Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the latter [unc] " in BNC.

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1 The Alliance for Germany , backed by the West German federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl , advocated rapid monetary union , followed shortly afterwards by political reunification with the accession of the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany ) to the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany ) under Article 23 of the latter 's Basic Law [ see p. 37259 ] .
2 Schaub had already served in Paris and he acted jointly with Sutton from March 1721 until the latter 's departure .
3 Mercury Communications Ltd has announced that for a monthly subscription of £135 , any customer , whether a subscriber to British Telecommunications Plc or Mercury , can now use two of the latter 's range of Callink services .
4 In the current Middle Eastern situation it 's as well to be reminded , for example , that of the world 's 10 largest companies , seven are car or oil companies , and that one-third of the latter 's output is in the form of petrol .
5 Jafta Masemola , a founder member of the PAC ( which split from the ANC in 1959 over the latter 's policy of alliance with sympathetic left-wing whites and Indian organizations ) , was killed in a car crash near Pretoria on April 17 .
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