Example sentences of "[noun prp] [art] former " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last March the former snake importer went for a job as a delivery driver . |
| 2 | In the case of Aplysia the former possibility is the real one . |
| 3 | When Joyce broke away from Mosley , he took with him Macnab , John Beckett the former ILP Member of Parliament , and about sixty Fascist supporters all told . |
| 4 | In Goa a former union minister , B. P. Singh , was appointed Governor on March 15 . |
| 5 | This criticism was also echoed by Dr Mudthir El Tinquawi the former director of Khartoum University who accused the Government of making a political decision to implement the concept of ‘ arabisation ’ in the country 's universities , while failing to provide financial support . |
| 6 | Capped 10 times by Ireland the former Ulster captain was forced to take a back seat just before Christmas because of a recurring back injury . |
| 7 | In May a former deputy director of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency said that the USA would be violating the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile ( ABM ) Treaty if it deployed a newly-tested missile tracking device as part of its " Star Wars " defence system . |
| 8 | In early December a former Kuwaiti minister had estimated total costs resulting from the invasion at over US$40,000 million , half as a result of destruction and looting , and half as a result of the freezing of Kuwaiti foreign assets , losses to private businesses and unrealized oil production . |
| 9 | Before the summer holidays , the House of Lords carried an amendment moved by Lord Peyton a former Conservative minister , which allows British rail to bid against private companies for franchises to operate services . |
| 10 | So from the beginning of 1972 there have been involved in five major enquiries relating to Northern Ireland a former Lord Chancellor ( twice ) , a present and a former Lord Chief Justice , a Lord of Appeal , and a High Court judge . |
| 11 | Mr Fitch a former barman had Korsakoff 's disease , a kind of brain failure occurring as a result of alcoholism . |
| 12 | What I find very frightening is the campaign by Sir Thomas Hetherington in particular who erm as reported in the newspapers has said that there are er a handful , 3 or 4 people whom he has singled out , and he says the evidence is prima facie evidence against them , is so overwhelming that the law of England must be radically changed in order to bring a prosecution against them , and , as Lord Shawcroft said , well how , in such circumstances , could such people have a fair trial when we 've had the er Hetherington the former Attorney General saying , in effect , we know these people are guilty , we 're changing the law to prosecute them , and now you members of the jury must n't on any account er think er in er you must judge completely impartially . |
| 13 | In October a former Minister , Charles Fiterman , withdrew formally from conference preparations , complaining about lack of internal democracy . |
| 14 | At the start of August the former was telling the outside world of Russia 's quick recovery , just when the latter was still being very pessimistic . |
| 15 | O'Viv a former 14th century palace |
| 16 | But good pal Doug Moore a former Mayor of Langbaurgh and a guest when Paul appeared on This Is Your Life in 1989 , said : ‘ He was interested in the youth club , yes , ’ said Doug , a lifelong member of the Methodist Church . |
| 17 | As they were walking along a narrow passageway by the bar Mr Maltby accidentally nudged Mr Waterworth a former miner , and ‘ spilled twopence worth of beer . ’ |
| 18 | We are most fortunate to have as our guest teacher Irene Schwarz a former Director of Training at the Medau College and presently a member of the staff of the Physical Education Department of Freiburg University . |
| 19 | It is worth saying that in all recent discussions about eastern Europe the former Soviet Union — viewed at one time as a Great Red Hope for ELT — is barely mentioned . |
| 20 | When she was plain Mrs Thatcher the former Prime Minister was a champion of free enterprise … in education as much as anything else . |
| 21 | A convent on Stanhope Road South , Darlington the former home of the Daughters of Charity is likely to be transformed into a block of 16 bedsits by Stephen Thompson who bought the building a year ago . |
| 22 | The simple guilloche decoration of mosaic 7 appears slightly cruder than that of mosaics B or C. The more complicated three-strand guilloche of the former , however , is not significantly inferior to the four-strand guilloche of mosaic C. The former appears to be " stretched " , but then the latter seems to be cramped ( although " loose " ) . |
| 23 | GRAHAM DAVIES the former Cambridge blue and Wales ‘ B ’ wing , has joined Bridgend after his surprise omission from the Neath squad . |
| 24 | Two rebel leaders who were arrested were named as Mohammed Abdoulaye , Minister in charge of State Enterprises until December 1989 , and Mohammed Ahmoundou a former adviser in the President 's Office . |
| 25 | The company , incidentally , was founded by his Evenwood born dad also George a former ABA boxing champion . |
| 26 | Amongst the many who have owned pubs at one time or another , Willie Johnson runs ‘ The Port Rae Bar ’ in Kirkcaldy , Doug Smith the ex-Dundee United centre — half runs ‘ The Athletic Bar ’ in Dundee 's Hilltown , Joe McBride the former Celtic striker runs ‘ The Wee Mill ’ near Shawfield , Danny McGrain runs ‘ Danny Mac 's ’ at Parkhead Cross , Davie Hay briefly managed his own pub and Dixie Deans of Celtic runs Carluke 's ‘ Station Bar ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ the Republic of Somalia by their counsel … to give notice of this order to all the existing and intended parties to this action and to Messrs. More Fisher Brown the former representatives of Madame Fatuma-Isaak Bihi . |
| 28 | In the RUC the former is known as community relations and the latter neighbourhood policing although in many other forces both go under the rubric of community policing . |
| 29 | John the former Manchester City manager is there , a former manager of Shrewsbury as well , he 's with Alan and Blackburn have just gone close to going two one up . |
| 30 | So let's go across to now , our commentary team Alan , er John the former Manchester City and former Shrewsbury Town manager and also there is er Rob and we 've got more excitement . |