Example sentences of "[art] [det] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " 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 latter then sold the reversion to the defendant at an auction .
7 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 .
8 The latter often serves a buffet breakfast on the terrace in mild weather , and always offers well-prepared Italian cuisine at dinner .
9 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 ) .
10 The gradual decline of the latter adversely affected the congregation .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 The former simply reinstates the problem of the inner ‘ feel ’ .
14 The scornful response to the latter and silence about the former soon gives the game away .
15 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 .
16 But pay the bottom price of £10 for the Latvia match and you will only pay the same again to see the Republic .
17 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 .
18 I mean , you 'd think he 'd just have a few enough to make a pie or a crumble
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