Example sentences of "the latter have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Despite his humbling defeat for the governorship of California in 1962 , the latter had made a remarkable comeback . |
| 2 | Eventually he sent it to Baldwin immediately after the latter had received a further damaging and depressing blow . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the government filed a law suit against the Westinghouse Corporation claiming that the latter had built a defective 620-MW generating plant in Bataan after having first offered commission to the previous government in order to win the contract . |
| 4 | Bolivian President Jaime Paz Zamora reported that during his May meeting in Washington with US President George Bush the latter had shown a serious attitude to the drug problem ( the US government having agreed almost to double Bolivia 's anti-drug aid , to $33,000,000 ) . |
| 5 | The latter have shown a conservative judiciary interpreting legislation and developing the common law in ways which government and Parliament sought to reverse . |
| 6 | However , as it was formerly part of the University and wished to revert to that status , the former has merged with University College , Cardiff — with the exception of its Social Work courses and its Higher National Diploma in Institutional Management which have been transferred to the South Glamorgan Institute — and the latter has remained a separate institution . |
| 7 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |