Example sentences of "is the last [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When you have changed everything , you will have to return to where you started : to freedom , to that true freedom which wants neither taxes nor regulations nor measures to develop agriculture : to that marvellous laissez-faire which is the last word of political economy
2 With its 700-feet-long façade and 600-feet-long porte cochère , it is the last word in grandiose monumentalism .
3 Now it may be a six hour drive from the Central Belt and a short one hour Loganair flight from Edinburgh but as you 'll see Katie 's destination is the last word in luxury .
4 Sandy Lyle at the new club which is the last word in luxury golfing .
5 Then he said quietly , ‘ Andernesse is the Last Land of Other world .
6 Gottlieben is the last stop before Konstanz .
7 A lovely path goes up alongside amongst trees and in a few minutes leads to the open corrie and an impressive mountain scene : directly ahead is Beinn Dearg , the high mass on the left is Beinn Alligin and on the right is the last satellite of the Liathach range .
8 This is the last day of Week 1 .
9 Can you believe it — this is the last day of the Inch Loss Plan .
10 Er sir to that extent it is the last day of the enquiry .
11 If it fails to do so , in the case of a company incorporated before April 1990 , the reference date is 31st March and in the case of a company incorporated thereafter , it is the last day of the month in which it was incorporated .
12 Just six weeks till the end of term because I 've got my books for six weeks and they 've used , date stamped in them is the last day of term ca n't be bad can it ?
13 Hello folks , Today is the last day for entering a fantasy team .
14 I hope , I imagine I should say perhaps , that this is the last day on which the County Council will be represented formally at the enquiry .
15 Serbia is the last government in Yugoslavia to face EC trade restrictions , which prevent its products from receiving the privileged access enjoyed by other republics .
16 Apparently , this is the last hope for him .
17 Spain is the last country of discrimination ; long may she retain this priceless gift . ’
18 It is the last part of the rationalisation that took place after the merger of Beecham and SmithKline Beckman in 1989 .
19 The central interest , though , is the last part of the story , the origins of modern humans and the subsequent diversification into geographically variable populations .
20 In varying degrees they reveal the new classical feeling , but formally their work , which includes some of the loveliest vase-painting , is the last flower of the archaic tradition .
21 Yeah , the snag is the last couple of weeks , someone 's has
22 That 's why its discovery is the last goal for the time being of particle physics .
23 For Ness is the last bastion of Free Presbyterian fundamentalism and the miles of wall to wall crofthouses that line the single main road today have a palisade quality .
24 It is the last bastion against all these evils , and will remain so as long as it keeps acquiring books it does not have when they are found and brought to it .
25 This is the last bond to be actively redeemed until 1957 when a minor flurry of interest in activating redemption might have been responsible for some bond buying-in activity , although the Club waited until 1983 for the total buying-in to take place .
26 Keld is the last outpost of civilisation in Swaledale , secluded in a hollow of the hills ; it is an oasis of cultivated fields enclosed by stone walls , each with its barn , in a surround of barren and inhospitable moorlands .
27 Wilkerson began to speak : ‘ This is the last night of our city-wide youth crusade .
28 As she prepared to say goodbye to her private life , he told her : ‘ I just want you to know that this is the last night of freedom in your life so make the most of it . ’
29 Immediately the whole stage is lit up , revealing , upstage , arranged in the approximate positions last held by the dead TRAGEDIANS , the tableau of court and corpses which is the last scene of Hamlet .
30 According to Dr Graham Rotheray , curator of insects at the National Museums of Scotland , Scotland is the last enclave of once widespread British species .
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