Example sentences of "[art] last [noun sg] of [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last couple of decades the scale and pace of agricultural developments , and the enormous impact they are having on the nature conservation value of the uplands , has become increasingly obvious . |
| 2 | In the last couple of decades the process has been extended to parts of the uplands . |
| 3 | For the last couple of months the Moor has had problems with a split tail and fins . |
| 4 | In the last couple of years the number of connections for fax terminals alone has doubled , and is now around a million — and that 's just in the UK . |
| 5 | In the last couple of years the pace of his advance had quickened . |
| 6 | And send yow thaccomplisshement of your hy noble Joyous and vertuous desirs Amen : Fynsshid the last day of merche the yer of our lord god . |
| 7 | On the last day of term the school assembled in the large upstairs room which had the screens pulled back for the occasion . |
| 8 | Over the last number of years the way unemployment figures have been measured has been altered 31 times creating an entirely distorted picture . |
| 9 | — Comes from the last syllable of barracões the Portuguese word for buildings constructed for holding slaves before they were sold . |
| 10 | By the last week of April the task force was nearing the Falklands . |
| 11 | In the last week of September the newspapers were full of reports of the recent battle and rumours of his current whereabouts , but none of the patrols sent in search of him managed to find him until , on 1 October 1779 , the Morning Post commented despairingly : ‘ Paul Jones resembles a Jack o ’ Lantern , to mislead our mariners and terrify our coasts . |
| 12 | Huddersfield won the Charity Shield , beating the new champions Liverpool at Old Trafford , and in the last week of May the team left for a tour of Denmark . |
| 13 | By the last week of August the mortal sickness in the wards had become so general that he could no longer hope to pray individually with the dying . |
| 14 | During the last week of August the Soviet Union for the first time allowed parties of Japanese to visit family graves on the island of Etorofu , the largest and militarily the most sensitive of the Northern Territories ( the Soviet Union was believed to have a division of ground troops and a squadron of MiG-23 fighter aircraft based there ) . |
| 15 | Finish the last packet of cigarettes the night before and not dash out to the off-license or garage before going to bed in order to stock up . |