Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the latter [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chlothild was presented with the choice of either having her grandchildren tonsured or killed ; she chose the latter solution , although one child , Chlodovald , escaped to become a monk and , in time , to be revered as St Cloud . |
| 2 | ( They kept the latter over from ‘ World Clique ’ until it could appear in America on a less-wasteful Eco-Pac CD . ) |
| 3 | They chose the latter course of action . |
| 4 | They chose the latter course but they sent to the buyer separate shipping documents in respect of two different lots in the one ship . |
| 5 | Many of the verses on the subject of Growltiger or Macavity had in fact originally been written for the children of the Fabers and the Morleys ; Eliot 's own affection for small rather than large animals is sufficiently well known , and he was the owner ( or patron ) of a succession of cats with names like Pettipaws , Wiscus and George Pushdragon — he used the latter name when entering crossword competitions in Time and Tide . |
| 6 | In 1990–1 , the first year of operation of the new system , he followed the latter course , and capped the charges set by 21 authorities . |
| 7 | During the first World War Hamilton served with the Coldstream Guards ( he stood just on 6ft ) and he spent the latter part of his service at Caterham Barracks from where he signed for Palace when he was ‘ demobbed ’ in December 1922 . |