Example sentences of "led [prep] a former " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were a group of eight Australians and Americans , led by a former Atlanta debutante named Frances Higgins . |
| 2 | Secular parties like the Janata Dal , led by a former Congress cabinet minister , VP Singh , are hoping to come to an election agreement with the powerful pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , to ensure that the opposition vote is not split . |
| 3 | Last June 's vote led to the creationof a 17-strong block called the European Right , consisting of members of Jean-Marie Le Pen 's National Front from France , the Republicans from West Germany ( led by a former Waffen-SS officer , Franz Schonhuber ) , and a Belgian from the wilder shores of Flemish nationalism . |
| 4 | Some have called for a boycott of the elections , but most are likely to back the faction of the Akali Dal , the Sikh political party , led by a former police officer , Simranjit Singh Mann . |
| 5 | The main beneficiaries were those convicted in May 1987 of involvement in a coup attempt led by a former Prime Minister , Col. Diarra Traore , in July 1985 [ see p. 35435 ] . |
| 6 | The Democratic Party for Progress ( PDP ) was formed on Dec. 10 amidst reports that the United Social Democratic Party ( PUSD ) led by a former Prime Minister , Victor Saude Maria , had filed for recognition by the Supreme Court . |
| 7 | Although the majority of UDF deputies abstained , about 20 voted in favour — the members of the Alternative Social Liberal Party , expelled from the UDF on Dec. 29 , and a group led by a former Defence Minister , Dimitur Ludzhev . |
| 8 | Its members , led by a former Scottish Office minister , Sir Russell Fairgrieve , will seek a meeting with Mr Lang to urge him to exercise his influence in the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers for Scottish MEPs to be elected by PR , which could dramatically affect Labour 's dominant position in seven out of the eight European seats . |