Sentence examples for the last transit from inspiring English sources
That remains true today, as it was with the last transit, in 2004.
It won't do so again until 2117, making this the last transit of Venus for nearly everyone alive today.
On June 8 , 2012 the last transit of Venus (when the planet passes between the earth and the sun) will occur in our lifetime.
The last transit occurred in 2004, and almost no one alive today will be around for the next one, 105 years from now, on Dec. 11, 2117.
A1 The nature of office work has changed in New York since the last transit strike, in 1980, when not going to the office meant not working.
Technology has advanced so rapidly since the last Transit, in 2004, when Twitter, Facebook and other new media were just beginning.
A solar transit of Venus is an extremely rare event, and the last solar transit of the planet before 2004 was in 1882.
New York's was one of the last major transit systems to adopt an electronic fare system, and it is hard now to remember that just six years ago, transit officials were still complaining about how reluctant New Yorkers were to use the MetroCard.
These were the last wooden transit coaches operating in North America.
This was the situation in 1994 and 1995, the last time transit fares were raised, to $1.50 from $1.25.
In 1980, the last time transit workers went on strike, Edward I. Koch cheered the New Yorkers who trekked across the Brooklyn Bridge into Lower Manhattan.
