Example sentences of "to [art] [adj] 's " 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 | He was attracted to the latter 's extravagant precepts on style , in contrast to Pater : ‘ What a small man Pater is . |
3 | The success of these courses at centres whose natural affinities lay with the London rather than the Eastern District led to the latter 's willing agreement to transfer its expanding , populous southern commuter zone to the former in the summer of 1930 . |
4 | A classic device for eliminating open conflict between two parties is to ask each to describe the other 's case , to the latter 's complete satisfaction . |
5 | Joan returned with the lady Alianor to the latter 's apartments in uncustomary silence . |
6 | In the end he sent it , regretfully , to Paul , thus adding to the latter 's troubles . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | the containment of capitalism within a patrician hegemony [ ideological dominance ] which never , either then or since , actively favoured the aggressive development of industrialism or the general conversion of society to the latter 's values and interests ( 1981 , p. 32 ) . |
9 | 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 ’ . |
10 | The consignee is then able to sue the carrier directly , but is also subject to the latter 's direct suit . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Indeed , David Poole sees the distinction between photography and portraiture as vital to the latter 's resurgence . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Tom was at his sister 's side , not bothering with the niceties of introducing Belinda , to the latter 's relief . |
15 | Assailed from both sides , the masher decided that the game was not worth the candle , and , dodging by Neil , to the latter 's great relief , he scuttled off towards the Haymarket . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 ) . |
18 | Such an amendment would permit claims where the employee 's invention falls short of revolutionising the employer 's position but nonetheless contributes greatly to the latter 's economic well-being . |
19 | The urgency which imbued the comings and goings of the party men and , particularly , the rapidity with which Franco acted in the week following the San Sebastian meetings , certainly suggest that there existed a serious potential threat to the latter 's military and political plans , emanating from the political sectors of his own camp . |
20 | 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 " . |
21 | It would be no exaggeration to claim that the whole of present-day transplantation surgery is based on his original insight and on his subsequent collaboration with Sir Peter Medawar , which led to the latter 's Nobel Prize . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | For example , in the Leoni Keating case , interest was maintained by reporting fully the reaction of the crowd to the accused 's first appearance in court — CROWDS HURL EGGS AT LEONI CASE MAN : Mums scream ‘ Hang him' ( Sun ) ; FURY OVER LEONI MAN ( Star ) ; WIVES ’ FURY AT MAN IN LEONI CASE ( Daily Mirror ) . |
24 | There is a deception as to the accused 's intentions . |
25 | In s.2(1) ( b ) the phrase " let another do so " still refers to the accused 's own existing liability and it was another way of committing the offence . |
26 | The requirement of belief relates to the accused 's own belief . |
27 | This year , the second on from the Festival is still proving to be a bumper one for individual membership ; we are now well in to the 900 's and it would give great satisfaction and joy to all if the magic figures ‘ 1000 ’ could appear in the membership book lovingly kept by the Treasurer and Secretary . |
28 | Uncritical testimonials to the postmodern 's attractions are ten a penny , and conservative denunciations thereof not much scarcer . |
29 | Tribute was paid to the late 's contribution and it was to be brought to the notice of Divisions that nominations were sought . |
30 | 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 . |