Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the former " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | His position was filled by the former chair of the board , Detlev Rohwedder , who was succeeded as chair by Jens Odenwald , chairman of the West German Kaufhof retail stores chain . |
| 3 | It was in fact , ‘ by no means a bare collection of what was scattered in the former … but a performance so well designed and so well executed , … very acceptable to all who make gardening either their profession or diversion. , |
| 4 | In 1990 we held a benefit which raised DM 200,000 for the Kupferstichkabinett in Dresden , whose director , Werner Schmidt , had over the years collected art that was forbidden in the former DDR . |
| 5 | But his confession to Merymose had a positive effect too , because permission was granted to the former scribe to talk to the bereaved families within the palace compound . |
| 6 | The conference was chaired by the former Conservative MP Sir John Gorst and held at the Guildhall . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State will know that it was one of his predecessors , Lord Carrington , who was instructed by the former Prime Minister , the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , not to have formal contacts with the PLO in 1980 . |
| 8 | And the whole of the new organization was co-located in the former Air Ministry/Board of Trade building on the south side of Whitehall , where it is today . |
| 9 | At the same time , the Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit was commissioned by the former Training Agency to identify competences in the areas of literacy and numeracy which would link to the BBC programmes . |
| 10 | The alarm was raised at the former Kenulph Art Gallery when a passer-by spotted flames coming from the roof . |
| 11 | It seems that a less skilled craftsman was employed in the former work — a craftsman ( or apprentice ) whose contributions are not visible in the Blackfriars mosaic . |
| 12 | At a plenum of the Georgian central committee the following day the party first secretary , Dzumber Patiashvili , resigned and was replaced by the former head of the Georgian KGB , Givi Gumbaridze ; the Georgian prime minister and head of state also tendered their resignations . |
| 13 | With the landmark and directional cues present ( but feeders removed ) , the paths taken by all rats in each group ( Fig. 2 a , b ) showed a striking dissociation : search was concentrated at the former location of F+ in group fixed but around L+ in group varied . |
| 14 | The fraudulent conduct of the poll , and the subsequent annullment , was deplored by the former President , Mr Jimmy Carter . |
| 15 | The difference may seem slight , but it could affect interpretation of the event , since the most important assembly of the Gallic provinces , the Council of the Gauls , was re-established in the former year . |
| 16 | ANGER among Conservative backbenchers was voiced by the former prime minister Edward Heath last night as Tory MPs appeared to back away from a full-scale rebellion over the imposition of VAT on domestic fuel and power in the Budget . |
| 17 | The agreement had been drawn up by Bernard Pons , the head of the RPR 's parliamentary group , but it was opposed by the former prime minister , Jacques Chirac , who is the founder and president of the RPR . |
| 18 | When the printing operation of Mr Maxwell 's quoted company Maxwell Communications was taken over by its management this year , 24 per cent was retained by the former parent . |
| 19 | Clearly , a sum paid to the settlor to discharge a liability of his to the bank would come within this section ( see IRC v Bates ( 1966 ) 44 TC 225 : the case of Potts ' Executors v IRC [ 1951 ] AC 43 held that a payment to a third party was not a sum paid to the settlor but that case is no longer good law in view of TA 1988 , s677(10) which was inserted into the former TA 1970 , s451 ( now TA 1988 , s677 ) by s42(7) of FA 1981 ) . |
| 20 | But it was not long before he was identified as the former Neath and Swansea star who switched codes in 1987 . |
| 21 | Last night a nationwide alert was issued for the former foreign embassy bodyguard , who has Merseyside connections , and the public was warned not to approach him under any circumstances . |
| 22 | He knew that success depended on the latter and was endangered by the former . |
| 23 | The Eric Liddell Centre was established at the former North Morningside Church in 1974 , by the congregations of four churches on Holy Corner , Morningside , one of which was formerly the runner 's home church . |
| 24 | A school was established in the former dovecote , where local children as well as those of the family were educated . |
| 25 | The spinning wheel display brought to light a number of names of spinning wheel makers , and a list was published in the former Scotland 's Magazine in 1963 ( Vol 59 No 7 ) . |
| 26 | Brand , 51 , who was arrested in September 1990 while attempting to flee from Iraq , was released after the former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath made a personal request for clemency to Saddam Hussein . |
| 27 | To be fair , that ‘ MSEITW ’ label was attached to the former electorate for the leadership , that is , Labour MPs alone . |
| 28 | A massive police search was launched for the former paratrooper involving 25 officers , a search and rescue team , dogs and horses . |
| 29 | They belong to an old elite : the landowners and merchants whose wealth was confiscated by the former regime , which abolished all forms of private ownership . |