Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manufacturers continue to demand more help from the Government in the shape of increased capital allowances ( already raised by Chancellor Nigel Lamont from 25% to 40% in the last Autumn Statement ) , some form of relief from advance corporation tax and cheaper export insurance . |
| 2 | After pipping Swedish pair Per-Ulrik Johansson and Fredrik Lindgren , by one shot , thanks to birdies at the last two holes , he said : ‘ I was so far away I just about saw the ball disappear . |
| 3 | However , Government funding as a proportion of total university income has fallen — from 65% to 51% in the last five years . |
| 4 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 5 | Indeed the reference to Sappho in the last stanza may seem to come out of nowhere ’ [ Landry , 84 ] . |
| 6 | Therefore George prepared Lennie for heaven by describing their dream to Lennie for the last time . |
| 7 | Inland changes to sites over the last 1000 years do not seem to have been so drastic . |
| 8 | Having fallen back from about 360p to 320p over the last few days , Fisons ' top management was busy round at Hoare Govett yesterday , trying to reassure nervous institutions investors . |
| 9 | The most intriguing match tonight is at Bayview , with the winner of the Scottish Cup , fourth-round replay between East Fife and Arbroath earning a lucrative home tie to Rangers in the last eight . |
| 10 | The text ends with the words ‘ for although at strict law the heirs should be held by no action to build a monument , none the less they are compelled by pontifical or imperial authority to observance of the last wishes [ of the deceased ] ’ . |
| 11 | Denis Evans , secretary of the WRU , said : ‘ Both men have demonstrated their great commitment to Wales over the last nine months and have shown they have the talent and organisational ability to help generate success for the Welsh team at the highest level . ’ |
| 12 | She was a newcomer to Parliament at the last election . |
| 13 | The removal of entry quotas encouraged young people who had been denied access to universities in the last years of Nicholas to enter them under Alexander , with the result that students tended to be older and more politically engaged than they had been in the past . |
| 14 | On 27 May the Cagnes police issued Modigliani a safe conduct c/o Osterlind and he travelled by train to Paris on the last day of the month . |
| 15 | Mr Hargreaves , single , a graduate of Bangor University and a fisheries expert , has been a regular visitor to Alaska for the last four years . |
| 16 | He started his political career at the time when the Cenomarv of Brixia answered the call to rebellion from the last Punic commander in Italy , Hamilcar . |
| 17 | I gave the list to Martin at the last meeting . |
| 18 | The state government has supported the quarry operators , issuing 300 licenses to quarry in the last six years . |
| 19 | That will bring it to 42 per cent. , which is way below the peak in previous cycles and way below the proportion of public expenditure to GDP under the last Labour Government in similar conditions . |
| 20 | The band , tipped to win an award for their video Friday I 'm In Love , were forced to cancel a planned satellite link-up from London to LA at the last minute . |
| 21 | From a three-hour flight , at the outside , when he 'd only flown from London to Helsinki on the last lap ? |
| 22 | But he cancelled his trip to England at the last minute and pretended he thought I was going to see you in your show and might as well hand you the invitation at the same time . ’ |
| 23 | The Premier cancelled a trip to Spain at the last minute as the sick pound hit its lowest level since joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 24 | Who was that , they did erm , a trip to Holland for the last year , did n't they ? |
| 25 | An aid convoy veteran is making his 14th trip to Poland in the last three years . |
| 26 | The public 's political knowledge appears to have increased ; the number of respondents who were able to name their own MP correctly rose from 34% in the first survey to 43% in the last . |
| 27 | The Peak Park 's restrictions to moorland in the last three years have caused far more disruption to climbing than bolts ever have , and these were bans imposed by people who are sympathetic to our cause . |
| 28 | Microsoft and DEC have been porting NT to Alpha for the last year : conveniently DEC has a facility just a mile away from the Microsoft campus in Belleview , Washington . |
| 29 | Mr Major 's visit to Barcelona for the last two days of the Games will mean he has spent an astonishing 80 days out of recession gripped Britain in the 20 months since he came to power . |
| 30 | The samples ranged from modern lacquer hardened in the laboratory to objects from the last centuries BC . |