Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did quite well at school in the sports area , and for ages and ages I had the school record for the under-14 's javelin … . |
| 2 | There is no requirement that the abstraction is for the accused 's benefit . |
| 3 | During the last days of May 1967 the United States reached an understanding with Israel , clearing the way for the latter 's attack on Egypt on 5 June 1967 . |
| 4 | The cars were later used separately by BBC and ABC TV , notably for the latter 's Holiday Town Parade in 1961 . |
| 5 | Apart from having to suffer , as she told herself , the royal family 's woefully reduced circumstances , she missed her mother and was genuinely concerned for the latter 's deteriorating health . |
| 6 | Dinah thanked her salary for the latter 's white-painted existence , and the fact that she had thrashed Lilian enough to ensure silence among the rest . |
| 7 | He said Advanced Micro 's announcement it plans to ship ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of 80486 chips this year amounts to about one week of Intel 's total productive capacity , and as for the latter 's plans to line up a manufacturing partner to boost production in 1994 , he said he doubts the company will find much excess capacity in the industry — and any company acting as a partner with Advanced Micro could face legal action , but he would not say what Intel might do . |
| 8 | The attraction between the conjectured planet and Uranus was to account for the latter 's departure from its initially predicted orbit . |
| 9 | Eventually , tender of such a bill to the carrier became a prerequisite for the latter 's delivery of the goods to the bill 's holder . |
| 10 | The Honorat regime had threatened to arrest members of the legislature if they tried to ratify the February 1992 US-sponsored Washington accord between the legislature and President Aristide , providing for the latter 's eventual return to power [ see pp. 38758 ; 38808 ] . |
| 11 | No mention was made of the February 1992 US-sponsored Washington accord between the legislature and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide , providing for the latter 's return to power [ see pp. 38758 ; 38808 ] . |
| 12 | In August 1942 a violent clash occurred between a small group of armed Falangists and a crowd of Carlists attending a memorial mass for the latter 's war-dead . |
| 13 | Last year 's highly successful event netted in the region of £600,000 for the fair 's owners , the shipping line P&O . |
| 14 | In a further development on Dec. 12 the New York Times reported on a plan put forward by the US Army Chief of Staff , Gen. Carl Vuono , called " Strategic force for the 1990 's and beyond " , which envisaged a cut of one-third of US forces in Europe by 1995 , from 305,000 to 200,000 . |
| 15 | The study assembled evidence on the sources of funds for social science research in Britain during the 1980 's and the patterns of expenditure by subject and type of research , and examined changes in the patterns of funding over time . |
| 16 | Passion offers schools , colleges and community venues the opportunity to invest in a vast wealth of information about our work during the 80 's and then draw from that information in a more creative and challenging way . |
| 17 | He had been in radio contact with Delaney during the latter 's journey down from the MOD to Brize Norton . |
| 18 | Hawkins collaborated with Fleischmann during the latter 's visits to Utah and they planned to extend the data samples to include rods of 8 mm up to 2 cm diameter . |
| 19 | The leader of the Southern Society , Pavel Pestel — executed , not exiled — was the son of the notorious Governor-General mentioned earlier ; G. S. Batenkov , himself of Siberian origin , acted as a close personal aide to Speranskii during the latter 's governorship ; Baron V.I . |
| 20 | There Cameron made the acquaintance of Charles Louis Clérisseau [ q.v. ] , the scholar and draughtsman , and teacher of Robert Adam [ q.v. ] during the latter 's residence in Italy . |
| 21 | He served on the society 's council in the 1670s ; and in 1677 , after consulting various fellows of the society , Banks appointed John Locke [ q.v. ] to act as tutor to his surviving son , Caleb ( 1659–96 ) during the latter 's stay in France in 1677–8 . |
| 22 | or , Thomas ( c. 1490–1555 ) , king 's printer under Henry VIII , was probably born about 1490 , since in his earliest testimony , under the surname Bercula , he named himself as printer and servant to John Rastell [ q.v. ] during the latter 's unsuccessful attempt to sail to the new world in 1517 . |
| 23 | All editions of the eight original works or compilations and five translations by Sir Thomas Elyot [ q.v. ] issued from Berthelet 's house during the latter 's lifetime , and he was evidently well respected in humanistic circles . |
| 24 | It was probably through the patronage of John Prideaux that Calandrini came into contact with James Ussher [ q.v. ] , later archbishop of Armagh , whom he assisted in his scholarly activities during the latter 's three-year stay in London . |
| 25 | The King 's invitation to visit India had been issued by the Indian President , Ramaswamy Venkataraman , during the latter 's four-day visit to Bhutan on Oct. 18-21 , 1988 , the first visit by an Indian President since 1974 . |
| 26 | In his memorandum Aziz accused Kuwait of having deliberately pursued policies aimed at weakening Iraq during the latter 's eight-year war with Iran . |
| 27 | Graham defended the decision on the grounds that Bolger and the French Prime Minister Michel Rocard had agreed during the latter 's visit to New Zealand in April 1991 that the Rainbow Warrior affair was closed . |
| 28 | A signing ceremony was held in Beijing and attended by China 's Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Ock , during the latter 's official visit to China on Aug. 23-25 . |
| 29 | Relations between Forsyth and the Secretary of State for Scotland , Malcolm Rifkind , had been strained during the former 's 14 months in office , and a number of senior party officials had resigned . |
| 30 | A state of relative peace prevailed in West Beirut in the first few months of 1990 , partly owing to a Jan. 25 decision by the Lebanese Cabinet to endorse the West Beirut security plan agreed between Hrawi and the Syrian government during the former 's visit to Damascus earlier in the month . |