Example sentences of "of [art] former [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The facts so far as relevant are not in dispute , the judge having rejected the evidence of the former landlord , the plaintiff , Mr. Haniff , and accepted the evidence of the former tenant , the defendant , Miss Susan Robinson .
2 He married , in 1956 , Noorbanu Nawabzadi , of the former Loharu state in Rajasthan ; they had a son and two daughters .
3 Second , because its hidden curriculum can be just as undermining to our real intentions as that of the former withdrawal system .
4 All of the former officers remained stripped of their rank and were barred from holding public office .
5 For legal reasons it is impossible to mention examples of the former instance .
6 While Dutch administrators have been working on plans to transfer part of the former Daf into a new company known as New Daf , it is not yet known if the rescue package will help save jobs at the five Leyland Daf plants in Britain .
7 However , the civil society and cultural values of the former CDP project area are likely to be profoundly influenced by the fact that most of the households resident in large parts of it are now dependent on state benefits rather than on wages for their reproduction .
8 That last statement sounds uncharacteristically naive on the part of the former stockbroker whose shrewd reading of the form book has been greatly instrumental in providing the wherewithal to build possibly the most up-to-date training establishment north of Watford Gap .
9 Contrary to the popular myth of largely extempore worship , there is a more or less set liturgical pattern for most of the services of the former Congregationalists and Presbyterians , who , together with the Churches of Christ , form the United Reformed Church .
10 Others , however , see the individual 's emotional , social and other more personal needs as top priority and put their emphasis on such things as stimulation , reality orientation and reminiscence work , whilst still acknowledging the value of the former services .
11 The ending of the former child allowances and their replacement with tax-free child benefits in 1975 meant an increase in the problem of dependency , with only about half the 750,000 one-parent families in 1976 , for instance , able to rely on their income as means of support .
12 The company bought the 1.88-acre site from the Commission for the New Towns , responsible for the sale of industrial and commercial assets of the former Skelmersdale Development Corporation .
13 After leaving Kidderminster the train ran to Bewdley where a reversal took place for the train to run onto part of the spur of the former Stourport line .
14 Thus the portion of the site that was chosen for clearance was the upper half of the southerly track together with the base area of the former engine house .
15 An essential first step was to create a bedroom and this was formed from the larger part of the former WC block .
16 Harper , who is the cousin of the former West Indian Test player , Roger Harper , has verbally accepted the offer of a contract with the Prestwick club for the 1993 season .
17 In March 1952 Soviet statesmen suggested a unification of Germany in exchange for its non-participation in coalitions or alliances directed against any of the former wartime allies and in 1954 Molotov more clearly presented the idea of neutralising Germany .
18 Of the former criteria , arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg could be on this weekend 's list .
19 The minority party , realising that they could take advantage of the troubles , persuaded the Duke of Cumberland to issue a warrant against three of the former Councillors for treason and they were committed to Perth prison .
20 Up until now there had n't been a peep out of the former Jam bassist which I 'd attributed to one of three things — shyness , boredom or a reluctance to interrupt his new boss who , it has to be said , makes Ian Paisley seem like a Trappist Monk when he gets into his stride .
21 In Wales , old republican soldiers and even some of the former disciples of the Fifth Monarchist , Vavasor Powell , accepted places on the remodelled bench in 1687 – 8 , much to the horror of local Tories , who portrayed the new magistrates as " the old gang " of 1641 .
22 Building on the trackbed precludes a new service from serving the whole of the former route .
23 By way of contrast , Limbo is an excellent , varied VS 4c , culminating in an exciting traverse to join the last few moves of the former route .
24 The Newcastle boss snapped up 18-year-old Peter Cormack junior — the son of the former Liverpool midfielder — from Meadowbank for £10,000 .
25 Lee is learning a more rounded game at Myreside under the tutelage of the former internationalist Andrew Ker , but his sense of adventure has not been diminished .
26 Taxing problems The arrest of the former head of the Mexican Treasury 's personnel section may go some way to explaining why government departments always appear to be overstaffed , but incapable of offering decent service .
27 The new church was established at the end of June and united the Autocephalous Church in Ukraine with followers of the former head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church , Metropolitan Filaret , dismissed in May [ see p. 38925 ] .
28 Currently in prison awaiting trial were numerous other senior officials of the Ceausescu regime , including many members of the former Council of Ministers and all but one of the 21 full members of the RCP executive political committee .
29 This attitude was not entirely absent from the ruling council of the RCM where , among others , the Marchioness of Reading , wife of the former Viceroy of India , judged every problem within narrow class conventions .
30 The National Unity Party ( NUP ) , formed in 1988 by members of the former ruling Burma Socialist Programme Party , won only 10 seats .
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