Example sentences of "be [art] [num ord] resort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tapes are the last resort because they are the least effective way of attracting attention . |
| 2 | The police and the courts should be the last resort for handling football indiscipline and we are reaching the stage where they are becoming the first . |
| 3 | Petitioning for bankruptcy tends to be the last resort , but even the threat of petitioning can prove most effective . |
| 4 | The research evidence suggests that support from one 's family should be the last resort and not the first , and that even then it must be handled carefully to ensure that each party retains a proper independence of the other . |
| 5 | There was no reason to limit cautions to one , prosecution should be the last resort . |
| 6 | The committee chairman , Councillor Pat Fawcett , said eviction would be the last resort as it showed failure . |
| 7 | ‘ The brutal truth , however , is that some youngsters are so out of control they have to be detained , but that should be the last resort . ’ |
| 8 | And the crunch comes next month when the company has to face the possibility of closing down or selling off the whole business — although this will be a last resort and an acquisition or joint venture may be more likely . |
| 9 | This should be a last resort however , as legal action may be costly and , more importantly , time-consuming , particularly if the case is contested . |
| 10 | The leaders had their work cut out keeping the group together , and one or both had to remain at the back to motivate the slower ones — the most effective method seemed to be carrying their kit , though this tended to be a last resort . |
| 11 | If such a problem does arise there is naturally a heavy onus on the company to rectify the adverse conditions , and dismissal for sickness absence should only be a last resort . |
| 12 | I know in the recession of lot of parents have been forced to do just that , but it was always going to be a last resort and thankfully this winter 's tour means they can stay on where they are . |
| 13 | This , however , should only be a last resort . |
| 14 | However , using any form of medication should be a last resort and it is only in the last four or five years that I have used herbal remedies ( for eighteen years before that I used no treatments ) as a lot of minor problems will heal themselves , provided that the tank is healthy and the water quality is good . |
| 15 | It should be a last resort and its potential degrading and depersonalising effects should be recognised . |
| 16 | If you do not keep up payments , the loan company can make you sell your home , although this could be a last resort , as selling the plane ought to clear most of the loan . |
| 17 | War was only to be a last resort . |
| 18 | It must be a last resort in the sense that all else must first have been comprehensively considered and rejected — never because no other placement was available at the relevant time , because of inadequacies in staffing , because the child is simply being a nuisance or runs away from his accommodation and is not likely to suffer significant harm in doing so , and never as a form of punishment . |
| 19 | The defence in section 24(3) may therefore be a last resort . |
| 20 | ‘ It would be a last resort but one I 'll have to take if I ca n't trace him soon . ’ |
| 21 | The cloth was linen , for Mrs Maugham held that plastic table cloths were the last resort of the working classes , and had said so often and at length ; but it was adorned with place mats of plastic . |
| 22 | Bribery and corruption were a last resort . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I would be a very unwilling seller , that is the last resort as far as I am concerned . ’ |
| 24 | To hard-nosed sceptics among the scholars , researchers and professionals , such language is empty of meaning , or cloaks a sinister political ideology , or is the last resort of those denied success and promotion in their own discipline — or sometimes all three . |
| 25 | The farm , it has been said , is the last resort of magic . |
| 26 | Such abuse is the last resort of the political illiterate . |
| 27 | And yet , when you 've tried all the rest , it comes down to this , and it makes you feel better anyway , but it 's the last resort |
| 28 | It 's a last resort but then again we might not need it but if we do |
| 29 | He says that it 's a last resort … to protect other patients and staff . |
| 30 | Sometimes it 's a last resort . |