Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] a former " in BNC.
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| 1 | part of the yard of the Fleet Prison , so called because of a series of murals painted by a former prisoner . |
| 2 | The fund will be available on a claims-made basis to cover any loss suffered by a former shareholder who held shares during the period April 16 to December 1 1990 , and sold that stock at a loss as defined in the settlement agreement . |
| 3 | NATURAL oil compounds produced in a former fish drying plant on the Outer Hebrides will be unveiled today as a promising weapon in the fight against cancer . |
| 4 | But perhaps the most valuable work achieved by CNES in the 1960s lay in co-ordinating the development of the French space industry : in 1964 the decision was taken to build a launch site at Kourou in French Guyana ; in November 1965 the Diamant A rocket was successfully launched from an Algerian site — the swansong of a military programme based in a former French territory . |
| 5 | The main beneficiaries were those convicted in May 1987 of involvement in a coup attempt led by a former Prime Minister , Col. Diarra Traore , in July 1985 [ see p. 35435 ] . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most fitting tribute to Billy Turner came from a former Palace Manager , Jack Tresadern . |
| 7 | Although the majority of UDF deputies abstained , about 20 voted in favour — the members of the Alternative Social Liberal Party , expelled from the UDF on Dec. 29 , and a group led by a former Defence Minister , Dimitur Ludzhev . |
| 8 | He raised £800 for a charity that helps children with leukemia , a donation inspired by a former employee of the company on whose behalf Robert was running . |
| 9 | Toubon and his wife live in a former atelier used by Fernand Leger in the 6th arrondissement in Montparnasse and are friendly with a number of leading Paris contemporary art dealers . |
| 10 | People living near a former young offenders institution are fighting plans to turn it into a detention centre for the immigration service . |
| 11 | Campaign to help find released offenders decent places to live Audrey Gillan speaks to a former convict and drunk back on the right track now he has his own home . |
| 12 | When the Kenyan government called in a former Scotland Yard detective to clear up the murder of the foreign minister in 1990 , he fingered the former energy minister and confidant of the president . |
| 13 | Although there is no specific luggage compartment , bags go in a former radio stowage on its humped back , while the nose area ( which now houses a 45- pound lead ballast weight replacing the guns ) could be modified to take an overnight bag if needed . |
| 14 | In the case of Re C ( a Minor ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 18 November it was stated to be advisable , for example , for the Official Solicitor to continue to act as guardian in public law proceedings relating to a former ward of court where these are transferred up to the High Court . |
| 15 | In the Bellsdyke unit , the last four years have seen a successful and busy day hospital open in a former town centre house , a community health centre ( providing continuing care as well as acute and day hospital ) , warden supervised flats , supported housing projects and addiction outreach teams established . |
| 16 | The foundry operates in a former Turkish bathhouse roofed with nine ventilated domes , where , in deep gloom lit only from the dome vents , two teenage boys and an old woman produce all sizes of bells and ecclesiastical brassware . |
| 17 | But there may not be any tax to pay on it if the pension comes from a former employer of hers , and if she has a National Insurance retirement pension from her own contributions the special ‘ wife 's earned income allowance ’ will be due . |
| 18 | Myanma 's ( formerly Burma ) military rulers yesterday barred one of the country 's main dissident groups headed by a former prime minister , U Nu , from contesting elections set for next May . |
| 19 | He also says that he fears that he and his family , as members of the Bengali community , would be in danger of racial harassment if they lived in Carradale House , and this he supports with an affidavit on the subject of such harassment sworn by a former employee of his solicitors . |
| 20 | The Northern Echo , based in Darlington , Co Durham , yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from a former soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ shambles ’ of Ulster security . |
| 21 | In the first such case in the UK , Leeds-based John Richardson Computers Ltd has successfully argued that copyright should protect the look and feel of a program ; the court decided that a plaintiff does not need to show source code has been copied to prove infringement , and that copying non-literal aspects of a program , such as structure and organisation , could well constitute infringement ; the company 's dispute arose with a former employee over rival applications aimed at the pharmaceutical industry ; in the past , copyright cases have dealt exclusively with copying of actual program code . |
| 22 | Farmers however are entitled to obtain vacant possession of a house occupied by a former employee in order to provide accommodation for a present or prospective agricultural employee . |
| 23 | Norman Derbyshire , 51 , of Flensburg , Germany , was held after allegedly attempting to have 176lb of the material delivered by a former British Intelligence agent . |