Example sentences of "[art] last three [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The last three hours of the flood and the first two hours of the ebb are the prime feeding periods for flatties .
2 But the last three races of the season were in the new Tyrrell .
3 Rodrigo de Triano 's defeat was the only disappointment in an otherwise memorable day for owner Robert Sangster , who landed an 899–1 hat-trick in the last three races with Lost Reputation , River Defences — his Derby contender — and well-fancied Ecliptic , backed from 33–1 in the morning to 9–1 .
4 We then perform the iteration , omitting the first element of ( 4 ) : unc The numbers produced in this way reproduced exactly those of the last three elements in the columns of Table 1 , as well as the dividing factors ; they are of course exactly the same calculations , but with the matrices associated differently .
5 Ninety-two coins spun consecutively have come down heads ninety-two consecutive times … and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute …
6 Stretched out where they had fallen , the last three members of the once invincible Hellhounds killer pack stared sightlessly after their executioner — a far more efficient and dangerous killer than Nature had ever equipped them to be at the height of their savage power .
7 There is an important gap that needs to be filled : the last three laws of ALT .
8 And in determining what is suitable they must have regard to the matters referred to in the last three lines of the substituted subsection .
9 But can we be sure that the last three decades of sustained growth in crime are not a recording phenomenon ( Bottomley and Pease , 1986 ) ?
10 The debate on these issues continued throughout the last three decades of the nineteenth century , but with certain changes of emphasis .
11 The last three decades of the nineteenth century in Britain were to see a similar move on the part of the working class , desirous of experiencing the benefit of sea air and sea water , the chance of amusement and relaxation from their work , or just a change of scene from the grim tenements and back-to-back houses in which they lived , and the mills and factories in which they toiled .
12 This process was to gain momentum in the last three decades of the nineteenth century , reaching a peak in the years before the First World War .
13 Around 200 atmospheric and underground nuclear tests had been conducted by the French over the last three decades at its test sites on Fangataufa and Mururoa atolls , in the colonial territory of French Polynesia .
14 Italy , Russia , and Austria lagged further behind , their major period of industrialization being concentrated in the last three decades before the First World War .
15 Any suggestion of Italianism is stamped out by the steady march of the voices : Incidentally , one of Kittel 's Arien is a setting of the last three strophes of Opitz 's ‘ Nachtklag ’ , the first six of which had been set by Schütz as a madrigal , ‘ Itzt blicken durch des Himmels Saal ’ for five voices , two violins , and continuo .
16 I suggested that he might think of removing the last three syllables from his name , which he did by deed poll .
17 He is a stroke ahead of Ian Woosnam , who birdied two of the last three holes for a 71 .
18 Davis , after dropping three strokes on the last three holes in the third round , promptly dropped three more on the opening three holes of his final round .
19 The Searles , more than even Redgrave and Pinsent , became the heroes of millions of armchair TV viewers as they came from nowhere to win the coxed pairs in the last three strokes of the race .
20 More generally , the link between the last three sections of this book is Tolkien 's perception , from Pearl and from poems like it , that poetry does not reduce to plain sense ( so far most critics would agree with him ) , but furthermore that this is because words have over the centuries acquired meanings not easily traced in dictionaries , available however to many native speakers , and ( this is where many critics part company ) at times breaking through the immediate intentions of even poetic users .
21 He coached Fareham , then managed Gosport before arriving at Basingstoke for the last three games of last season .
22 He coached Fareham , then managed Gosport before arriving at Basingstoke for the last three games of last season .
23 Mardenborough , who has missed the last three games with a medial ligament injury , could be sidelined again after he pulled out of Wednesday 's reserve game at the last minute .
24 Confidence has risen markedly since the defeat at Elland Road ; the parts are falling neatly into place and some of their football in the last three games against Hull , Widnes and Featherstone has been exhilarating .
25 The last three questions in the section on women 's roles are connected with training .
26 This process looks effective , but the last three digits of the key are unchanged by the division .
27 The Filipinos , undaunted by these inevitable comparisons , tear into their set with a crazed gusto worthy of Peter O'Sullivan during the last three furlongs of the National .
28 The Filipinos , undaunted by these inevitable comparisons , tear into their set with a crazed gusto worthy of Peter O'Sullivan during the last three furlongs of the National .
29 Yet somehow , unaccountably , I find myself 16 behind needing the last three colours to even the match .
30 With 10 needed off the last three overs of the day , Waqar worked Salisbury to mid-wicket for three .
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