Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] the former [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Block 04–2 is one of five blocks offered in the 2nd Round of Offshore Licensing which cover the former Vietsovpetro Reserve Area .
2 The Eagle 1 , the stiff shaft racket with flexible head which launched the former World No 1 's association with the company and its tennis programme in 1990 , is alive and well and functioning well alongside Mizuno 's new products .
3 Emeruwa , a teacher , takes his place in a new-look Wasps back row which includes the former Cambridge University captain Steve Kelly and Mark Rigby , while the former England centre Kevin Simms plays his first Courage Clubs Championship game of the season .
4 The mass will be held at a religious shrine on a road where , three years ago , hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered in the uprising which toppled the former president , Ferdinand Marcos , and installed Mrs Aquino in power .
5 To receive Sainteny he asked the former emperor Bao Dai to stand with him and endorse the agreement .
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