Example sentences of "to the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ask the Duke to do away with the Act , because it will turn the Atholl Highlanders into slaves , and if he will not , they will fight to the last drop of their blood . ’ |
| 2 | Previous issues from November 1990 to the last edition show that the major features have been on Gabby and Steffi , Zvereva and Martina and Monica , Capriati and Monica , Anke , Jana Novotna and Arantxa respectively , evidence of a fair and even representation of all women players by Tennis World . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's been my guardian spirit for years and it 's interesting to be forced to suppress all my own creativity in order to copy him slavishly to the last detail . |
| 4 | ‘ Deltic Mania ’ is not too strong a label to attach to the last full year of the locomotive flagships of the East Coast main line . |
| 5 | It was goodbye to the last vestiges of pre-war LMS and LNER designs , and even the slam-door concept that the Southern Railway bequeathed to its nationalised successor was displaced from many important commuter routes . |
| 6 | All lighting circuits are radial ones — that is one cable goes from the fuseway in the consumer unit to the first light position , and then on to the second , and so on to the last on the circuit . |
| 7 | If you are fitting several lights ( downlighters or eyeball spots , say ) , run this cable to the nearest fitting , and then run cable from this to the next nearest , and so on to the last . |
| 8 | Well , to hell with them , but I will say everything to the last word . ’ |
| 9 | This belongs to the last days of 1870 , more than a year after the murder in the park . |
| 10 | I dare say I damned him , for the whole grovelling imbecility of french court life from the death of Francois premier to the last fat slob that was guillotined . |
| 11 | And so to the last of the Sicilian references , 109/774 : |
| 12 | Mr Smith 's warning coincided with a call by Ken Livingstone , the Labour MP for Brent East , who said on London Weekend Television 's The Walden Interview : ‘ You can be miles ahead in the polls , but when you get to the last three weeks , people think , ‘ Can I afford a Labour government ? ’ |
| 13 | Its biggest benefactor is the property developer Godfrey Bradman , who is believed to have donated £250,000 to the last campaign , and has pledged £65,000 to the embryo Bill campaign . |
| 14 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 15 | She knew she had inherited something unique ; she did not know how to save it ; she found out ; and she did it , down to the last chair cover . |
| 16 | The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 . |
| 17 | On the doorstep his final words to the last guest to leave were , ‘ You must vote for me when next I apply for a Cambridge professorship ’ . |
| 18 | This is my pivot on which to turn to the last , and I think most important category of what you call the breakdown of law and order , because it leads us to concentrate our attention not on the silent majority but on another point in society . |
| 19 | One time we went to The Last Resort in Fulham Road . |
| 20 | Just as he got to the last one I said , by the way , I had one of those . |
| 21 | That everything they ever went into was planned by you , down to the last detail , ’ Mona was emboldened to add . |
| 22 | Please do n't leave them to the last minute . |
| 23 | Please do n't leave them to the last minute . |
| 24 | Please do n't leave them to the last minute . |
| 25 | Please do n't leave them to the last minute . |
| 26 | Please do n't leave them to the last minute . |
| 27 | The film companies , however , were pledged to fight the new medium to the last ditch . |
| 28 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 29 | THE Littlewoods Cup holders returned to the last eight of the competition last night in unusual and , Everton would claim , unjust circumstances . |
| 30 | THE Littlewoods Cup holders returned to the last eight of the competition last night in unusual and , Everton would claim , unjust circumstances . |