1.   As the crisis deepened, Bridges was in his last weeks as Permanent Secretary to the Treasury.

2.   At issue is the telecom bill, passed by Congress overwhelmingly last week.

3.   Because Britain has been covered, during the last few weeks, with record levels of toxic and other dangerous substances.

4.   Between that moment and his last column Tuesday, McCarthy has affected many a life, as I heard frequently last week.

5.   But expectations seemed to diminish day by day over the last week.

6.   During the last week, landscape gardeners had begun a massive clearance of the overgrown grounds.

7.   For the last weeks of his curacy he left the lodgings and hired a room in a small hotel up Mount Pleasant.

8.   Half-term is the last week in October.

9.   History will likely dismiss the shrill cries of the last few weeks and remember Dole as a steady voice of moderation.

10.   I know the mayor really well.