Example sentences of "[prep] [art] former [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ardiles twice tried to capture the 28-year-old Northern Ireland international but has finally refused to meet County 's £200,000 valuation for the former Chelsea forward . |
| 2 | UK hotel companies are anxiously awaiting the outcome of round one in the bidding for the former East German hotel group Interhotel . |
| 3 | True , they would have had a stronger showing had not their former prime minister , Lothar de Maizière , stepped down before the election amid charges ( which he denies , and which an inquiry looks set to discuss ) that he used to work for the former East German secret police . |
| 4 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 5 | A reorganization of the Land Cabinet in Saxony-Anhalt took place on Aug. 16 , following the resignation of the Free Democrat deputy Minister President Gerd Brunner on Aug. 9 and of the Agriculture Minister four days later , over accusations that they had acted as agents for the former East German Ministry of State Security — the " Stasi " . |
| 6 | It was also discussed at a farewell dinner last night for the former BBC director general , Sir Michael Checkland , hosted by the Royal Television Society . |
| 7 | Romania is to stay a republic , suggesting the country 's new rulers see little future for the former King Michael . |
| 8 | It is a welcome return from the golfing wilderness for the former Durham County champion who carried hopes of a highly successful professional career when he moved to the paid ranks after gaining international honours some five years ago . |
| 9 | Wednesday are looking for £800,000 for the former Swindon player , who Chelsea value at closer to £500,000 . |
| 10 | He 's come to this country to work for the former England star , Mike Burton , who runs a local sports agency . |
| 11 | It was the latest blow in what has proved an unhappy first season so far for the former England striker and Grampus in the new J.League 10-club championship , launched on May 15 . |
| 12 | The likely outcome is the offer of a three-year contract for the former England skipper and his no.2 Terry McDermott . |
| 13 | JIM LOVE , the new director of cricket , today leads the Scotland squad on their second successive two-week tour of South Africa in what will be a demanding test for the former England player , writes Harry Pincott . |
| 14 | They indicated further that NATO was " not prepared to entertain the notion of membership " for the former Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 15 | It was a prudent precaution , for the former James I 's death , on 5 September 1701 , was followed only six months later by that of William III , who died after a fall while riding , on 8 March 1702 . |
| 16 | THE five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council agreed yesterday to seek the establishment of a war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia . |
| 17 | Tonight the man who 's been leading the fight for pensioners in Oxford said there was also much at state for those still working for the former Maxwell companies . |
| 18 | In countries such as the former Czechoslovakia ( now two separate nations ) , two-thirds of motor lubricants are bought from petrol stations . |
| 19 | There was no challenge as the former West Ham and Birmingham forward buried Craig Shakespeare 's corner with an emphatic downward header . |
| 20 | But it was not long before he was identified as the former Neath and Swansea star who switched codes in 1987 . |
| 21 | Economic relations between the former USSR and its constituent states and the developing countries , 1984-93 |
| 22 | In a biography about the former England captain about to be published , the rift which existed between the pair for the final 15 months of Lineker 's international career is at last revealed . |
| 23 | Gloucester had had some links with the county through the former de Vere estates , but he does not seem to have been particularly active there and his influence was overshadowed by the duchy of Cornwall interest . |
| 24 | Gloucester had had some links with the county through the former de Vere estates , but he does not seem to have been particularly active there and his influence was overshadowed by the duchy of Cornwall interest . |
| 25 | His two attackers threatened to cut off the former Manchester United and Chelsea midfielder 's private parts during the vicious revenge attack in a country lane . |
| 26 | His two attackers threatened to cut off the former Manchester United and Chelsea midfielder 's private parts during the vicious revenge attack in a lonely country lane . |
| 27 | HMS Gloucester has been stationed off the former Yugoslavia as part of a NATO naval force for almost three months . |
| 28 | He sacked Terry Butcher as manager last January after the former England defender refused to take a cut in his £250,000 salary . |
| 29 | BRISTOL City striker Leroy Rosenior accused referee Martin Bodenham of being ‘ a disgrace ’ because the official hassled him to get up after the former West Ham ace was knocked senseless . |
| 30 | Brand , 51 , who was arrested in September 1990 while attempting to flee from Iraq , was released after the former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath made a personal request for clemency to Saddam Hussein . |