Example sentences of "of [art] latter [unc] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , the concept of judicial independence is deemed to entail not merely the freedom of judges from responsibility to the political executive , but their active duty to protect the citizen against the political executive or its agents , and to act , in the state 's encounter with members of society , as the defenders of the latter 's rights and liberties … |
2 | Scrope relied almost exclusively on George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , but consequently had to adapt himself to the tergiversations of the latter 's policies . |
3 | On close examination of the latter 's findings , in fact , it is difficult to say on what precise evidence they base their view , that ‘ this question of [ specialist-generic ] labour division ’ ( p. 215 ) is without either impact or ( by implication ) interest . |
4 | It would never have occurred to Nathan Holland , the young man on whose arm she leant , to think of such a thing ; he had worked with Paul Arkwright in the publishing house which turned out many of the latter 's books on philosophy , and soon Paul had asked him , knowing his astonishing gift for languages , if he would translate some of them . |
5 | In turning the tables on Einstein he used another of the latter 's ideas . |
6 | ‘ Evil ’ has become the last refuge of the latter 's apologists and scoundrels , like the education minister , John Patten . |