Example sentences of "last time that " in BNC.

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1 The last time that automatic budget cuts , mandated by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit-cutting law , took effect was in October 1987 .
2 It is a fair bet that the Panama episode will not be the last time that the US will intervene militarily in the region , given the pattern of repeated American meddling in its ‘ backyard ’ .
3 The last time that the Chiefs of Staff managed to formulate a genuine military strategy was in 1961 : after Macmillan 's ‘ Wind of Change ’ speech ; Iain McLeod 's acceleration of the decolonization programme ; and de Gaulle 's veto on the British application to join the EEC .
4 HE last time that the European Community tried to create a ‘ political union ’ , 30 years ago , it all ended in tears .
5 The last time that happened was with an Irish judge in the 1830s .
6 TOMORROW , the day of the London Marathon , Christians will think also of another crowded journey into the capital city , the last time that Jesus went up to Jerusalem with pilgrims from Galilee to take part in the Passover festival , which commemorated the escape of their ancestors from slavery in building the pyramids of Egypt .
7 After the dramatic crowning of Charles — the first and last time that a pope paid homage to the new Emperors of the West — came a period of reinforcement of his new status .
8 It was an odd feeling and perhaps accounts for why I delayed my departure so long , wandering around the house many times over , checking one last time that all was in order .
9 The last time that a scolds ' cage is recorded as being in use was when two Looe ladies , Hannah Wit and Bessy Niles , both being of ‘ fluent tongue ’ and having , over some dispute ‘ exerted their oratory on each other ’ , at last thought it prudent to leave the matter in dispute to be settled by the mayor .
10 ‘ But it 's the last time that counts .
11 If anyone doubts the dangers to an opposition party of a rush to judgment about what needs to be done after election defeat , they ought to dip into some of the memoirs of the 1959 period , the last time that Labour , while in opposition , hoped and expected they would win , but went down to serious defeat ( in that case , by 100 seats ) .
12 The last time that the transport did n't come , my friends came to see me instead .
13 It was the last time that they were ever seen alive .
14 Robins interrupted my thoughts by saying , ‘ Sorry about the word ‘ posh ’ , but I 'd heard before we left Sanderstown the last time that a young man had been appointed assistant to Doctor Reid , and I was a bit surprised when I met you .
15 In other words , rats with hippocampal lesions have difficulty in refraining from punished responses because they can not remember what happened to them the last time that they did whatever it was that led to the punishment .
16 That was the last time that really hit me because if I 've got my facts correct , I think when we played England at Lord 's they all came out through the same gate , ’ Kerr said .
17 And it was brought up last time that erm , in the Potter Street area , not enough was being done to occupy the minds of the
18 Erm just noticing press we did , say last time that would be , that Sabir 's release would be mention in the press , did you manage that ?
19 So we noted last time that I booked the library in Bishop 's Stortford for two periods , this year for display , we 've booked the er street collection in Bishop 's Stortford for July , now are there any other dates we need to mention .
20 The painting reproduced opposite , prepared exclusively for this article by Maitre Eugène Lelièpvre , shows the emperor riding in the dormeuse on the road to Avesnes on 13 June 1815 — the last time that he rode in it .
21 This is the last time that I shall be able to supply them , yet you try to stop me . "
22 Crossing for the last time that stretch of dusty plain which lay between Krishnapur and the railhead , the Collector experienced more strongly than ever before the vastness of India ; he realized then , because of the widening perspective , what a small affair the siege of Krishnapur had been , how unimportant , how devoid of significance .
23 Which is I think where we finished up last time that when we 've got the stuff on computer we can
24 ‘ Now go and choose a dinner for someone who is not interested in food — it 's not the last time that is going to happen to you , my dear . ’
25 This this is what I 'm saying last time that if you 'll work through it , understand it , Oh yeah I can do that ,
26 In another context Mao Qing and Mar Molinero ( 1986 ) argue that for school pupils staying on at school after the minimal school leaving age the mid-1970s were the last time that external factors such as high youth unemployment did not influence demand .
27 It was the last time that they met .
28 This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it .
29 I reported last time that I 'd made an approach to Chris .
30 Joe demanded , remembering the last time that she 'd dumped him into trouble in a Chinese restaurant , but the chef said something angry and then ignored him and so Joe pushed on past and shouldered his way through into the main part of the premises .
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