Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the former " in BNC.
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| 1 | UK hotel companies are anxiously awaiting the outcome of round one in the bidding for the former East German hotel group Interhotel . |
| 2 | The likely outcome is the offer of a three-year contract for the former England skipper and his no.2 Terry McDermott . |
| 3 | Those putting the case for the former , point to its relative speed , although where large and complicated matters are involved this advantage may be lost . |
| 4 | This is associated with a reduction of freedom for the former group and increasing personal access to motorised transport for the latter . |
| 5 | In West Berlin the huge crowd at the Rathaus , some of whom had crossed from the East to listen to the speeches , reserved their greatest enthusiasm for the former Social Democrat leader , Chancellor and Mayor of West Berlin , Mr Willy Brandt , who told them , to wild cheers : ‘ Berlin will live and the Berlin Wall will come down . ’ |
| 6 | Hebrew letters might , therefore , have undergone differentiation for the former group and would certainly have become involved in some associations . |
| 7 | The rural district council relied on the assumption of responsibility by the corporation in 1945 , while the corporation denied responsibility for the former rural district families and claimed that the 1956 Housing Act had made the rural district council responsible for all the families in the camp . |
| 8 | After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Russia , whose delegation was led by State Councillor Sergei Shakhrai , had taken over responsibility for the former Soviet military divisions in the Baltic . |
| 9 | It appeared that the " Paris Club " of Western creditor governments had softened its insistence that Ukraine should assume collective responsibility for the former Soviet Union 's foreign debt , following a meeting between Vitold Fokin , the Ukraine Prime Minister , and Jean-Claude Trichet , the Paris Club president , on March 3 . |
| 10 | On July 27 , the prosecution had demanded a 10-year sentence for the former leader , aged 80 , in connection with the embezzlement charge [ see also p. 39014 ] . |
| 11 | LAWYERS for Mike Tyson demanded a new trial for the former heavyweight champion yesterday , arguing that the jury which convicted him of rape was not allowed to consider whether his accuser had confused him as to whether she was a willing sex partner . |
| 12 | Romania is to stay a republic , suggesting the country 's new rulers see little future for the former King Michael . |
| 13 | The code of practice for the former District Audit Service referred to four additional responsibilities . |
| 14 | The figure for the former was 17% and for the latter 13% . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We believe that the next step , in considering large-scale help for the former republics , should be taken through the International Monetary Fund . |
| 17 | He told the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) afterwards that the former Soviet states wanted to implement the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) on troop reductions , and now had to decide how to apportion their shares of troop numbers under the treaty 's overall ceiling for the former Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Fellow airmen from 70 Squadron RAF provided a guard of honour for the former pupil of St Mary 's College , Wallasey . |
| 19 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the programme of aid and assistance for the former Soviet Union . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Bear might be an appropriate metaphor for the former Lord Chancellor himself . |
| 22 | The IMF approved on April 27 the principle of membership for the former Soviet republics ( except for Azerbaijan , whose status remained pending ) . |
| 23 | The moves were the first steps in a longer-term support package for the former Soviet republics , estimated at US$24,000 million , which had been mapped out by the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries [ see p. 38888 ] . |
| 24 | There is no need for the former , given that the schools already have to publish examination results and that under the Conservatives they will have to be inspected by a new form of genuinely independent inspecting agencies . |
| 25 | A competition to find a new name for the former Tap and Spile pub in Hartlepool has been settled . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Our president informed a leading UEFA official straight away on Thursday morning at a memorial service for the former German soccer federation president , ’ the source said . |
| 28 | Here we present neurological evidence for the former view from studies of a brain-injured patient with visual neglect . |
| 29 | ASUNCION ( Efe ) — Paraguayan judges signed an extradition request for the former French information minister , Jacques Soustelle , accused of swindling £62.5m from the state-owned cement industry during the regime of the former dictator , Alfredo Stroessner . |
| 30 | 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 . |