Below you will find example sentences with "last resort". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Last Resort in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: resort
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "last resort" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as as a last resort, antibiotics of last resort for use, policy, must and children stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with last traded, last year, last season, ski resort, beach resort and island resort, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with last resort
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
According to him, raising prices should be considered as a last resort. (12 words)
Angela was recently seen in 90 Day: The Last Resort with several other popular couples. (15 words)
If they’re here to wipe us out, then it must be the last resort. (15 words)
There is already in lines 39 to 41 an adequate policy statement, building on what was agreed last year, that Revoke should be a last resort if there is no time left to avoid leaving without a negotiated Withdrawal Agreement. (40 words)
Lender of last resort In the United States, the Federal Reserve serves as the lender of last resort to those institutions that cannot obtain credit elsewhere and the collapse of which would have serious implications for the economy. (38 words)
He told MPs: “The law itself says this doesn’t have to be last resort, which means that a person could genuinely lack access to disability services, to outpatient psychiatric treatment, which is common in Canada. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Use as a last resort: Consider taking out a payday loan only as a last resort, after exploring other financial options.
Lender of last resort In the United States, the Federal Reserve serves as the lender of last resort to those institutions that cannot obtain credit elsewhere and the collapse of which would have serious implications for the economy.
This may be one obvious reason why patients may prefer to access Korle-Bu as a first port of call or resort rather than a last resort or a referral center.
Despite Glushankov's efforts to resign, AMP terminated his practice in August last year, 15 days after the Buyer of Last Resort policy was changed.
For most of the last seven years, The Oasis has been a last resort for individuals and families on the edge of being homeless, hotel residents like Pinkston say.
There is already in lines 39 to 41 an adequate policy statement, building on what was agreed last year, that Revoke should be a last resort if there is no time left to avoid leaving without a negotiated Withdrawal Agreement.
And in the last two years, the Nigerian Army has proved its mettle as the last resort in quelling budding or entrenched acts of armed insurrection in different parts of the country.
According to him, raising prices should be considered as a last resort.
Angela was recently seen in 90 Day: The Last Resort with several other popular couples.
Gen. Wayne Eyre, the chief of the defence staff, has said the federal government needs to call in the troops less often and return to the practice of making them a last resort.
He joined the League of Villains as a last resort, unable to find professional or personal support and guidance to deal with his Quirk and the mental strain it inflicts on him.
He told MPs: “The law itself says this doesn’t have to be last resort, which means that a person could genuinely lack access to disability services, to outpatient psychiatric treatment, which is common in Canada.
However, the condom must have failed because I unexpectedly discovered I was pregnant (after taking a test as a last resort because I was so food-sensitive and nauseated).
If they’re here to wipe us out, then it must be the last resort.
Imposing direct restrictions on vehicle travel – such as rotating between odd-number licence plates and even-number plates throughout the week – should be “a measure of last resort,” he said.
In Canada, incarceration of children is considered a last resort, whereas Israel’s military court system considers prison sentences the default sanction to punish Palestinian children.
Iryna Pona, head of policy at The Children’s Society said: “Exclusion must be a measure of last resort.
It is one of the few remaining antibiotics of last resort for use against infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria.
It's said that Scarface himself admired the Welshman for using his gun only as a last resort.
It's used as a drug of last resort to treat certain bacterial infection because it can be toxic, Mahan said.