Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [det] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1305 the abbot of Thorney in the Fens complained that the abbot of Peterborough ‘ lately by night raised a dyke across the high road ’ , and so cut off the former 's access to corn and pasture . |
| 2 | In the end he sent it , regretfully , to Paul , thus adding to the latter 's troubles . |
| 3 | Elster 's critique of functionalism is largely based on the latter 's absence of an ‘ explanatory mechanism ’ between the structure at issue and its reproduction-enabling effects . |
| 4 | France , whose relations with China were already strained after the former 's strong criticism of the Tiananmen Square repression , defended the deal on the grounds that the vessels would be sold without armaments . |
| 5 | This also applies to a few P1 units which take a column of C cells end-to-end . |
| 6 | There he attracted his employer 's attention with a polite cough , then whispered in the latter 's ear : ‘ I 'm very sorry , sir , but there appears to be a tiger in the dining room . |