Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] [det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words in square brackets should , however , be deleted , or at the least the provisions should be amended to " best endeavours " to place a more stringent obligation on the landlord . |
| 2 | The only difference between ancient Greek tragedy and modern revolutionary tragedy is that in the former the struggle was against a distant , unknowable , divine power , whereas in the latter the struggle is against an all-too-present social order manufacturing poverty , disease , unemployment and war . |
| 3 | One of the important differences between a game and drama is that in the latter the signals between reality and fiction may be less clear . |
| 4 | The difference between an action under the Act and a negligence action , is that in the latter the plaintiff must show that the defendant was negligent , i.e. that he failed to take reasonable care in the preparation and putting up of the product . |
| 5 | The other inspirations were the revolutions of the southern hemisphere — the Portuguese colonies in Africa , Vietnam , Latin America — the peripheral appeal to some of the more deluded souls of the Chinese Cultural Revolution , and for a few the writings of the émigré Frankfurt Marxist , Herbert Marcuse . |
| 6 | An example of the latter was Banff in Alberta , and of the former the great gateway to the Orient which the CPR built in Vancouver . |
| 7 | But , notable inside er the material that characterises the boils and abscesses , there is a cell death , both of bacteria and of the both the defending cells and the structural cells . |
| 8 | The commonest evasions , certainly well known in the twelfth century , were the pretence that the original loan was greater than in fact it was , or the securing of a loan by a temporary grant of land ; in the former case the difference between the actual loan and the repayment in fact constituted interest ; and in the latter the rent on the land might do the same . |
| 9 | As with the TRAINER device IIDA provides training for the user and includes a practice mode , but during the latter the student using IIDA is connected to the DIALOG information system . |
| 10 | Obtaining by false pretences is ordinarily thought of as different from theft , because in the former the owner in fact consents to part with his ownership ; a bogus beggar is regarded as a rogue but not as a thief , and so are his less petty counterparts . |
| 11 | The only difference between ancient Greek tragedy and modern revolutionary tragedy is that in the former the struggle was against a distant , unknowable , divine power , whereas in the latter the struggle is against an all-too-present social order manufacturing poverty , disease , unemployment and war . |
| 12 | While to the latter the former seem to be living either in paradise or cloud-cuckoo-land . |
| 13 | With the former rental is set up at such a rate that the full cost of the equipment is recovered plus a return , whilst with the latter the contract is shorter and the same equipment may be leased to a number of lessees . |