Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the latter " in BNC.
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| 1 | To celebrate this , OUP has found 1,000 new phrasal verbs from somewhere for the latter publication to take the tally to 11,000 entries . |
| 2 | For this reason they are not so popular with knitters who have standard gauge machines and they do n't seem to have caught on for chunky machines , possibly because they are too thick for the former and not thick enough for the latter . |
| 3 | They coincided with Mrs Yaxlee 's own ideas closely enough for the latter to trust her to do the shopping while at the same time failing to include her in the invitation which she so palpably wanted . |
| 4 | Mr. J.S. Southworth , a Governor and Old Stopfordian , and for many years the School 's representative on the Stockport Education Committee , filled the breach during the Bursar 's illness , and continued to do so after the latter 's untimely death on 28th October . |
| 5 | Despite the scientific evidence to prove the point , it does seem that the ratio of ‘ real ’ books to non-books , masquerading behind soft or hard covers , is tipping alarmingly towards the latter . |
| 6 | Identifying references to qualities can be made only via the latter 's exemplifying instances and the thesis that what actually exists can be described simply in terms of qualities and relations between qualities , can not be consistently defended . |
| 7 | There on either side of the River Leam , lie the wonderfully pre-served sites of the deserted villages of Braunstonbury and Wolfhamcote both apparently finally abandoned in the sixteenth century , together with the latter 's tiny church . |
| 8 | Thucydides ' praise of Archelaos , written not long before the latter 's death in 399 , tells how he built forts and straight roads , and reorganized the army , both infantry and cavalry arms , doing more for it than all his eight predecessors put together . |
| 9 | The unit would supervise research contracts in academia and industry — but especially in the latter , thus breaking important new ground in the way Britain conducts its R&D . |
| 10 | Reduction or special modification of certain segments is evident at the anterior and posterior ends of the abdomen , more especially in the latter region , and this specialization increases from the lower to the higher orders . |
| 11 | These may not account for many university graduates ( although relatively more in Scotland ) , but they are rather more important in the polytechnics and colleges , especially in the latter where such multi-subject combined or general degrees are quite common ( outside Scotland ) . |
| 12 | The large numbers of new aircraft entering service made it obvious that ‘ on-squadron ’ conversion would have to give way to a proper Operational Conversion Unit ( OCU ) and so in the latter part of 1951 , 231 OCU was formed at RAF Bassingbourn , a place that became with the Canberra . |
| 13 | People speak to house plants , so in the latter case they could speak to money as well , which would make a change from money talking . |
| 14 | Only in the latter half of the last century did these ideas begin to emerge and it was recognized that embryos developed by epigenesis . |
| 15 | Thus the thickest potential net pay can be expected to be developed only in the latter situation ( see Figs. 25 and 26 ) . |
| 16 | Only in the latter days of the town 's life as a centre of county magnificence were any real attempts made to establish an overall urban form and both resulted in failure , at least as financial ventures . |
| 17 | However , Harriman and Buxton ( 1979 ) presented semantically anomalous sentences spoken either in a monotone or with appropriate intonation , and obtained a REA only in the latter condition . |
| 18 | Thereafter they practised together until the latter 's death in 1852 , and it is not always possible to distinguish the work of one from that of the other . |
| 19 | Yes , Jack had certainly cracked in the pro-am , and had been given a sharp reprimand by the tournament director , Oliver Moreton , no doubt much to the latter 's enjoyment . |
| 20 | However , as they are waiting , Sammy 's estranged brother , Lenny Dodds ( John Kay Steel ) , a rich , sensitive television arts executive from London , appears in a bid to reconcile his relationship with his elusive and hostile brother , much to the latter 's chagrin . |
| 21 | NOVEL-READING OF THIS SORT IS ESPECIALLY INJURIOUS TO THE GROWTH OF THE IMAGINATION , THE JUDGEMENT , AND THE MORALS , ESPECIALLY TO THE LATTER , BECAUSE IT EXCITES MERE FEELINGS WITHOUT AT THE SAME TIME MINISTERING AN IMPULSE TO ACTION . |
| 22 | Such an amendment would permit claims where the employee 's invention falls short of revolutionising the employer 's position but nonetheless contributes greatly to the latter 's economic well-being . |
| 23 | The accommodationist states were inhibited by the rejectionist ones and were not strong enough militarily without the latter to be credible . |
| 24 | Crucial to the conviction was evidence from Pederick , who had , at his own trial , admitted planting the bomb and further claimed at Anderson 's trial that he had done so on the latter 's instructions . |
| 25 | Arangio-Ruiz , who replaced Riphagen as Rapporteur at the 39th session of the International Law Commission , has proposed that the Commission examine separately the consequences of an international delict and an international crime , since certain consequences apply only to the latter . |
| 26 | This study looks only at the latter two groups . |
| 27 | Only at the latter was agreement reached that West Germany would pay DM12,000 million ( approximately US$7,600 million ) over four years towards the upkeep of Soviet forces in East Germany , their withdrawal by Dec. 31 , 1994 , the building of housing for returning Soviet soldiers , and their retraining . |
| 28 | In 1921 , for example , we find the police warning against setting up a ‘ continental system of domestic espionage ’ in Britain ( p. 6 ) Even SIS , which had designs on MI5 in 1945 , shied away from the latter 's counter-subversive functions , so as not to be ‘ associated with the idea of an internal Gestapo , ( p. 177 ) No wonder governments are nervous of too much openness in this area . |
| 29 | But it can also be recognised more widely in the Romantic movement which began with Rousseau , and was the predominant influence in literature and culture generally from the latter part of the eighteenth century and well into the nineteenth . |
| 30 | De Beauvoir 's adopted daughter Sylvie le Bon also features largely in the latter chapters , and their friendship is portrayed as mutually supportive and stimulating — notably different from de Beauvoir 's previous relationships with women . |