Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] the latter " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , some of the paragraphs reproduced in summary form the personal rights articles of the constitution of 1922 and thus could claim to maintain the latter 's libertarian heritage . |
| 2 | On balance I would definitely have preferred the latter , but of course I got neither ( that 's families again for you ) . |
| 3 | Rocky introduced them as Carl Wood , Jubal Cantrell and Austen Parker , but Jim Miller would have recognised the latter two as Jube and Red , the pair who had baited him and given him such a hard time before Rocky 's intervention had rescued him . |
| 4 | This was followed by an interview between the President and Von Papen : and I can not help thinking that , during their conversation together , the former must have assured the latter that , so long as she could hold out against Allied demands , Turkey would abstain from hostile action towards Germany . |
| 5 | In Cornwall in 1796 , 1801 and 1812 a noose and contract was taken around to farmers , who were threatened with the former if they did not agree to sign the latter . |