Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] the former [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sixth-century papal sacristy used during Lent has been located in the former wine cellar of the convent . |
| 2 | But he stressed that no formal approach had been made for the former football ground . |
| 3 | According to sources , a bankruptcy order had been made against the former chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee by the solicitors Denton Hall Burgin and Warrens , who had previously acted for him , and the Inland Revenue petition was automatically dismissed . |
| 4 | Dating back to the 18th Century the main house has been converted from the former guest quarters . |
| 5 | The scheme has been associated with the former mining and railway village of Percy Main and with the Cricket Club ( historically a pretty proletarian league institution ) by reorganizing the road layout . |
| 6 | The dissolution of BCP cells in the armed forces had already been ordered by the former politburo on Jan. 24 and had been accomplished by Feb. 15 , while at the end of January a congress of the Union of Journalists had banned party cells from newspapers and publishing houses . |
| 7 | Meanwhile a memorial service has been held for the former cabinet minister and Cotswolds MP Nicholas Ridley . |