Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the older " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dannii was the famous sister but Hardy yet again decided to go for the older girl . |
| 2 | Another significant contact is developing between the Historical Group and the local primary schools ; the young workers are being invited into the schools to talk to the older primary children about the materials they have collected . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're beginning to sound like the older generation . ’ |
| 4 | However , perhaps what does make the cities different is their scale of decline and deprivation : those seeking the most disadvantaged in contemporary Britain would do well to start in the older urban cores . |
| 5 | The Royal Scots were the third infantry battalion in the Army to convert from the older FV 432 to Warrior . |
| 6 | These groups tend to locate in the older urban cores as a result of factors examined earlier . |
| 7 | I was allowed up to chatter with the older men about the good old days on Le Manche , when my grandfather had not only held serious philosophical and religious conversation with les pecheures over his loud hailer , but had also been in to Boulogne harbour as thanksgiving for a market or two in Hastings at needy times . |
| 8 | Most often the younger child was forced to yield to the older , but most often it was the older who yielded voluntarily to the younger . |
| 9 | But whether it is worthwhile — or even possible — to return to the older project , to which Hall himself made so many pioneering contributions , is a different matter . |
| 10 | Companies unwilling to move to the older regions had the option of moving to the new towns . |