Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political situation continued to deteriorate during May , apparently little affected by President Paul Biya 's decision the previous month to appoint a Prime Minister , Sadou Hayatou [ see p. 38135 ] , and a " transitional " government which was in effect barely changed in its composition . |
| 2 | The inspiration for the Blue Revue was Mr Kinnock 's discomfiture the previous evening on Granada Television 's World In Action , when he was asked where he stood on the question of proportional representation . |
| 3 | The Front 's formation the previous spring had been backed by Ferlinghetti , Rexroth , Bill Graham — whose role as a rock promoter around the Filmore ballroom was just emerging and Ralph J. Gleason , then a little known San Francisco Chronicle columnist , later one of the main inspirations , and writers on Jann Wenner 's Rolling Stone , just a year away from its first edition . |
| 4 | During the course of their meeting , however , news arrived of Kennedy 's assassination the previous day , and what seems to have been primarily a personal initiative by the President was dropped . |
| 5 | A one-ton bomb intended for the Lord Mayor 's parade the previous day was also foiled when an alert police officer discovered a lorry full of explosives . |
| 6 | Dexter explained in his nasal twang that an unknown woman had passed Nowak 's bed the previous evening during visiting hours , tripped over a chair and fallen on him . |
| 7 | Sir John Franklin , who had been dubbed the ‘ Polar Knight ’ for his valiant exploration of the Arctic , had been appointed lieutenant-governor of Van Dieman 's Land the previous year . |
| 8 | This closely corresponds to the wording of Robertson 's order the previous day referring to " all surrendered personnel of established Yugoslav nationality who were serving in German forces " . |
| 9 | At Van Cliburn 's party the previous week , each guest had received a gold watch with the insignia of the competition inscribed on its dial . |
| 10 | Zoltan Kiraly , an independent MP , founded the left-wing Social Democratic People 's Party the previous week . |
| 11 | A plan of it had appeared in the Architects ' Journal the previous Friday , and it also appeared in The Times the morning after the Prince 's speech . |