Example sentences of "[art] [det] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But early last year , when all three of the latter fell out of the running , Grachev 's way to the defence ministry was unopposed .
2 The latter lived up to their name with gusto by getting helplessly drunk , being in a celebratory mood because they 'd signed their lucrative CBS contract that very afternoon .
3 The latter came in to the same platform and so two trains were in the same section , in conflict with Rule B.
4 In 1248 Peter was in Simon 's retinue when the latter went out to Gascony as seneschal and thereafter there are numerous instances of the close connection between the two men .
5 One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains .
6 The latter arose out of the interest during the Enlightenment in a ‘ science of man ’ , which would explain , scientifically , all aspects of human nature .
7 It takes longer to saturate large rods with deuterium than to saturate the smaller ones ; the latter took up to a fortnight and they estimated that the largest rods could take up to a year .
8 The difference between the fragmentation described by Braverman and that analysed by Stone is that the former came about in order to de-skill and control through Tayloristic practices , while the latter came about partly in order to create a range of jobs which could be formed into a job ladder .
9 Promotion was a further carrot , though like the former hedged round with qualifications and caveats .
10 This is of flannel : the round part is plaited up to form the front , and a quilling of the bordering put on , a band of the same laid on at the back , and strings . ’
11 discuss this with officers , the same came up over the weekend .
12 Quite a few wound up in the private labs in Switzerland .
13 The archers cut them down — a few broke back for home unscathed .
14 Quite a few turned up with us , I thought , I mean I thought I would n't know anything , but no one else had read the book .
15 Some of them started to run towards the airport building , and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac .
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