Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] the former [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words contained in the former definition of larceny , in section 1 of the Larceny Act 1916 , ‘ without the consent of the owner , ’ have been omitted , and , we have no doubt , deliberately omitted from the definition of theft in the new Act . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Anthony Seldon has written the overlords ' epitaph : ‘ Thus the Conservatives reverted to the former system of co-ordination of policy in Cabinet Committees and in the Cabinet … . |
| 4 | The joy Wardlaw celebrated with his fellow reformers extended beyond the former slave as its object ; the colonies which had been blighted by an ‘ offended God … frowning in vengeance ’ were to be transformed into prosperous lands . |
| 5 | Is it not outrageous that coalfield areas such as Nottinghamshire which have been waiting nearly two years for this money are still denied it because of the party political games played by the former Cabinet Minister and now Labour Commissioner Millan ? |
| 6 | The arrest of three police officers and two military captains who had been members of the elite UESAT unit of the Panamanian Defence Forces commanded by the former dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega , led to suggestions that a serious coup attempt had been intended , and that it had enjoyed wide support from the police . |
| 7 | Many of the burdensome covenants inserted in the former kind of lease will be wholly inappropriate to the latter . |
| 8 | In addition , it should be observed that although the Act of 1988 entered into force on 1 December 1988 , the validity of registrations effected under the former system was extended by section 13 until 31 March 1989 , and hence owners and operators who might not have fulfilled that requirement in the past were given a reasonable transitional period in which to comply therewith . |
| 9 | Some 50 others associated with the former government were also detained . |
| 10 | The truth is anyone 's guess , but Weller certainly offered to play on Raw Stylus ' single ‘ Pushin' Against The Flow ’ , and their name cropped up in one of the few recent interviews given by the former Cappuccino Kid . |
| 11 | Although the defence had demanded the release of extracts from Reagan 's diaries as a means of circumventing the memory lapses suffered by the former President , Reagan had cited executive privilege in order to resist the move [ see pp. 37240-41 ] . |
| 12 | If so , the Directive will normally operate so as to transfer the employees employed by the former controller in the discharge of the function to the new controller and on the same terms and conditions of employment . |