be done by seven that evening was to attend the Troop Commander 's Orders or ‘ O ’ Group , and at last light dismantle the camouflage net , close up and move to the river . |
| 20 | Figure 2.4 in the last chapter illustrated the extent of differences in value-added productivity between large and small firms and these are very clearly reflected in earnings . |
| 21 | The last Chapter noted the differing approaches taken by legal systems in the common law and civil law traditions to the service of process . |
| 22 | The last chapter described the fertilisation of the ovum by the spermatozoon and the part played by the chromosomes contained in each . |
| 23 | Also , cash-bloated film and television tycoons formed one important group of new collectors of contemporary art in the Eighties , and since the entertainment business is often the last industry to feel the pinch of a national economic recession , artists may also be retreating to the comfort of their remaining sure sources of income . |
| 24 | PAMELA : [ smiling acquiescence , aside ] This last rule crowns the rest . |
| 25 | On the face of it , the last alternative looked the most promising in the circumstances , but unfortunately the principal lawyer employed by the burgh council , Blackhouse , lived in Edinburgh , and was thus unsuitable for a charge which required residence because of the frequency of the court 's meetings . |
| 26 | NIJINSKY , the last horse win the 2,000 Guineas , Derby and St Leger , was put down yesterday morning , at the age of 25 , owing to infirmities of old age . |
| 27 | Unlike still red wines , sparkling Champagne does not benefit from a detectable tannin content , although a little tannin will be added prior to the last racking to activate the fining agent . |
| 28 | I was in almost the last batch to receive the award . |
| 29 | the last boy scoured the knife with sand . |
| 30 | Prompts and options are on a ‘ loop ’ : eg tapping the ( Right ) direction key at the last prompt takes the cursor back to the first . |