Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] the [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although there had been a 6 per cent swing from ‘ right ’ to ‘ left ’ between the two elections the former were still in a clear majority . |
| 2 | Of the two groups the former are more biassed towards persuasive selling , whilst the latter tend to be order-takers . |
| 3 | There is no doubt that with closer spacing and dissonances in the lower parts the same note-groups could produce ugly results . |
| 4 | In the arable fields the same crops were grown throughout a field and the task of harvesting was undertaken communally . |
| 5 | The phase of education in which Oxfordshire teachers are working is significantly associated with the attitudes represented by two of these factors : the efficiency and the potency of SSE , the teachers in the primary schools being the most positive , those in the secondary schools the least and those in the middle schools occupying a middle position . |
| 6 | In a few minutes the same policeman forced his way through the mob to the gallery . |
| 7 | In a letter written to the junior ministers the same day he reiterated this theme : |
| 8 | At the Northern Championships the same year she won the doubles and reached the singles final , in which she extended Maud Watson , the reigning Wimbledon champion , to 8–6 7–5 . |