Example sentences of "[being] [verb] [prep] [art] former " in BNC.

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1 Under what conditions is western aid being given to the former Soviet Union ?
2 That influence , far from being confined to the former graveyard of St Giles ' , has spread and is spreading in every corner of the world .
3 PLANS to build a golf course near Tom King 's Wiltshire home are being opposed by the former Defence Secretary .
4 Surely we can be warned by the horrors being perpetrated in the former Yugoslavia about the results of political , religious and ethnic intransigence .
5 One difference between perceived-as appearances and presentation appearances is that whereas it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about the former it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about the latter .
6 Their husbands brought their cars to the rally which is being held at the former car-plant at Dunmurry this weekend .
7 Toon had been quoted in July as saying that he had found no evidence to substantiate claims that US POWs were still being held in the former Soviet Union [ see p. 39031 ] .
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