Example sentences of "the [det] [verb] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter contribute a very small amount ( less than 12% ) of the running budget of Highlander , and even this amount is generally confined to short-term awards for specific projects . |
| 2 | The latter had a less favourable nickname for the SAS , whom they referred to as the ‘ Parashites ’ for a while . |
| 3 | The latter have a very wide variety . |
| 4 | It should be clear from our list of terms above that there is quite a pronounced divide between ectotherms and endotherms , with the latter having a more varied range of thermoregulatory techniques . |
| 5 | Visiting aircraft began arriving early in the day and by the time the airshow started at midday quite a line-up of visiting types were present , ranging from award-winning Percival Vega Gull G–AEZJ to Duncan Baker 's Howard 500 N500LN , the latter making a very rare appearance away from its Exeter base . |
| 6 | It came just when we thought the powerful combination of Horan and Jason Little had produced the try of the day , the latter making a typically powerful break to send Horan gliding between the posts with the Baa-Baas defence dismantled . |
| 7 | At least it can be said that the former shows a more commendable motivation . |
| 8 | The pattern of people espousing public values of kindness and decency , but voting in national governments of the right which eschew political ideals , is well-established in both Japan and the US , the former having a very weak socialist party , the latter having no socialist party at all . |
| 9 | Occasionally they can be used in a more positive manner , and both the addition of ‘ conditions ’ to planning permissions and informal discussions between planners and developers allow the former to exercise a more decisive influence on new developments ( Blacksell and Gilg 1981 ) . |