Example sentences of "from the latter part of " in BNC.

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1 Let us take one more , this time from the latter part of the century ; it comes from a letter written by the Lancashire engineer and philanthropist , F.W. Crossley , describing the death of his son , Richie :
2 The primacy of the bureaucracy has historical roots ( like France ) : ‘ In Germany and Prussia the bureaucracy already performed the political policy of function of policy development more than 200 years ago , from the latter part of the eighteenth century onwards , high civil servants were virtually the ruling state . ’
3 Much of the machinery dates from the latter part of the 19th century , as evidenced by the extensive use of iron parts .
4 He detected a marked change in buyers ' tastes towards pieces dating from the latter part of the eighteenth century and away from seventeenth-century , Louis XIV and Regence work , traditional areas for major collectors .
5 But it can also be recognised more widely in the Romantic movement which began with Rousseau , and was the predominant influence in literature and culture generally from the latter part of the eighteenth century and well into the nineteenth .
6 In stark contrast to the USA where legislation stems from the latter part of the nineteenth century , anti-monopoly or competition policy was virtually non-existent within the UK prior to 1948 .
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