Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1305 the abbot of Thorney in the Fens complained that the abbot of Peterborough ‘ lately by night raised a dyke across the high road ’ , and so cut off the former 's access to corn and pasture . |
| 2 | In the end he sent it , regretfully , to Paul , thus adding to the latter 's troubles . |
| 3 | Elster 's critique of functionalism is largely based on the latter 's absence of an ‘ explanatory mechanism ’ between the structure at issue and its reproduction-enabling effects . |
| 4 | France , whose relations with China were already strained after the former 's strong criticism of the Tiananmen Square repression , defended the deal on the grounds that the vessels would be sold without armaments . |
| 5 | The science of planning rapidly developed throughout the 1970 's and 1980's because the customers who the advertisers were targeting , changed . |
| 6 | In s.2(1) ( b ) the phrase " let another do so " still refers to the accused 's own existing liability and it was another way of committing the offence . |
| 7 | The fair gradually declined during the 1930 's and ceased just before the Second World War ; but it has continued to be proclaimed each St Swithin 's Day , except when this falls on a Sunday and then the custom usually takes place on the following day . |
| 8 | All eventually disappeared except the rorqual 's flippers and teeth , for which the Marine Biological Laboratory had put in a request . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Otherwise , you may find that , within microseconds , they have been indelibly marked with the territorial 's initials . |