Example sentences of "[conj] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prognathous condition often involves an inclination of the occipital foramen or the latter may retain its transverse position owing to an elongation of the ventral region of the head . |
| 2 | The multiple orgasm in the woman and rapid recovery of erection after ejaculation in the man were " discovered " by popular writers a few years ago and plugged relentlessly ; yet in the woman one violent orgasm may outweigh several minor ones or the latter may not even be invariably desired , while in the man a rapid re-erection is often physically impossible ( in the more virile youngster it usually takes half to three-quarters of an hour , in the older man anything up to 24 , but there is wide variation between individuals and in differently stimulating situations ) . |
| 3 | He remembers sitting on a hard seat , among a hundred other candidates in a large , impressively ancient room , scribbling a General Essay paper for three hours on EITHER Political Necessity OR ‘ Enrichissez-vous ! ’ not at all sure what the examiners would be looking for in the answers — their ideas or his ideas , or the former subtly disguised as the latter , or the latter masquerading as the former . |
| 4 | Majd al-Din Muhammad ( Molla Musannifek ) , or the latter 's death date , which is given as 875/1470–1 , must be treated with caution . |
| 5 | If judicial divisions and controversial judgments are in any case inevitable , the pragmatist asks , why should the controversy not be about what really matters , about which decision will produce the least inefficient practice or the fewest occasions of injustice in the future ? |
| 6 | So we might say my friend Ellen Blair , or the former chairman Ellen Blair , or a nurse in the ward called Ellen Blair , giving , in some sense , ‘ credentials ’ for her existence and for her relationship to the speaker who is responsible for introducing her into the conversation . |
| 7 | He remembers sitting on a hard seat , among a hundred other candidates in a large , impressively ancient room , scribbling a General Essay paper for three hours on EITHER Political Necessity OR ‘ Enrichissez-vous ! ’ not at all sure what the examiners would be looking for in the answers — their ideas or his ideas , or the former subtly disguised as the latter , or the latter masquerading as the former . |
| 8 | Constitutionally Britain is a unitary state — not a federation like the United States or the former West Germany , where separate geographical units have reserved powers and can act independently within constitutional limits . |
| 9 | Those connected with the former State Security or the former Communist Party would no longer be needed , he said . |
| 10 | During the First World War a box of matches cost 1d and a matchbox grip 4d : a price just substantial enough to warrant a ‘ Thank you ’ when given free to a pub or grocer 's store customer , and just substantial enough to make money for a stationer or the many charities which sold them . |
| 11 | Or the many awful questions beginning : ‘ Did you ever read … . ’ |
| 12 | Clearly these transects are not comprehensive and omit the distinctive nature of mountainous Barra or the sandstone based Eye Peninsula near Stornoway or the many small uninhabited islands , but these transects highlight the distinction between the low Atlantic coastlands with machair-land and crofting settlement on the west , and the areas of empty mountains and the extensive peat-covered plateaux of the east and most of the interior regions . |
| 13 | One day we may meet that villain , or the many like him , and have to fight for our very lives . |
| 14 | Democracy meant rule by the people or the many ; but because the many were also poor , it was often taken to mean rule by the poor , or by the rabble . |
| 15 | Whether enforcement agents are concerned with air or water' pollution control , consumer protection , health and safety at work , housing , discrimination , wage and price control , or the many other areas of social and economic life now considered to be the law 's business , writers have observed a style of enforcement which seems to be predominantly conciliatory . |
| 16 | Efficiency could be measured in terms of speed of performance , the least amount of storage required or the least number of program lines . |
| 17 | SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES — OR THE ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL WAY TO RUIN TWO GREAT INSTITUTIONS |
| 18 | 142 ( 2 ) The obligation under a condition or of a covenant entered into by a lessor with reference to the subject-matter of the lease shall , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the reversionary estate immediately expectant on the term granted by the lease , be annexed and incident to and shall go with that reversionary estate , or the several parts thereof , notwithstanding severance of that reversionary estate , and may be taken advantage of and enforced by the person in whom the term is from time to time vested by conveyance , devolution in law , or otherwise ; and , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the person from time to time entitled to that reversionary estate , the obligation aforesaid may be taken advantage of and enforced against any person so entitled . |
| 19 | And she notes that the same remark , or the same sentences , can be found in Amis 's novel . |
| 20 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 21 | You might see brightly coloured clothes or long hair but at least you do n't see the same shoes , the same jeans or the same jackets by the same designer . |
| 22 | A diet that involves uncommon foods or drinks , or the same things repeated over and over again , is not a basis for long-term success . |
| 23 | Horses of the same family or the same breed are more likely to be empathic , and so to get on together the best . |
| 24 | In the 5th edition §246 footnote he advocates that ‘ … a single dose of a well selected homœopathic medicine should always be allowed first to fully extend its action before a new medicine is given or the same one repeated . ’ |
| 25 | Sexual acts outside marriage are wrong , whether between those of opposite or the same sex . |
| 26 | Matching objects one — to — one is a technique for checking whether one set has more or fewer objects than another , or the same amount . |
| 27 | We generally rehearse either the day before or the same day , so it 's all very fresh . ’ |
| 28 | It was formed by altering the topographical aspect of the land immediately north of the River Welland and the running figure of the Bull from east to west across the town is reminiscent of a Cretan bull cult fresco at the Palace of Minos at Knossos or the same period . |
| 29 | I had no idea whether anyone else felt as I did , suffered the same pre-menstrual depression or the same cramping pains . |
| 30 | This is suitable for a full needle rib band as in the diagram or the same method can be used on a tubular band . |