Example sentences of "[be] the former [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think this had been the former jockey 's house , for the Kirkwoods of Woodbrook survived into the middle of the twentieth century by breeding racehorses . |
| 2 | Currently in the workshops are the former Leisure Sport Vickers Viking replica BAPC.114 which is being restored as ‘ G–EBED ’ , Keith and Ross Smith 's back-up aircraft in their proposed round-the-world flight in 1922 . |
| 3 | IN THE words of the Gaullist leader , Jacques Chirac , France 's eagerly awaited new government has turned out to be the former Rocard government minus Michel Rocard . |
| 4 | BY THE time these words are being read Frank Gray might be the former manager of mighty Darlington FC , this space 's favourite football team . |
| 5 | This must be the former manor house of the settlement , which was downgraded in the eighteenth century and replaced by a larger house with its own gardens and park . |
| 6 | Firstly , we 've had a feasibility study on as to what should happen to Chipping Norton , and it has been proposed that it should develop eastwards and this would embrace the land which is owned by the County Council , being the former being the existing County Council smallholdings at Fowler 's Barn and Tank Farm , and also the William Fowler allotments , and it 's suggested that a relief road and ring road will run from the A three six one Burford Road to link up with the A forty four somewhere not far removed from Swingswang . |
| 7 | The main casualties of the reshuffle were the former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker , former Defence Secretary Tom King , and former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke . |
| 8 | Its 120 passengers , among whom were the former Portuguese President António Eanes , and students , politicians and reporters from 21 countries , intended to lay a wreath at the site of the November massacre , the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili . |
| 9 | Among the critics were the former ministers Michael Jopling , Peter Bottomley , Michael Spicer and Tom King , as well as Winston Churchill . |
| 10 | Among those executed , several of whom had been detained before the " coup attempt " , were the former Air Force commander , Maj.-Gen. |
| 11 | Also accused were the former head of the state security police ( the Stasi ) , Erich Mielke , 84 , former Prime Minister Willi Stoph , 78 , former Defence Minister Heinz Kessler , 72 , his deputy Fritz Streletz , 66 , and the former regional party leader in Suhl , Hans Albrecht , 72 . |
| 12 | Another prominent member of the Conservative party in Parliament who has related the European issue to the economic problems Britain is facing is the former minister and current UK Chairman of Texas Instruments , John Butcher , Member for Coventry South-West . |
| 13 | In form at Middlesbrough at the moment is the former Sheffield dog , Batley Ranger , now with trainer Ronnie Chambers . |
| 14 | This is the former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle 's much-cherished parity run amok . |
| 15 | The latter requirement holds no difficulty , rather it is the former requirement which gives rise to difficulties because on occasions odour problems are complex , the source of the odour being difficult to identify , and it is not always possible to know whether or not a particular method of abatement will effect a cure in any given case . |
| 16 | Next to the Chapel is the former infirmary — later the almshouse . |
| 17 | Mrs Williams , 54 , is the former headmistress of St Paul 's Girls ' school in London who was forced to quit by a parents ' rebellion over an attempt to limit the number of GCSEs her girls sat . |
| 18 | A detour of 2 kilometres to the left is worthwhile for a visit to The Binns , a National Trust for Scotland property which is the former home of the Dalyell family . |
| 19 | Sir Colin is the former head of export services at the Ministry of Defence , having been seconded in 1985 from British Aerospace |
| 20 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 21 | Most interesting warbird is the Sea Fury G-BUCM : this is the former RAF Museum example VX653 , and has been acquired by the Fighter Collection at Duxford in exchange for work carried out by them on the Museum 's Hawker Tempest II . |
| 22 | An example of this is the former workhouse at West Hill Hospital in Dartford , Kent . |
| 23 | Another senior Member of the Conservative party to have expressed his anxiety is the former vice-chairman , Sir Tom Arnold , Member for Hazel Grove . |
| 24 | He is the former manager of the Locomotion Leisure Centre at the Blackwell Grange Moat House hotel in Darlington . |
| 25 | It is the former image which the courts have tended to have before them when reviewing the decisions of corporate managers . |
| 26 | To one side of the square is the former railway station and the bridge over the gardens is a former railway bridge — Monte station was opened in 1894 , but the short-lived railway from Funchal closed in 1939 . |
| 27 | He is the former production manager of British Die Casting which in 1973 employed 143 at Chirton and was quoted in The shields News Guardian on 26 May 1988 as saying : ‘ We are producing double the output of the old British Die Casting with half the work force . ’ |
| 28 | The Vale of Rheidol depot is the former BR standard gauge shed and has three roads . |
| 29 | But he will have to deal with the new Urban Regeneration Agency , whose chairman is the former cabinet minister , Peter Walker , a Tory wet , who pursued a blatantly interventionist and un-Thatcherite policy while secretary of state for Wales . |
| 30 | The Chairman of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs is the former Cabinet Minister the Right Honourable David Howell ( Member for Guildford ) . |