Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the latter " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Because of what transpired in the latter part of 1989 , seldom has your insight been so penetrating and accurate , and between now and August is a time of unrivalled opportunities for you to make your mark . |
| 3 | Although the figure rose in the latter half of the year as the Gulf crisis drove up oil prices , the growing recession in November and a fall in the volume of oil imports saw the deficit fall to $9,700 million , and to $6,300 million in December . |
| 4 | Quite clearly ‘ neighbourhood ’ representation emanated from the latter group since all active members were home-owners . |
| 5 | One of the most important of these ‘ eruptions ’ occurred in the latter decades of the nineteenth and early decades of the present century when the fabulous wealth of plants in the Chinese hinterland was made known to the West by French missionaries and British and European hunters . |
| 6 | Perhaps the biggest surprise was the amount of fun the Fiesta provided on the latter type of roads , thanks to a willing engine and gearbox , precise if slightly heavy steering and those narrow tyres which , nevertheless , provided exactly the right amount of grip . |
| 7 | Faced with the classic choice facing revolutionaries between a quiet family life and the turbulence of the greater good , they opted for the latter . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He opted for the latter and at the end of 1989 he launched his debut album ‘ Brand New Star ’ which sold very well , got a lot of radio play , and , most important of all , it introduced the songs he had been composing and singing at concerts to a wider public . |
| 10 | Nothing came of the latter , but about 1838 he demonstrated a fairly successful hot-air engine in London , suitable for a road vehicle . |
| 11 | The earliest mention of a ferry at Seacombe dates back to 1515 but its advancement came in the latter part of the last century when the ferry rights were taken over by the Wallasey local board . |
| 12 | His long nose came from the latter and more specifically from a genetic type unit near the Dead Sea . |
| 13 | British colonies profited by the latter , but spent their newly earned dollars on their own development programmes , causing a major outflow of dollars from the sterling area . |
| 14 | The security situation within Kashmir deteriorated during the latter half of 1989 as militant groups pursued their aims in the face of a state government unable to give any effective response . |
| 15 | Although all these theories flourished during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth , the links between them are not simply the product of historical circumstance . |
| 16 | The first 180 of 300 Iraqi Kurdish refugees living in Turkey who were to be accepted by France arrived in the latter country on Aug. 1 , 1989 . |
| 17 | Some years ago I protested against the latter which , in my view , vitiates nearly all research in the so-called ‘ science ’ of sociology . |
| 18 | In fact , the fusion experimental programme was sporadic until 1988 : the main experimental fusion programme began in the latter part of that year . |
| 19 | As a response to Jamaica 's high level of debt , the government began in the latter part of 1990 the implementation of a new economic strategy based upon deregulation of major areas of the economy . |
| 20 | The fifth house from the left belonged to the latter . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | At the ‘ top end ’ the peculiarly British mutual accommodation and interpenetration of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy has licensed an extension of the term ‘ middle class ’ until there is only a vestigial ‘ upper class ’ against which to draw a contrast , while at the same time there have been successive waves of new recruits which have enlarged the base of the ‘ class ’ : the new groups of professionals , managers and technical experts which expanded from the latter half of the nineteenth century onward with the development of capitalist industry and trade ; the more recent expansion of salaried employment in education , research , health , social welfare , administration and planning . |
| 23 | They failed in the former endeavour but succeeded in the latter . |
| 24 | I decided on the latter and was again pleased when I managed to haul myself to safety at the top of the boulder . |
| 25 | He decided on the latter , for once on impulse , not form . |
| 26 | Glentoran decided on the latter , hoping the former would follow . |
| 27 | Unsure whether I actually wanted to strike the rod and possibly miss another take or just enjoy the sound of the buzzer , I decided on the latter and leapt out of bed and grabbed the rod . |
| 28 | The administration in the United States ( which had never formally recognized the incorporation of the three Baltic republics into the Soviet Union ) on March 12 ruled out such recognition until independence had been properly negotiated with the Soviet authorities , and it called on the latter to respect Lithuania 's declaration , and on all parties to avoid violence . |
| 29 | Still , it is far from unlikely that both Swegen and Cnut did have relations with the Scandinavian colonies in Ireland , and there is just enough evidence to suggest that when the Encomiast named among the latter 's dominions not only England , Denmark and Norway , but also Brittania and Scothia , he was not necessarily exaggerating . |
| 30 | The Tremaynes preferred their original country seat of Heligan , near Mevagissey , and during the nineteenth century they made a lot of money , which they lavished on the latter , leaving Croan untouched by architectural fashions . |