Example sentences of "the [det] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newcomer was ostentatiously dressed in robes slashed with yellow taffeta and bound by a gold cord very similar to one used by Benstede , although the latter had a row of knots in his to prevent it slipping down over the loops on his gown . |
| 2 | Mandeville and Santerre soon returned from the trees ; the latter had a crossbow in his hand , Bowyer 's corpse sprawled across the saddle bow . |
| 3 | The latter had a connection , in the 16th century , with a Dursley clothier . |
| 4 | I think that the two variants which struck the popular fancy in my little book were royalty and red hair — the former is always a safe card to play , and its combination with the latter had a touch of novelty … |
| 5 | The woods kept by the woodwards were as a general rule also subject to the authority of the king 's foresters ; if the latter discovered a Forest offence there which had not been reported by the woodward , the wood was seized and the woodward attached to answer for his default . |
| 6 | The latter declined a nomination by Landsbergis to the post of Deputy Chairman . |
| 7 | We have identified the ‘ core ’ skills which we feel are essential — these include communication skills assessed by history taking , obstetric and gynaecological examination ( the latter using a dummy ) . |
| 8 | James , Alice and Alfred hurried in guiltily a few minutes later , glaring at each other for being thrust into proximity , the former carrying bread and milk for dinner , and the latter clutching a treasure trove of samphire as a peace offering . |
| 9 | Belinda whispered to Judy as the latter prepared a syringe on the doctor 's order . |
| 10 | Tomlinson operates with a very narrow conception of ‘ economies of scale ’ , effectively restricting the notion to cover the technical advantages to be gained by scaling-up a given production process , but the arguments of Chandler , Channon and Williamson enable one to identify other important economic advantages of large-scale integrated enterprises : economies of efficient scheduling of internal transfers ; advantages of linking purchasing to production and production to marketing , the latter providing a feedback mechanism for changing the product-specification ; economies of ‘ horizontal ’ coordination of output plans and reduction of wasteful duplication ; economies of administration ; advantages of technology-transfer . |
| 11 | Yeoman profited from his connection with John Wyatt , however , when the latter invented a weighbridge for use in determining the tolls to be paid by vehicles using turnpike roads . |
| 12 | If the latter makes a search , the priority extends to cover the transfer , too , or the lease where there is a lease instead of a transfer ; but note that the converse is n't true , so the mortgagee must always search , and should n't rely on any search made by the borrower , who can properly rely on the search made by his or her mortgagee . |
| 13 | Also promised from Abbeville are two books on Californian art movements , Art of Light and Space by Jan Butterfield ( $65 ) and Arts and Crafts Movement in California , the latter to accompany a travelling exhibition originating at the Oakland Museum ( $55 ) . |
| 14 | However , the latter have a part to play from the period of nursery rhymes and finger and other basic-activity games . |
| 15 | The latter have a scope suitable to the question in hand . |
| 16 | ( One wonders how much the latter has a bearing on the former , notwithstanding the fact that Riley herself is adamant that being female has not been an issue in her career ) . |
| 17 | The latter has a lyric set round an argument which Bob not so much gives in to , but agrees to differ on … |
| 18 | The latter has a colour display . |
| 19 | The difference between a direct hot water cylinder and an indirect one is that the latter has a heat exchanger , often in the form of a coiled pipe , which takes the hot water from the boiler and passes its heat to the domestic hot water in the cylinder , the two never mixing . |
| 20 | Other allegations against the latter suggested a breach of a contractual duty of care , false representations and undue influence . |
| 21 | The difference between the BSc and the BEng is that the latter includes a module on Professional Issues , and is recognised by the Engineering Council as satisfying part of the requirements for achieving Chartered Engineer status . |
| 22 | The reason why reliance is more deserving of protection than expectations is that the former involves merely a resto-ration to the position once held , whereas the latter entails a transfer of wealth or the enrichment of one party at the expense of the other . |
| 23 | The latter covered a case where a tribunal is entitled to enter upon the inquiry but in the course of its investigation it does something which takes it outside of its powers and renders its decision a nullity . |
| 24 | The two relevant bases are January 1974 = 100.0 and January 1987 = 100.0 , the latter representing a rebasing from the 1974 RPI value of 394.5 . |
| 25 | The former uses a brand new casing while the latter retains the old full-height chassis but with a modernized front panel . |
| 26 | As the former had a habit of overflowing at times when carelessly topped up it was not long before the bridge deck , lower deck and surrounding fittings were stained a delicate shade of blue . |
| 27 | The former saw a move from Alexandra Palace to the BBC 's new studios at Lime Grove which were bigger , and equipped with the new generation of videotape machines . |
| 28 | The former includes a recognition of the conflict in schools between socialisation and the fostering of the autonomy of the individual , as well as the political and social assumptions and values implied in the curriculum . |
| 29 | ‘ Customer XYZ made the same comment a year ago . |
| 30 | Profits for the six months to August are expected to be down to £8 million compared with more than £9 million in the same spell a year ago . |