Example sentences of "[art] [det] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the study of voting behaviour during a presidential campaign , it was found that while wives frequently referred to discussions with their husbands , the latter rarely returned the compliment .
2 In addition to these modest connections with the pavement from Gloucester , however , the latter also possesses a structure and character which are remarkably similar to those of the mosaic from Kingscote ( PI .
3 The latter also emphasise the dependency relations which state intervention forces on people .
4 The latter effectively reduces the amount of sunlight falling directly into the water and generally makes conditions inhospitable for the growth of algae .
5 Although the electrodynamometer is free of hysteresis , it is insensitive unless the coils have a large number of turns which makes both the resistance and inductance high , the latter severely restricting the frequency range of operation .
6 The Secretary of State for Health reviews proposals to promote efficiency with each Regional Health Authority chairman and the latter then meets the chairmen of the District Health Authorities to implement the policies , covering specific spending and manpower targets .
7 The latter then sold the reversion to the defendant at an auction .
8 In any case the latter now had a substitute , very agreeable to Dinah ; the young man Nathan Holland who had come to read at Lamprey 's .
9 The latter often serves a buffet breakfast on the terrace in mild weather , and always offers well-prepared Italian cuisine at dinner .
10 Analysis of Merovingian gold coin and early Anglo-Saxon gold artefacts has made it clear that they have a similar composition , the latter accurately following the debasement of the coinage ( Hawkes , Merrick and Metcalf 1966 ) .
11 The gradual decline of the latter adversely affected the congregation .
12 Combined with this went an active physical life — fencing , rowing , and above all riding , the latter perhaps reflecting a feeling that he looked better on horseback than on foot , for his body was rather too long in proportion to his legs .
13 Even the lighter songs ‘ Ständchen ’ and ‘ Der Abschied ’ have their own individuality with Reimann 's clipped playing in the former exactly conveying the timbre of a guitar .
14 The former simply reinstates the problem of the inner ‘ feel ’ .
15 The scornful response to the latter and silence about the former soon gives the game away .
16 Fringing reefs may occur directly exposed to the sea or may form on coasts within barrier reefs : the former often have a zonation similar to barrier reefs and atolls , but the latter have no algal ridge and often very abrupt outer edges .
17 The former necessarily put the experts above the masses , while the latter calls for popular control of the bureaucrats through election ; the former espouses elitism while the latter egalitarianism ; the former restricts opportunities while the latter opens them .
18 But pay the bottom price of £10 for the Latvia match and you will only pay the same again to see the Republic .
19 They had acquired Isvik at a knock-down figure , spent about the same again completing the fitting of her out to their requirements , and Iain Ward had picked her up for not much more than they had originally paid for her .
20 I mean , you 'd think he 'd just have a few enough to make a pie or a crumble
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