Example sentences of "[noun sg] was the late " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the attack on Mrs Vickerman 's car was the latest in a series in the Middlesbrough area where the sole occupant was a woman . |
| 2 | Fishing was the latest accomplishment which Miles thought the young executive should not be without . |
| 3 | The action was the latest in a series of attempts by sections of the military to unseat the transitional government appointed by the national conference in August [ see pp. 38379 ; 38518-19 ; 38562 ] . |
| 4 | Zvornik was the latest town to fall in a Serb offensive apparently aimed at securing an ethnic state incorporating more than 60 per cent of Bosnia 's territory . |
| 5 | Leeds boss Wilkinson , chairman of the influential League Managers ' Association , said Fry 's dismissal was the latest episode of ‘ soap opera ablutions ’ to blight the Underhill club . |
| 6 | Wilkinson , chairman of the influential League Managers ' Association , said Fry 's dismissal was the latest episode of ‘ soap opera ablutions ’ to blight the Underhill club . |
| 7 | Albania 's hosting of the conference was the latest example of its emergence from international isolationism . |
| 8 | The failed coup was the latest in a long sequence of clashes between the rival Khalq ( " Masses " ) and Parcham ( " Banner " ) factions of the ruling People 's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) . |
| 9 | Alistair Darling , the Labour MP for Edinburgh Central , said that the Leyland DAF crisis was the latest damage done to Scotland 's manufacturing base , adding : ‘ Even the financial services sector , crucial to Scotland 's economy and an area in which we are world leaders , is predicting job losses . ’ |
| 10 | Scrope 's pro-recusant policies increased the council 's unpopularity , particularly amongst the Puritan clothiers , whose formidable leader was the late parliamentary oppositionist , Sir John Savile ( later first Baron Savile of Rufford , q.v . ) . |
| 11 | Today it is hard to realise that the canal was the late eighteenth-century equivalent to the M1 , which lies five miles away to the east . |
| 12 | The explosion was the latest in a series of accidents at Hoechst plants , and Environment Minister Klaus Töpfer called for tougher application of safety controls enforced by the state inspectorate . |
| 13 | The event was the latest in a series of breakfast meetings of the newly formed Mid Wales Manufacturing Group . |
| 14 | The strike was the latest stage in a dispute which dated from 1990 , when Cossiga had first criticized the Higher Council of Magistates ( CSM ) , of which he was titular president . |
| 15 | The strike was the latest in a series opposing the government 's economic reforms [ see pp. 38682 ; 38727 ; 38967 ; 39008 ] . |
| 16 | The 1–0 defeat at home to relegation-threatened Middlesbrough at Portman Road on Tuesday night was the latest setback and Linighan admits : ‘ It was a rotten night for us . |
| 17 | It was eleven o'clock before all the family were in bed , and two o'clock next morning was the latest time to set off with the beehives . |
| 18 | The car 's previous owner was the late cricketer , Sir George ‘ Gubby ’ Allen , and was snaffled up by Mogg for £8,000 at the recent auction of Allen 's belongings . |
| 19 | The car 's previous owner was the late cricketer , Sir George ‘ Gubby ’ Allen , and was snaffled up by Mogg for £8,000 at the recent auction of Allen 's belongings . |
| 20 | Missing the April 1 deadline was the latest in a long line of opportunities wasted and challenges deferred . |
| 21 | The modern-day exponent of the style was the late grandmaster , Yip Man , who was born in the Chinese mainland town of Fatshan , but who left when the Communist takeover was imminent to settle in Hong Kong . |
| 22 | The incident was the latest in a series of sexual assaults by men on men in the capital in recent months . |
| 23 | The person who should be given the credit as the father of the redevelopment of the city centre and of the fine St. David 's centre was the late councillor Ron Watkiss . |
| 24 | The indoor championship was the latest in a string of honours for the 28-year-old who has worked for the UK Courtaulds company for seven years . |
| 25 | At the root of most medieval writing on the subject was the late fourth-century figure of St Jerome , who wrote a tract adversus Jovinianum , attacking the arguments of a relatively liberal-minded monk , Jovinianus , who had denied the superiority of virginity to marriage . |
| 26 | The letter was the latest bombshell to rock Diana 's eventful life as Princess of Wales . |
| 27 | The Bangkok disaster was the latest in a series of tragedies . |
| 28 | The sex bonfire was the latest step in a year long clampdown by Northamptonshire Police on unlawful pornagraphic publications . |
| 29 | The new school was opened in 1927 and was called the Central School and the new road was named Staveley Road , which was lined with flowering cherry trees , a great attraction for visitors every year during blossom time — one of the more notable visitors each year was the late Queen Mary , consort to the King at that time , George V. |
| 30 | Perhaps the grand master of dysfunction was the late Francis Bacon , who made a considerable fortune out of it . |