Example sentences of "the former [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crucial evidence on Gerard 's conduct after Pippin I 's death is supplied by a letter of Lupus of Ferrières written in July 840 : Gerard , it says , " the former prince and favourite ( princeps et carus ) of Pippin [ I ] " was now one of Charles 's right-hand men in Aquitaine . |
| 2 | He was the ringmaster against the former circus act . |
| 3 | He was more than prepared to trade blows with the former circus act Benichou . |
| 4 | Many studies of the geography of the United States identify the southern States — basically those of the former Confederacy south of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Mississippi — as a separate region or place , with its own particular characteristics . |
| 5 | The South does n't stand out in the resulting map ( figure 5.2 ) , although none of the States of the former Confederacy falls in the top 40 per cent on their ranking , except Florida whose population character and structure has changed very substantially in recent decades as a result of immigration , especially of the elderly . |
| 6 | And while I 'm talking Labour running , I notice that the original seconder if this motion was one Councillor , the former arch cash-cutter of Social Services |
| 7 | There have been attempts to attach the origin to certain famous men called Runcie — not least of all the grandfather of the former Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 8 | Thus he deplored the action of the former Archbishop Sancroft in consecrating two new bishops , whose names were approved by the exiled James II , in order to maintain the Apostolic Succession among the non-jurors . |
| 9 | I have already mentioned the argument on this occasion which convinced Lanfranc that he had made a mistake in sweeping the former archbishop Elphege out of the ecclesiastical calendar . |
| 10 | The new Archbishop Rivera y Damas remains outspoken on human rights violations and continues much of the legal work sponsored by the former Archbishop . |
| 11 | The Vatican in December 1989 ordered the closure in Recife on the east coast of two progressive seminaries founded by the former Archbishop of Olinda and Recife , the Most Rev. Helder Câmara . |
| 12 | The former Archbishop of Prague , Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek , who under Communist rule had become a symbol of the struggle for religious freedom , died on Aug. 4 aged 93 , of heart failure complicated by pneumonia . |
| 13 | But many of us saw it as an approach which emphasised the need to allow the faith of Christ to be incarnated within particular culture and Sir Paul , the former Archbishop of New Zealand took the same stand point as a Maori , in his own address and called delegates present to speak and act as people of hope and to respond sensitively to economic and environment progility and isolation , not only in the Pacific but wherever they are . |
| 14 | When the printing operation of Mr Maxwell 's quoted company Maxwell Communications was taken over by its management this year , 24 per cent was retained by the former parent . |
| 15 | It is a complicated saga which is still unravelling , with the former parent company , Alan Paul , now in liquidation . |
| 16 | He is succeeded by Russell Planitzer , the company 's chairman and the leader of the buyout group that has struggled since acquiring the former parent , Prime Computer Inc in 1989 . |
| 17 | To mitigate this problem , the transferor company may have to be re-financed before the hive-down , for example by the elimination of intra-group indebtedness , followed by the purchase of Target shares at a nominal value , coupled with the re-financing of Target and the repayment of the loan due to the former parent company . |
| 18 | The rights issue proceeds will be injected into the ICI rump to allow the former parent to pay down debt . |
| 19 | The workshop complex was built in 1870 and original equipment is on display throughout the former working area . |
| 20 | The former Clipstone Colliery linesman had his progress impeded by a string of top-class seamers during a frustrating period on the Nottinghamshire staff , and considered quitting the game before Ken Higgs recruited him for Leicestershire in 1990 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Rosemary 's Baby had done well , financially and critically but the American Catholic Office for Motion pictures , the former Legion of Decency , gave it a ‘ C ’ rating , meaning condemned , for its explicit sexual content and its perverted use and distortion of fundamental Christian beliefs . |
| 23 | Following a meeting between representatives of the Central European Initiative ( CEI , the former Hexagonale — see p. 38786 ) and Bulgarian officials on May 6 , it was announced that Bulgaria would take part in four CEI working groups , on the environment , small and medium-size businesses , transport and communications . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Having failed to lure the former coach Chalky White away from the Rugby Football Union , the Tigers are to advertise the post with a salary of around £20,000 , plus a pension and car . |
| 26 | Andy Lloyd , the captain , has seen it through , first in a somewhat uneasy relationship with Bob Cottam , the former coach , and , last year alongside Bob Woolmer , the new director of coaching . |
| 27 | GERMANY , another side to have ‘ employed ’ the technical know-how of a foreigner ( Emil Signes , the former coach and current manager of the US Eagles sevens side ) were equally unsuccessful in their bid to reach the last four . |
| 28 | Ferrasse , rightly , explained that the former coach has already been punished for his misdemeanour , and he then threatened to resign from the Board unless the Dubroca issue was allowed to rest . |
| 29 | Among those waiting to welcome the Scots yesterday morning was Omar Henry — the former coach cum professional of the Scotland XI has had an excellent season for Orange Free State , being their leading wicket-taker . |
| 30 | Count Lambsdorff , the former Economics Minister , now Chairman of the centrist FDP , delivered a particularly strong attack on John Major 's hard ecu plan , calling it ‘ nonsense ’ . |