Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] that the former [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also object on the grounds that , while Sotheby 's disclaims any ownership interest in the treasure and was merely the agent for Lord Northampton , they are by no means convinced that this is the case , especially as it has come to light during the discovery process that the former chairman of Sotheby 's , the late Peter Wilson , played the leading role in the treasure 's acquisition and had a share in its value , inherited by his sons , Thomas and Philip . |
| 2 | On May 22 the Berlin Justice Senator announced that the former State Security Minister , Erich Mielke , 83 , had been charged with incitement to murder in connection with the " shoot-to-kill " policy . |
| 3 | Would my right honourable friend confirm that the former director of G C H Q , Sir Brian Tovey , stated that during the imposition of martial law in Warsaw and during the Soviet anva invasion of Afghanistan some ten thousand hours of cover were lost at G C H Q. And will he not confirm that is a perfectly good reason for the ban on external er interference by trade unions in the activities of G C H Q and will he also assure the house that the existing trade assoc the staff association works perfectly well and there is no reason whatever for an external trade union to interfere in G C H Q's affairs . |
| 4 | A judicial commission which on Sept. 26 began a fresh inquiry into the air crash which killed President Gen. Zia ul-Haq in August 1988 [ see pp. 36217 ] heard evidence alleging that the former army Chief of Staff Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg had plotted the crash [ see p. 38289 ] . |
| 5 | The judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to show that the former guard captain , Karl-Heinz Becker , 49 , had intended to kill when he fired his pistol at one of the two men fleeing through a checkpoint on 8 April , 1989 . |