Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] latter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tree swallows had just arrived in Hobart on their annual migrations , and were ‘ particularly numerous in the streets ’ ; wood swallows dived among the paddocks and pasturelands on nearby estates ; fire-tailed finches and flame-breasted robins were busy nest-building in gardens and orchards — ‘ I have even taken its nest ’ , remarked Gould about the latter , ‘ from a shelving bank in the streets of Hobart' — while dusky robins perched on garden railings . |
| 2 | As the evening wore on , with plenty of opportunity to study Melanie as the latter flitted from group to group , Leonora grew more and more furious with Penry . |
| 3 | He entertained hopes of succeeding Denham upon the latter 's death in 1669. but was passed over in favour of Wren , being compensated by the grant of a pension of £300 per year in recognition of ‘ loyal and faithfull service ’ . |
| 4 | In his memorandum Aziz accused Kuwait of having deliberately pursued policies aimed at weakening Iraq during the latter 's eight-year war with Iran . |
| 5 | With the formation of the coalition in May 1940 , the central organisation was itself weakened by the absorption of the two leading officers of the Research Department into the government : Arthur Greenwood took office in Churchill 's Cabinet and Grant McKenzie was recruited to assist Attlee in the latter 's government tasks . |
| 6 | As with Dubček in the 1960s , the Soviets endorsed the new Hungarian leaders of 1956 , János Kádár and Imre Nagy , who replaced Rákosi on the latter 's death . |
| 7 | If it chooses war it may deem it necessary to attack Syria before the latter becomes more powerful , but in doing so it risks incurring unacceptably high casualties . |