Example sentences of "be the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | That theirs would be the last , the true one , and after that there would be no need for more ? |
| 2 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 3 | She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time . |
| 4 | Needless to say , this is not going to be the last word in the debate between the constructivists and the nativists . |
| 5 | I no longer cared about seeing the film , though it was to be the last with my great hero Sean Connery . |
| 6 | He said this summer that as he gradually wound down his involvement in sport , Henley would be the last thing he would give up . |
| 7 | So as yesterday 's half-year figures could be the last Tootal releases as an independent company , it is no surprise it worked hard to make them look good . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ If they get away with this one it wo n't be the last . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Next year could be the last conference before an election , and we do n't want another debacle , ’ he said . |
| 10 | What appeared to be the last rites were then administered by Kevin McDonald , whoise storming try was converted by Pugh , but with three minutes to go Moon , not to be eclipsed , cut loose for his third try and Watkins landed the match-winning conversion from far out on the left . |
| 11 | The word here — many talk but few are willing to be quoted — is that Nelson Mandela will be the last to go , and that he is working closely with the government in arranging a timetable for the releases . |
| 12 | He added that the measures announced yesterday would be the last change to the Government 's poll tax plans . |
| 13 | The reunion is held every two years and although this year 's was intended to be the last , organiser John Gray of Plymouth , said : ‘ Every time I say I 'm not going to do it again , they twist my arm to plan another . ’ |
| 14 | I should be the last to imply that a Member of Parliament ought to subordinate his judgement of what is wise or right to even the most overwhelming majority of opinion . |
| 15 | The 1979 Conservative election manifesto claimed : ‘ The balance of our society has been increasingly tilted in favour of the state at the expense of individual freedom … this election may be the last chance we have to reverse that process . ’ |
| 16 | In a foreword to the 1979 Conservative election manifesto , Mrs Thatcher suggested that the election might be the last chance voters had to reverse the extension of state power at the expense of the individual . |
| 17 | There was only one peg that was ice-free and I predicted that if anything was caught at all that peg would be the last to produce . |
| 18 | I haul my kayak up with what seems to be the last of my strength . |
| 19 | What 's more , this car will certainly not be the last hot road car development to roll out of the factory . |
| 20 | ‘ It will be the last time . |
| 21 | ‘ This must be the last place on earth where his words are public — except Albania . ’ |
| 22 | Typical is Arthur Seton in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1960 ) , described by the film 's director Karel Reisz , as ‘ a sad person , terribly limited in his sensibilities , narrow in his ambitions and a bloody fool into the bargain ’ who ends up throwing a stone towards the housing estate that is his final destination , declaring with more bravado than honesty , ‘ It wo n't be the last one I 'll throw . ’ |
| 23 | The recruitment of 40 top staff from Indian companies , including some from Bangalore-based Wipro Information Systems , proved to be the last straw . |
| 24 | The film was made in 1987 and turned out to be the last chance for outsiders to trace the old route to China before Burma 's political blow-up of 1988 . |
| 25 | The new jet , which will be ready for launch in 1995 to compete head-on with the European Airbus A330 , where British Aerospace has a 20 per cent stake , and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 trijet , will be the last major new passenger jet to be launched this century . |
| 26 | Could it be the last ? . |
| 27 | It is a fair bet that the Panama episode will not be the last time that the US will intervene militarily in the region , given the pattern of repeated American meddling in its ‘ backyard ’ . |
| 28 | MR NORMAN Fowler , the Employment Secretary , indicated that the Employment Bill published yesterday , which ends the closed shop , would be the last piece of trade union legislation in the present Parliament . |
| 29 | Promoters World Wide Productions said it was likely to be the last party of its kind before new legislation comes into effect . |
| 30 | Mr Hartley fears cutting the concession could be the last straw for some 80 farmers who keep 75,000 Herdwicks in the Lake District . |