Example sentences of "the [det] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all the examples cited so far the dissociation of habituation and latent inhibition has taken the form of showing that certain procedures abolish the latter while leaving the former intact . |
| 2 | Second , I would agree with Tony Prosser ( Prosser , 1982 ) that any theory should be based on an analysis which makes it possible to describe and explain existing social relations and the operation of state institutions ; and that it should provide the means for an effective critique of the latter and point the way for their future development . |
| 3 | Males should judiciously manipulate her throughout her life to suppress the latter and develop the former . |
| 4 | Faced with the prospect of watching a fat geordie sweating himself to death on a sofa or driving down the A1 to Elland Road I chose the latter and watched the Swindon game . |
| 5 | By articulating the fictional through the ‘ scientific ’ , the novels question the authority of the latter and reassert the specificity of the former as a discourse which has as its function to mimic and to question . |
| 6 | The political notion of the ultimate sovereignty of the electorate must be distinguished from the legal doctrine of legislative supremacy : the courts owe their allegiance to the latter and recognise no ‘ trust ’ between Parliament and people . |
| 7 | The aim of this project is therefore to undertake a comparison of South Africa 's labour legislation with the ILO standards in order to ascertain the degree to which the former conform with the latter and provide a comprehensive historical resource base . |
| 8 | Aragorn , left to choose between chasing the latter or following the Ring , decides to pursue the orcs , along with Legolas and Gimli . |
| 9 | Librarianship textbooks sometimes draw a distinction between ‘ select bibliographies ’ and ‘ guides to the literature ’ , defining the latter as providing a discussion of the structure of the subject literature and bibliographical examples , rather than a full set of references . |
| 10 | It is the former that constitute the ‘ classical perspective ’ and , in this final section , I want to try and extricate them and look at some of the problems that Beccaria 's version of them encountered . |
| 11 | There was no doubt that they were expected to admire the former and scorn the latter ; anyone misguided enough to get the preference the wrong way round , would be regarded as at best naïve and misguided , and at worst corrupted in sensibility . |
| 12 | In November 1832 Nicholas sent an emissary to Turkey and Egypt to stiffen the resistance of the former and confront the latter with the prospect of Russian intervention . |
| 13 | Hopefully you will never be in this situation if you have made a realistic appraisal of your incomings and outgoings and taken measures to raise the former and reduce the latter . |
| 14 | Simply expressed , parliamentary democracy and the representation of individual electors by unfettered parliamentary leaders is challenged in favour of party democracy and the representation of collective ( class ) interests where the majority wishes of the party activists outside Parliament in the constituencies are interposed between the parliamentary leaders and the electorate to limit the former and to provide the party programme for choice by the latter . |
| 15 | This fiddling included overcharging , increasing the price of bread to unknowing customers , and keeping the price the same but reducing the size of the bread delivery . |
| 16 | dad 's bike is exactly the same but has a 23in frame and 26in wheels and comes in blue and white . |
| 17 | No and mine 's the same but mind the sun do n't get on mine . |
| 18 | Connecting a plotter to a computer is generally just the same as connecting a printer , at least in terms of the interface . |
| 19 | This just is n't the same as using a notebook in transit . |
| 20 | You will see that up to max. flash the image will look much the same as using the techniques described for pre-flash , establishing more mid and highlight tones . |
| 21 | You will see that up to max.flash the image will look much the same as using the techniques described for pre-flash , establishing more mid and highlight tones . |
| 22 | Schaffer was still young enough to find his job largely exciting , but to find appealing the idea of being the force 's lone representative in the shadow of a major incident was not the same as embracing the reality . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's exactly the same as telling the wall it 's hurt the person who just banged his head on it . |
| 24 | But that is not the same as welcoming the prospect of that stage in life . |
| 25 | The effect on the Earth 's rotation is the same as moving the mass m closer to P in Figure 6.10 : the Earth rotates faster . |
| 26 | County membership was not quite the same as holding a season-ticket for a Football League club . |
| 27 | This is never the same as boarding the line 's ‘ prestige ’ service at your own station . |
| 28 | It is the same as swinging an axe to chop down a tree . |
| 29 | It was nearly the same as writing a letter home from school . |
| 30 | For those who could do so , to subscribe to the militant slogans of Pravda was not the same as to accept the party line on every issue , still less that of Lenin . |