Example sentences of "[be] [verb] the former " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can work using the x-form faster than we can the sequence form simply because we 've been using the former for years . |
| 2 | ‘ So you , ’ he said , his mien so dangerous that Mary beside him , fearful , put a restraining hand on his arm , ‘ must be the Marquess of Blaine , seeing that you are escorting the former Miss Maybelle Foy , of Chicago . |
| 3 | Although IBM says a gateway is possible , it is taking the former approach , and the plan is gradually to convert its most important system software to the architecture . |
| 4 | The main intention is to have the former LMS locomotive restored back to full working order , hopefully in 18 months ' time . |
| 5 | The problem for the hungry animal is to distinguish the former from the latter , and only to put the edible things in its mouth . |
| 6 | He was representing the former Lords of the Manor at the pageant . |
| 7 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |
| 8 | The overall effect of coupling the Spanish wagon to the international economic train was to destabilize the former , for its antiquated methods and structures could not readily assimilate and apply efficiently the benefits of the latter . |