Example sentences of "[prep] the latter [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mechanism for the latter possibility is suggested by the observation that NMDA receptor function can be increased by the activation of PKC . |
| 2 | Although further peace negotiations were scheduled for the latter half of 1991 , the situation remained unresolved . |
| 3 | The 47 bp fragments were purified from the wt- and mutated promoters except for the promoter with the mutation at -75 which removes the Sfa NI site ; for the latter promoter the 52 bp fragment was employed . |
| 4 | In the last few decades the interest shown by social scientists in such evolutionary schemes has waned , notwithstanding the growing attention paid to problems of ‘ development ’ ; for the latter notion is not usually incorporated into any general conception of the history of human society , and despite first appearances is largely unhistorical . |
| 5 | So if we could lie down for twenty minutes sometime in the afternoon or early evening , then we would lengthen the spine to support us more efficiently for the latter part of the day . |
| 6 | Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute . |
| 7 | Many of the pieces were purchased by Dubosc in Japan where he lived for the latter part of his life and much of his collection is now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco . |
| 8 | Pete was now beginning to wonder if she was feeling ill ; it was almost as if , for the latter part of the evening , she 'd only been keeping up a show of enjoying herself and now the strain of the charade was getting through to her . |
| 9 | For the latter part of this period Griess was no longer in London . |
| 10 | An extraordinary congress of the ruling party , the communist Partido Africano da Indepêndencia de Cabo Verde ( PAICV ) , was called for the latter part of 1990 , after the introduction of a multiparty system had been agreed in principle by the national council — the party 's policy-making body between congresses . |
| 11 | For five years she had worked at the Ashmolean before moving across the street to The Randolph ; and for the latter part of that time she had actually worked for Dr Kemp , amongst others . |
| 12 | Having propped up the Ottoman empire for the latter part of the nineteenth century , Britain and France now set about dismantling it . |
| 13 | For the latter system greatly reduces the incentive to export and leads to a progressive worsening of the balance of payments . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , very little is known about Brough , Dorn , Willoughby and Bourton , and defences have yet to be proven for the latter pair . |
| 15 | To celebrate this , OUP has found 1,000 new phrasal verbs from somewhere for the latter publication to take the tally to 11,000 entries . |
| 16 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 17 | For the latter purpose proposals are sometimes made for charges to be linked with the distribution of vouchers that can be ‘ spent ’ on the appropriate service . |
| 18 | First decide whether you wish to make a portrait or landscape design , and check that the card will stand up properly if you are opting for the latter shape . |
| 19 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |
| 20 | The Board of Trade 's official figure for 1892 was 20,000 and for 1893 , 15,000 but for the latter year it may actually have been less , little more than 12,000 . |
| 21 | In those cases where the figures from counties and boroughs have survived from both 1377 and 1381 , those for the latter year show an average fall of 32.54 per cent . |
| 22 | An athletically-built 5′ 9″ , he had played club cricket for South Melbourne , working for the latter club as an office clerk . |
| 23 | For the latter catalogue Barr chose the Surrealist writer Georges Hugnet to write a historical essay , but it was Barr 's intelligent advocacy and choice of works that made the show such a significant affair . |
| 24 | Also with us was Jim McGeoch , naturalist and official warden for the latter nature reserve . |
| 25 | Cautiously opting for the latter view , Larry bends the laws of astrophysics to construct a theory of subjectivity through the metaphoric lens of the uncertainty principle : |
| 26 | The politburo was also retained , rather than being replaced by a party presidium , although in keeping with the proposals for the latter body the politburo was now to include the leaders of the parties in the 15 republics . |
| 27 | There was considerable support for the latter suggestion from private practitioners in all types of firm and from local law societies . |
| 28 | For the latter lot , only ‘ The Hair Pillow ’ , illuminated by singer Craig Wedren 's glorious , bizarre falsetto , sticks close enough to convention to be more a pleasure than an endurance test . |
| 29 | The figure for the former was 17% and for the latter 13% . |
| 30 | As Fig. 3.6 shows , the change of context for the latter group did nothing to restore the ability of the stimuli to evoke the UR . |