Example sentences of "[prep] [art] latter ['s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In his memorandum Aziz accused Kuwait of having deliberately pursued policies aimed at weakening Iraq during the latter 's eight-year war with Iran . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Lester had been booked by Chapple-Hyam to ride Rodrigo de Triano in the Derby after the latter 's memorable success in the 2,000 Guineas which had given Lester his 30th English classic win . |
| 11 | Mr. J.S. Southworth , a Governor and Old Stopfordian , and for many years the School 's representative on the Stockport Education Committee , filled the breach during the Bursar 's illness , and continued to do so after the latter 's untimely death on 28th October . |
| 12 | During the troubles of 1173–4 the inhabitants of the citadel seized the opportunity to turn their enclosure into a proper circuit of walls , a move which was probably aimed against the city rather than against ducal authority , though clearly it was taking advantage of the latter 's temporary weakness . |
| 13 | The extraordinary stop-start conversation between Victor and his monster had convinced me of the latter 's supreme dangerousness : given its malevolence , its lying and eloquent tongue was probably as big a threat as its turn of speed . |
| 14 | It is this perspective on the genetics of psychosis that provides an entry-point into our understanding of the latter 's probable association with creativity . |
| 15 | The Alliance for Germany , backed by the West German federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl , advocated rapid monetary union , followed shortly afterwards by political reunification with the accession of the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany ) to the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany ) under Article 23 of the latter 's Basic Law [ see p. 37259 ] . |
| 16 | As Buckley LJ said in Gillespie v Bowles : it is a fundamental consideration in the construction of contracts of this kind that it is inherently improbable that one party to the contract should intend to absolve the other party from the consequences of the latter 's own negligence . |
| 17 | As a member of Walpole 's ‘ Committee of Taste ’ he played a leading role in the creation of the latter 's celebrated Gothic villa of Strawberry Hill . |
| 18 | In view of the latter 's steady , incredulous gaze , I could not blame him . |
| 19 | Despite the latter 's continuous nature it can accommodate a certain degree of selectivity when it comes to vibrations . |
| 20 | With the approach of the second anniversary of the brutal suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations by the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , and no sign of the regime handing over power to the National League for Democracy ( NLD ) despite the latter 's sweeping electoral victory in May 1990 [ see pp. 37457-58 ; 37612 ] , there was a marked increase in tension and a renewal of violence at protests in early August . |
| 21 | There was particular concern in China over what was seen as a developing relationship between Taiwan and the Philippines , despite the latter 's formal recognition of China . |
| 22 | ( 4 ) For the purpose of determining whether a person occupying any land is in adverse possession of the land it shall not be assumed by implication of law that his occupation is by permission of the person entitled to the land merely by virtue of the fact that his occupation is not inconsistent with the latter 's present or future enjoyment of the land . |
| 23 | There on either side of the River Leam , lie the wonderfully pre-served sites of the deserted villages of Braunstonbury and Wolfhamcote both apparently finally abandoned in the sixteenth century , together with the latter 's tiny church . |
| 24 | But it contrasts with the latter 's general emphasis on religion as an abortive form of protest by the underprivileged : ' … the sigh of the oppressed creature , the sentiment of a heartless world , and the soul of soulless conditions … the opium of the people ! ’ |
| 25 | In-form jockey Kevin Darley sent Lawnswood Junior past Thornton Gate a furlong out , and he held on well from the latter 's renewed challenge and the late flourish of Routing . |
| 26 | We can see from the latter 's evocative landscape , Figure with Birds , that , in Britain at any rate , Surrealism served to refresh the romantic imagination . |
| 27 | In 1921 , for example , we find the police warning against setting up a ‘ continental system of domestic espionage ’ in Britain ( p. 6 ) Even SIS , which had designs on MI5 in 1945 , shied away from the latter 's counter-subversive functions , so as not to be ‘ associated with the idea of an internal Gestapo , ( p. 177 ) No wonder governments are nervous of too much openness in this area . |
| 28 | Since the establishment of the modern presidency in the 1930s and the massive expansion of governmental activity , congress has always been at a disadvantage in its constant battles with the executive arising from the latter 's superior access to information and expertise . |
| 29 | Thus A , a director of XYZ & Co ( Plc ) , being aware of the placing of a major order for machinery from QPR & Co ( Plc ) , which will entail a significant expansion in the latter 's current output , will be precluded from buying shares in QPR & Co ( Plc ) . |
| 30 | in the latter 's celebrated clash with his lieutenant-general of horse , Oliver Cromwell . |