Example sentences of "in [pos pn] late [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In their later paper they suggest that these two types of anaphor are interpreted with respect to two aspects of text representation that are well-established within psycholinguistics : a superficial or surface-based aspect and a content-based one .
2 In their later years they joined forces , and there is a photograph showing them together excavating one of the ‘ Danes ’ graves ' in 1898 .
3 In their later writings they had been forced to acknowledge , in the light of much critical evidence , that their biologically determined criminal was only one of a variety of types : their theory had become eclectic and multi-factorial .
4 But in her late teens she lost interest .
5 In her later years she never missed a hymn session on television or radio .
6 Even in her later years she worked on film and television projects as well as with a US daily radio commentary , The Best Years , consisting of homely reminiscences about the elderly .
7 But in her latest role it is her clothes , rather than lack of them , which take centre stage .
8 In its later years it came into the hands of the Wilkins family .
9 Marx 's own use of the term is tied up with his critique of idealism and it is not surprising that when in his later work he turned his attention to a materialist analysis of the capitalist mode of production , the term and concept of ideology occurs infrequently .
10 In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context .
11 In his later life he wrestled , unsuccessfully , with the idea of a united field theory , and clashed with Niels Bohr over the scope and meaning of quantum mechanics .
12 In his later career he was hard-working and respected , especially by those in whose interests he was acting , but not innovative , as he had been during the heroic period of sanitary reform .
13 Marx in his early writing was much interested in how the illusion of religion comes about , but in his later writing he seems to have lost interest in religion .
14 Herbert Spencer ( 1820–1903 ) protested that marriage was an unequal institution , and that women should have equal rights of competition with men , but in his later writing he reversed this opinion and declared that ‘ if women comprehended all that is contained in the domestic sphere , they would ask no other ’ .
15 His pictures vary in style : in his later days he showed himself capable of the common sort of conventionally flattering portrait , but , particularly from his earlier years in London , there exists a body of work demonstrating his great talent for lively detail and natural rather than conventional compositions .
16 In his later years he recalled with pride the opportunity it gave him to lecture such eminent men as Sir Henry Stanley on the correct procedure for expedition photography .
17 Mackay 's financial situation worsened following the war , especially after the runaway inflation wiped out the value of the annuity he had purchased with money left him by his mother , so that in his later years he was completely dependent on the sale of his books , which never regained their earlier popularity .
18 But in his later years he did n't come into the smithy until after breakfast .
19 In his later years he suffered ill health and his work was curtailed .
20 He was elected a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1875 ; in his later years he wrote three papers on the Severn tunnel , one on ‘ arches ’ , and one on the disposal of sewage .
21 In his later years he took to gardening again .
22 In his later years he suffered from occasional bouts of insanity .
23 Smith suffered periodically from gout — in 1720 he wrote that the drawing of a sketch ‘ at this time has occasioned me to make many a wry face by reason I could neither sit nor stand to do it ’ — and in his later years he put on weight : ‘ It is unlucky that Mr. Smith is grown so unweildy , ’ commented Dr George Clarke [ q.v. ] of All Souls College , Oxford , in 1730 .
24 In his later years he became a student of Egyptology , and was also a connoisseur who amassed a fine collection of medieval manuscripts and monastic seals .
25 In his latest book he tells of sophisticated computers that can move tall buildings in the opposite direction to the tremors .
26 If you are in your late teens you may be very happy to be pregnant .
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