Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] the former " in BNC.
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| 1 | This route follows the former Innocent Railway for part of the way and then the Niddrie Burn to Brunstane . |
| 2 | Bookies make the strapping seven-year-old gelding a 14-1 shot to provide the former point-to-point trainer with an incredible family triumph in the third week of March . |
| 3 | The pope again provided to the see , this time choosing the former prior-provincial of the English Franciscans , John Pecham . |
| 4 | AN international policy shift on Bosnia 's civil war buoyed the former Yugoslav republic 's rebel Serbs at the weekend but the Muslim-led government felt betrayed and vowed to fight on to recapture lost territory . |
| 5 | YUGOSLAV jet fighters launched rocket attacks on villages in western Bosnia-Hercegovina yesterday as federal forces appeared to step up support for Serbian militiamen in the ethnic conflict convulsing the former Yugoslav republic . |
| 6 | However , if the typical person running the latter group of stations ( those with additional facilities ) is also less risk-averse than the typical person running the former , then there is a conflict . |
| 7 | Some remains of the plant are on the eastern outskirts of the village , while a mile to the north , off the A386 , the National Trust preserves the former engine house of Wheal Betsy Mine , which produced lead , silver and zinc into the late 1870s , being known then as the Prince Arthur Consols mine . |
| 8 | This hath indeed given a new face to the whole nation , hath in a great measure subverted the former state of affairs , and hath almost totally changed the manners , customs , and habits of the people , more especially of the lower sort . |
| 9 | Clearly , the United Kingdom and the Community are doing a great deal to assist the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe generally . |
| 10 | Tony Smith claims that we apply a double standard to orthodox and alternative medicine , using published studies in the medical literature to denounce the former while relying largely on anecdotal evidence to promote the latter . |
| 11 | On Dec. 3 , 1991 , the Supreme Court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to bring the former President and senator for life , Alan García Pérez , to trial on charges of illegal enrichment during his 1985-90 period in office . |
| 12 | Thus , any attempt to analyse the former land use around a settlement needs to take into account more than just the present physical nature of the land : changes may have taken place in any period under the influence of the technical abilities , and social and economic conditions prevailing at any time . |
| 13 | GERMANY 'S central bank policy makers are expected to consider lowering interest rates this week following political agreement at the weekend on a financial package to revitalise the former East Germany . |
| 14 | In other Cabinet changes the former Interior Minister Chedi Neffati took over the Justice portfolio from Mustapha Bouaziz , who became Minister of State Domains , a new ministry with the responsibility of overseeing public properties and of monitoring the public sector . |
| 15 | Disclosures made in the Soviet press forced the former communists to admit other contacts with the CPSU after the collapse of communism in Poland , including a meeting in March 1991 , at which plans were discussed to finance East European post-communist parties with cash from private companies . |
| 16 | Provisional bookings have already been made for entertainers like Freddie Starr , Bob Monkhouse and Tammy Wynette to play the former Beehive Ballroom in McMullen Road . |
| 17 | There is some way to go : in fact , BIS Strategic Decisions has estimated that $50bn plus will be invested in Eastern European telecommunications over the next decade — and that estimate excludes the former Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Becker 's surprising defeat by Spain 's Jordi Burillo in Barcelona last week suggests the former Wimbledon and world champion has still not come to terms with playing on the European clay , which predominates to the end of the French Open in early June . |