Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] [art] [det] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently Tom DiCillo cut his cinematic teeth working with Jim Jarmusch , and his directorial debut Johnny Suede certainly shows signs of the latter 's influence , as it doodles out a familiarly minimal comedy around a cool fool who learns the limits of his own hip moves . |
| 2 | During the troubles of 1173–4 the inhabitants of the citadel seized the opportunity to turn their enclosure into a proper circuit of walls , a move which was probably aimed against the city rather than against ducal authority , though clearly it was taking advantage of the latter 's temporary weakness . |
| 3 | He entertained hopes of succeeding Denham upon the latter 's death in 1669. but was passed over in favour of Wren , being compensated by the grant of a pension of £300 per year in recognition of ‘ loyal and faithfull service ’ . |
| 4 | In his memorandum Aziz accused Kuwait of having deliberately pursued policies aimed at weakening Iraq during the latter 's eight-year war with Iran . |
| 5 | Parrying criticism of the former 's 1976 energy report by emphasising that two-thirds of the Central Policy Review Staff 's work was unpublished , he illustrated its merits largely via one of his own individual contributions . |
| 6 | With the formation of the coalition in May 1940 , the central organisation was itself weakened by the absorption of the two leading officers of the Research Department into the government : Arthur Greenwood took office in Churchill 's Cabinet and Grant McKenzie was recruited to assist Attlee in the latter 's government tasks . |
| 7 | As with Dubček in the 1960s , the Soviets endorsed the new Hungarian leaders of 1956 , János Kádár and Imre Nagy , who replaced Rákosi on the latter 's death . |