Example sentences of "to [art] [adj] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are vast differences between the two , of course ; but not all of them are to the latter 's credit . |
| 2 | George Boole 's father had been curator of the Lincoln Mechanics ' Institute when Bromhead was president , and the connection led to the latter 's support and encouragement for the younger Boole , to whom he lent mathematical books . |
| 3 | Tom was at his sister 's side , not bothering with the niceties of introducing Belinda , to the latter 's relief . |
| 4 | However , as they are waiting , Sammy 's estranged brother , Lenny Dodds ( John Kay Steel ) , a rich , sensitive television arts executive from London , appears in a bid to reconcile his relationship with his elusive and hostile brother , much to the latter 's chagrin . |
| 5 | De Gaulle 's strident language suggested a fundamentally unsympathetic attitude towards the pieds noirs — an attitude which some have traced back to the latter 's wartime Vichyism , others to the General 's aversion for Mediterranean temperaments or to his incomprehension of the pieds noirs ' " tortured double identity — half French , half Algerian " . |
| 6 | Yes , Jack had certainly cracked in the pro-am , and had been given a sharp reprimand by the tournament director , Oliver Moreton , no doubt much to the latter 's enjoyment . |
| 7 | Indeed , David Poole sees the distinction between photography and portraiture as vital to the latter 's resurgence . |
| 8 | On Russian television on July 4 , Yeltsin said that Kozyrev 's remarks had been assessed at the Security Council as " harmful " , and suggested that if Kozyrev wanted to " be a prophet like [ Eduard ] Shevardnadze , then act like Shevardnadze " ( a reference to the latter 's resignation as Soviet Foreign Minister in December 1990 after warning of an impending coup — see p. 37903 ) . |
| 9 | A number of disclosures were made between November 1989 and February 1990 of secret arrangements between the government and British Aerospace ( BAe ) in relation to the latter 's purchase of the motor manufacturer Rover Group . |
| 10 | Commenting on these provisions in a case in which , through no fault of the plaintiff , process had failed to reach a defendant in France until some two months after the leaving date , a Dutch court said that ‘ the Convention subordinates the interests of plaintiffs in enforcing their rights as quickly as possible against foreign defendants to the latter 's interest in having an opportunity of defending themselves ’ . |
| 11 | Tribute was paid to the late 's contribution and it was to be brought to the notice of Divisions that nominations were sought . |
| 12 | Snell has suggested that this sense of right was sufficiently marked to make expectations from the Poor Law part of the " moral economy " which Edward Thompson has applied to the poor 's expectation that corn would be sold to them at " just " prices . |
| 13 | individual/individual e.g. the televised Kennedy/Nixon debates in the early 1960s worked to the former 's advantage . |
| 14 | This dire short-term market squeeze has at least temporarily put paid to the idea that the building society industry is making a graceful adaptation to the 1980s ' deregulation of the financial services market . |
| 15 | " I do n't know the way to the seneschal 's office ! |
| 16 | " You tell me how to get to the seneschal 's office , " Quiss said evenly , " or I shall boil you alive , understand ? " |
| 17 | She returned after a ten year absence , this time as director of ACARTE , an arts education programme linked to the Gulbenkian 's Centre of Modern Art , consolidating the respect she held as one of Portugal 's cultural leaders . |