Example sentences of "the [det] [was/were] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter were organised by the Habsburgs into graničari ( frontiersmen ) , who were given special privileges in return for military duties . |
| 2 | His company moved into the marine and international wireless market , though progress in the latter was hampered by the already well-established submarine-cable companies . |
| 3 | The latter was served by the pursuit of health through drinking or bathing in natural mineral waters at inland spas . |
| 4 | Hence , when the latter was implemented by the 1989 Act , Part VII of the Act and the related Schedules needed copious revision and the opportunity was seized to undertake a major re-arrangement of the Schedules . |
| 5 | The latter was chosen by the president but could be removed by a parliamentary vote of censure ( thus confirming the republican principle of executive accountability to the legislature ) . |
| 6 | The latter was reported by the Sudanese News Agency ( SUNA ) to have gone to London the previous week for medical treatment . |
| 7 | The former was alleged by the press to have enriched himself substantially during the PSOE 's term of office by using the influence of his brother to buy property and obtain loans , and to have run a private business from a government office in Seville . |
| 8 | The same was noticed by the senior civil servants themselves , who , almost without exception , had a high regard for the former assistant principal in the Ministry of Civil Aviation . |