Example sentences of "[adv] last [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only last year the shares touched 79p — the point at which Sugar sold 43m shares and pocketed £34m . |
| 2 | Remember , only last year the Tories admitted they bungled the introduction of tests for seven-year-olds — by making them too complicated and time consuming . |
| 3 | Only last year the four-star Tiroler Adler underwent an extensive renovation that made it one of the best hotels in Kirchberg . |
| 4 | Only last month the FA took Government advice to withdraw England from a planned friendly in Rotterdam in December . |
| 5 | Only last month the French navy intercepted and seized another Greenpeace ship which tried to land to establish a ‘ peace camp ’ on the main test island of Mururoa atoll , where more tests were due to begin next month . |
| 6 | As one of only two finance directors on the board , the question of conflicts of interest must arise — only last month the ASB complained that companies were not following the spirit of its pronouncements . |
| 7 | And she made clear only last week the depth of her opposition to giving the European Parliament more power . |
| 8 | Only last week the NCC reported that the price of food meant low income families were unable to get a healthy , balanced diet . |
| 9 | It is extraordinary that only last week the Leader of the Opposition confirmed that the Labour party is still wedded to bodies such as the national enterprise board , despite the fact that , of the 102 companies in which that body invested , about 35 went bust , 38 were sold at a loss and only the remainder managed even to return taxpayers ' money . |
| 10 | We announced only last week the first farmer co-operative with five farms seeking to develop a market . |
| 11 | Only last week the National Rivers Authority sent the bailiffs in over yet another debt — in du Cann 's terms , a piddling £425 . |
| 12 | It 's ironical that only last week the National Association of Private Residential Homes were saying that they will be going bust as a result of inadequate funding . |
| 13 | So he put it in shed , left it in shed for a while and then it were not last year the year before , he took it down , I 'm putting this in dustbin duck he says it 's no damn good , we went on holiday and me daughter 's boyfriend came down while we were away and er , he must of been looking in dustbin he says what 's this telly doing , our Mandy said it 's no good , me dad 's slinging it out , so he took it home and fixed it , it 's been going ever since |
| 14 | I ca n't believe they last night , not last night the night before , Friday night I went to bed early knowing I got to get up Saturday morning , . |
| 15 | Cos I when I went , not last time the time before , they only had that thirty nine P and I would n't pay it . |
| 16 | Early last year the Ministry of Defence announced new measures to discourage bullying after young recruits revealed that they had been pushed into rivers , pelted with stones , and gassed with CS gas . |
| 17 | Because McDonald 's has always been very conscious of all issues relating to the environment , early last year the decision was taken to cease using CFCs in packaging . |
| 18 | Early last year the North Hertfordshire branch of Friends of the Earth conducted a survey of importers of tropical timber . |
| 19 | Early last week the Sun apologised for saying he had never had a real job , but in truth a four-year stint as a tutor organiser in industrial and trade unions at the Workers ' Educational Association 25 years ago does not exactly set him up for a glittering new career . |
| 20 | Certainly , the Serbian forces have publicly admitted that they had targeted the regional museum in Sarajevo : early last month the BBC 's war reporter Kate Adie quoted the Serbian explanation of why they had shelled the hotel which houses all the foreign correspondents : apparently they were aiming at the roof of the museum ( which contains the Bosnian anthropological material ) and missed . |
| 21 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 22 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 23 | Cumani landed a double on the track on Tuesday , and travelling head lad Ian Willows said : ‘ When I got back last night the boss said ‘ thank heaven for Brighton . ’ |
| 24 | I hope you all have a nice birthday and many more to come now last week the flower box raised one pound forty two , the raffle four pound forty six and the bring and buy two pound sixty making a total of eight pound fourteen |
| 25 | Even last year the nation 's eating habits changed significantly . |
| 26 | How last year the crop had meant nothing to him at all ; how , without understanding , he had walked about the harbour and warehouses of Episkopi , and the misuse of the Order 's cargo of sugar had been simply a matter noted and used as a playing-counter . |
| 27 | However , late last night the organisers were still considering the Australian bid . |
| 28 | However , late last night the organisers were still considering the Australian bid . |
| 29 | Then last night the police called to tell me that Mum , Dad , Pet and Wee Charlie were missing , but that you were safe . |
| 30 | If fairness is to be the criterion , does the Minister agree that it is fundamentally unjust that people should be expected to pay twice — that people should be surcharged in cities such as Liverpool , where last year the cost was £71 per head , after people had already paid their bills ? |