Sentence examples for by a last from inspiring English sources

His trip to Malta became dominated by a last minute decision to meet in private with victims of clerical abuse.

Dixon, purged by the police-station flames, and moved by a last letter from Willoughby urging him to draw on "love" — would anyone have ever written this?

At Wembley, Pearce's future was road tested in a meaningless friendly against Holland, in which England were beaten 3-2 by a last minute goal.

In this view, the modern domains of life were preceded by a last common ancestor or "progenote" that had already invented translation (hence the uniformity of the genetic code) and that was metabolically complex.

This week he was saved from deportation by a last ditch appeal.

President Medvedev arrived a few minutes late and explained that he had been held up by a last minute message from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Polymerase chain reaction was performed with the following profile: 60 s at 95°C, 60 s at 60°C and 90 s at 72°C for 30 cycles, followed by a last 10 min extension at 72°C.

The team's epic collapse in 2011 was followed by a last-place finish last season.

In Britain a rail strike it would have been the first since 1994 was averted this month by a last-minute court ruling.

The MFI furniture chain was saved from bankruptcy last night by a last-minute management buyout - funded by the private equity group that owned the business.

Last Saturday, caught by a last-minute change of plans, we wound up bringing our kids to what I knew would be an adults-only party.