Example sentences of "is the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would be a very unwilling seller , that is the last resort as far as I am concerned . ’ |
| 2 | With either system , the easiest place to add is the last light in the circuit , which is often the hall or landing light . |
| 3 | This theorizing is the last thing of all to arrive . |
| 4 | The clue to what he meant is the last sentence from Lewis : ‘ The lines and masses of a statue are its soul ’ . |
| 5 | This is the last thing President Mikhail Gorbachev needs , as he tries to contain a staggering economic crisis . |
| 6 | Zenith is the last US-owned TV manufacturer in a market dominated by Japan . |
| 7 | It added : ‘ This university is the last island of democracy in this country , ’ and said that during Ian Smith 's time as Prime Minister , students had the right to hold meetings on the campus without prior official approval . |
| 8 | The conversation which follows is the last in the book , and the weakest , too , a stagey means of imparting some crucial news for Bellow to fulminate against all that is rotten and cynical in American youth . |
| 9 | They might have mislaid the formula for operating over five days — December 1986 is the last time England beat anyone of any consequence when asked to bat and bowl for longer than 55 overs — but there is no getting away from their ability to play the negative stuff as well as anyone else . |
| 10 | APT is the last building block in a set of systems — blessed with the contrived name LIFFEforce — which will allow exchange members and their clients fast and competitive access to the markets , enabling them to track and record their positions and settle them on the same day . |
| 11 | The CFTC says that this latest offer is the last . |
| 12 | Mrs Thatcher and Mr Lawson tell us that government policy is the last of these : Britain will become a full member of the EMS when France and Italy abolish exchange controls and when our inflation rate is similar to that of other EMS members . |
| 13 | ( d ) The croft is the last remnant of the settlement of Suishnish . |
| 14 | That is the last recourse to which any politician comes . |
| 15 | Our ride with Stig is the last ride we make . |
| 16 | It is the last bit of that sentence which contains the punch . |
| 17 | This is the last main chapter in the story of this country 's empire . |
| 18 | The Post Office is the last state-owned business still controlled by the Department of Industry . |
| 19 | Practice might improve things , but with this weight of negative experience , practice is the last thing they want . |
| 20 | The ‘ misery line ’ as it is called-stations from Kennington to Morden dim and cheerless dungeons , trains cancelled with appalling regularity ( there 's a shortage of drivers on the Northern Line , because it is the last to embrace OPO-one person operation-and so the pay is lower than on other lines ) . |
| 21 | In this case , attention is the last thing I really need . |
| 22 | The directive , which follows a similar directive on non-life insurance published in draft a few months ago , is the last big element in its push to open financial markets that are still highly protected . |
| 23 | At the age of 75 , he is the last of the four leaders of the original military junta , the last to talk still of the high crusade against communism . |
| 24 | Not all , exactly : getting old is the last display for the bread-and-circuses culture . |
| 25 | ‘ This is the last straw . ’ |
| 26 | Spain is the last country of discrimination ; long may she retain this priceless gift . ’ |
| 27 | You could even argue that the trailer is the last remnant of a ‘ pure ’ cinema . |
| 28 | It is the last leg of an interview marathon which began this summer , when Cooltempo , anticipating an earlier release for the record , flew a plane-load of Britain 's music press out to meet her in New York . |
| 29 | Run by a family enterprise , the business is the last full-scale lavender farm in England . |
| 30 | August is the last month you can apply weed and feed treatments to the lawn . |