Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] [adj] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point was that France was protesting not so much about its inability to get its way on agricultural policy nor about the latter 's incorporation into a package , but more about the political or supranational elements of the package . |
| 2 | Similarly , the Hungarians became the principal external threat to the Christianized Germanic peoples of Europe in the late ninth and tenth centuries , particularly in conjunction with the Slavs ; and after the former 's defeat and settlement on the Middle Danube , it was a natural instinct of the Saxon rulers to draw them into the orbit of western Christian kingdoms . |
| 3 | He was an active member of the monthly , quarterly , and yearly meetings of the Society of Friends , of its committee for sufferings , and of the latter 's subcommittee for American affairs . |
| 4 | Ecologists warn that the gorillas are in danger both from government shelling attacks on suspected rebel positions , and from the latter 's introduction of cattle into the forest , which break down the bush . |
| 5 | From 1 January 1377 he was general receiver and keeper of the Privy Seal to the Black Prince 's young son , Richard , prince of Wales , and on the latter 's accession to the throne , Fordham at once ( on 26 June 1377 ) became keeper of the king 's Privy Seal . |
| 6 | The Governor-General appoints the Prime Minister ( currently Aneerood Jugnauth ) , and on the latter 's advice , the other members of the Council of Ministers , who are responsible to the Assembly . |
| 7 | The constitutionalisation of the trade unions and the police refers to the former 's growing commitment to procedural settlements and closer political alliance to the Labour Party , and to the latter 's growing independence from local political control . |
| 8 | Encouraged by their contacts with the British government and by the latter 's efforts , through Ambassador Hoare , to coax Franco away from the Axis , the monarchists believed that the Allies would actively support a change of regime in Spain . |
| 9 | UK and US traders will happily buy in the forward market at a rate that is equal to the future spot rate , but without the latter 's uncertainty . |