Example sentences of "from the latter " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Let us take one more , this time from the latter part of the century ; it comes from a letter written by the Lancashire engineer and philanthropist , F.W. Crossley , describing the death of his son , Richie :
3 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 .
4 For some birth parents this would mean periodic up-dating of information from themselves to the adoptive family and from the latter to the birth parents directly or through the placement agency .
5 Its situation is about half way between Westminster and Windsor , similarly between the Royal Parks of Richmond and Hyde Park , from the latter of which two roads ran westward , one from the north side and the other from the south side , both meeting at Turnham Green .
6 The primacy of the bureaucracy has historical roots ( like France ) : ‘ In Germany and Prussia the bureaucracy already performed the political policy of function of policy development more than 200 years ago , from the latter part of the eighteenth century onwards , high civil servants were virtually the ruling state . ’
7 The relationship between capitalist and non-capitalist modes is one of exploitation , in which the former creams off the surplus from the latter .
8 Oil Mill was particularly well placed for transport , for it had easy access to the road , canal and railway , a special branch line running from the latter across a substantial iron bridge to the rear of the mill , allowing direct loading and unloading .
9 Much of the machinery dates from the latter part of the 19th century , as evidenced by the extensive use of iron parts .
10 This is a far cry from the procedures under the Police Act 1964 , where mutual aid may be provided by one force to another , but only after a request from the latter .
11 This was established in the 1953–56 period and is located c. 60 km south of Baghdad in the alluvial plains between the Tigris and Euphrates , using water from the latter .
12 His long nose came from the latter and more specifically from a genetic type unit near the Dead Sea .
13 For tax purposes , your state pension will be added to your occupational one , and any tax due will be deducted from the latter .
14 In fact , for a two year old , the former ( water ) limit would give a daily lead intake of about 25 mg , compared with about 10 mg from the latter ( diet ) limit .
15 It is uncertain whether the coffee plant manufactures this chemical for its own mysterious purpose , or whether it is made as an accidental byproduct of the roasting process ( the smell of coffee originates from the latter source ) .
16 The objectors said radio waves from the latter could cause explosions in the plant .
17 This stems from the latter 's requirement that the shares must be freely marketable .
18 Quite clearly ‘ neighbourhood ’ representation emanated from the latter group since all active members were home-owners .
19 The only reaction was from the latter , his masked face suddenly turning in the direction of one of the cameras .
20 There will be both American and Japanese ranges in the Starfield line and the two guitars we have for review are from the latter source .
21 To reach it you simply steer 090 ° from Wellington , or 070 ° from Christchurch ; the snag is that Chatham is 413 nm from the former and 475 nm from the latter , rather farther than I was prepared to fly single-engined across the waters of the South Pacific .
22 From the latter he would have learnt that Earendel-references appear in several Germanic languages .
23 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 .
24 From discussions with dealers , the central topic was the continuing importance of the fair as a forum for exposing new or foreign artists and for making contacts with collectors and curators , even if gallerists did not reap immediate sales from the latter .
25 But it can also be recognised more widely in the Romantic movement which began with Rousseau , and was the predominant influence in literature and culture generally from the latter part of the eighteenth century and well into the nineteenth .
26 Although phosphate positions are well defined , the backbone torsion angles are not , and little dependable information can be derived from the latter .
27 John Cleworth & David Kaye ( from the latter ,
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 The arts and the heritage may benefit particularly from the latter .
30 Examples from the Orloff and Orléans-Panthièvre services are included and one of the best pieces from the latter is a soup tureen by Edmé-Pierre Balzac , made in Paris in 1757–58 and now estimated to make FFr3–5m ( £300–500,000 , $530–880,000 ) .
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