Example sentences of "[noun sg] by the former [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALLEGATIONS of gross misappropriation of funds belonging to the sport by the former president of the International Judo Federation were made at the biannual congress yesterday while the man himself lay in a nearby hospital apparently suffering from a heart attack , writes Philip Nicksan from Belgrade . |
| 2 | The National Heritage Secretary David Mellor , 43 , resigned on Sept. 24 , the first Cabinet minister to resign since the formation of the new Conservative government in April [ see p. 38869 ] ; he was succeeded in his post by the former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke , 58 . |
| 3 | An article by the former New York mayor , Ed Koch , in the New York Post of March 8 alleged that US Secretary of State James Baker had made obscene remarks about US Jews to Republican Party workers . |
| 4 | I was fortunate to be able to include in addition to my own account a lecture by the former Lord Justice Devlin in which he took the fourth Appeal Court severely to task for the illogicality of its reasoning and for usurping the functions of the jury , and a chapter by Bryan Magee about his efforts over the years to try to persuade the Home Office to reopen Cooper 's case . |
| 5 | This new residence , recently named Alexander Court by the former Principal , Sir Kenneth Alexander , is the first of a series of residential developments planned for the eastern end of the campus , beyond Airthrey Castle . |
| 6 | The court ordered the original bills of lading , which were in the hands of B. , the ambassador of the Republic of Somalia appointed to the United Nations Organisation by the former government , to be placed in court to facilitate the sale of the cargo and for the net proceeds of sale to be paid into court . |
| 7 | Matthews is replaced at flanker by the former Wales captain , David Pickering , while the Bath lock John Morrison comes in for Kimmins . |
| 8 | Sir Anthony launched his investigation last November following complaints by MPs and after an independent report into the DTI 's role by the former Monopolies Commission chairman , Sir Godfray Le Quesne , which the then Trade Secretary , Lord Young , concluded cleared his department of any responsibility . |
| 9 | Queen Elizabeth II was replaced as head of state by the former Governor General , Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau , who was sworn in as President on Dec. 5 . |
| 10 | Commercial fish stocks in the North Sea are in danger of " crashing " due to over-fishing , according to a report by the former head of the fishing conservation unit of the EC , commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) . |
| 11 | His relief comes after , his release comes after persuasion by the former singer , Cat Stevens , now Britain 's Muslim leader , Yusef Islam . |
| 12 | To meet the immediate problems , the vital priorities were the proper progressing of the manufacture of designs for nearly 6000MW of plant planned or under construction by the former undertakings , and the acceleration of work in progress on sites . |
| 13 | Even when poachers are apprehended — often as a result of expert tracking by the former bush fighters — fire-fights are rare . |
| 14 | However , Cauldron Barn Farm , inland on a ridge by the former windmill , survives . |
| 15 | The Supreme Court in Vienna on March 2 , 1989 , rejected an appeal by the former Vice-Chancellor and general manager of the Creditanstalt-Bankverein , Hannes Androsch , against the fine imposed on him in March 1988 for perjury in giving false testimony to a corruption investigation [ see p. 35792 ] . |