Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the latter [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the pieces were purchased by Dubosc in Japan where he lived for the latter part of his life and much of his collection is now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco . |
| 2 | It appears to reflect a course of practice , developed during the latter part of the 19th century , to abstain from questioning , not after charge , but after the suspect had been taken into custody ; and it appears that in general any evidence obtained from such questioning was regarded as inadmissible : see Archbold 's Criminal Pleading Evidence & Practice , 28th ed. ( 1931 ) , p. 407 . |
| 3 | In the whole country only two lorries had been hijacked during the latter part of May and neither was on Hatton 's regular route . |
| 4 | We fit into the latter category in these terms , but not in our own . |
| 5 | Because of what transpired in the latter part of 1989 , seldom has your insight been so penetrating and accurate , and between now and August is a time of unrivalled opportunities for you to make your mark . |
| 6 | Confusingly , it was another Richard Hutchinson , of the City and later of Stepney , who was co-treasurer for sick and wounded soldiers , widows , and orphans from 1643 to 1660 and a judge for imprisoned debtors in 1653–4 , and who served as co-paymaster of the navy under the treasurers in 1688–71 , appearing in the latter part of Pepys 's diary . |
| 7 | Although the figure rose in the latter half of the year as the Gulf crisis drove up oil prices , the growing recession in November and a fall in the volume of oil imports saw the deficit fall to $9,700 million , and to $6,300 million in December . |
| 8 | Policy discussions at ministerial level appeared to focus mainly on the hoary old issues of which agency should take lead responsibility , ’ but finally , in 1989 , the government took a decision which was considered unthinkable only a year earlier , that is , that local authority social services departments should be given lead responsibility for community care and for all services including mental health , but with some additional controls added in the latter case , the single most controversial of Griffiths ' proposals . |
| 9 | Quite clearly ‘ neighbourhood ’ representation emanated from the latter group since all active members were home-owners . |
| 10 | The increased investigative powers contained in the latter piece of legislation is likely to give the regulatory authorities a greater degree of success in detecting insider abuse , however , the subjective elements of the substantive offence , as enshrined in the CSA 1985 , remain an onerous burden for the prosecution to discharge . |
| 11 | Perhaps the biggest surprise was the amount of fun the Fiesta provided on the latter type of roads , thanks to a willing engine and gearbox , precise if slightly heavy steering and those narrow tyres which , nevertheless , provided exactly the right amount of grip . |
| 12 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 13 | Of the pianos made during the latter part of the 18th century and in the 19th century , those built in the English tradition most clearly demonstrate Cristofori 's design . |
| 14 | In his New Year address Fiji 's President , Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau , suggested that Fiji 's new constitution ( guaranteeing political power for the country 's native Melanesian inhabitants ) would be adopted during the latter half of 1990 , and that legislative elections would be held within two years . |
| 15 | It was written during the latter part of 1913 and the first half of 1914 and for part of that time the author was travelling in Austria . |
| 16 | While some members may have experienced a steady rise in their standard of living in the latter half of the period , others were in no position to benefit . |
| 17 | Possibly dinosaurs living in the latter phase had developed complex social structures , as today occurs in some reptilian genera . |
| 18 | If retrieval of the CS-US association depends upon the presence of the cues of the conditioning context whereas the cues of the pre-exposure context allow retrieval of the information that the target stimulus is not followed by any event , then no conditioned responding can be expected when the CS is presented in the latter context . |
| 19 | Certain types of bacteria , by genetic mutation , can build up resistance to disinfectants that act in the latter way to the extent that they can become totally immune to normal concentrations even utilising the disinfectant as a food source . |
| 20 | I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ |
| 21 | I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ . |
| 22 | Moreover the effect of the statute , in preventing the separation between legal and equitable estates in the cases to which it applied , was nullified in the latter half of the seventeenth century by the decision of the Chancery to protect trusts declared upon the uses which the statute had turned into legal estates . |
| 23 | Muhammad written in the latter part of Jumada II 819/August 1416 . |
| 24 | The earliest mention of a ferry at Seacombe dates back to 1515 but its advancement came in the latter part of the last century when the ferry rights were taken over by the Wallasey local board . |
| 25 | It notes the heavy rain , gales , frost and floods in the latter half of the year , describing them as further proof of increased fluctuation and variability in the climate . |
| 26 | He detected a marked change in buyers ' tastes towards pieces dating from the latter part of the eighteenth century and away from seventeenth-century , Louis XIV and Regence work , traditional areas for major collectors . |
| 27 | Accordingly , generalization decrement can not be held responsible for the context-specificity of the CR seen in the latter case . |
| 28 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 29 | Three local authorities decided on the latter form of action in the case of Her Majesty 's Attorney General at and by the Relation of Salford City Council , the Eccles Borough Council and the Urmston Urban District Council v C.P.C. ( UK ) Ltd. in respect of offensive odours allegedly emanating from the defendant 's works . |
| 30 | According to the latter system each country is given a number of votes in relation to its size and to gain a majority a proposal has to obtain fifty-four votes out of a total of seventy-six and be approved by at least eight member states . |