Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] the former [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |