Example sentences of "for the former [noun prp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UK hotel companies are anxiously awaiting the outcome of round one in the bidding for the former East German hotel group Interhotel . |
| 2 | True , they would have had a stronger showing had not their former prime minister , Lothar de Maizière , stepped down before the election amid charges ( which he denies , and which an inquiry looks set to discuss ) that he used to work for the former East German secret police . |
| 3 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 4 | A reorganization of the Land Cabinet in Saxony-Anhalt took place on Aug. 16 , following the resignation of the Free Democrat deputy Minister President Gerd Brunner on Aug. 9 and of the Agriculture Minister four days later , over accusations that they had acted as agents for the former East German Ministry of State Security — the " Stasi " . |
| 5 | It was a prudent precaution , for the former James I 's death , on 5 September 1701 , was followed only six months later by that of William III , who died after a fall while riding , on 8 March 1702 . |