The phrase "a former practising" is not correct in standard written English.
It should be "a former practitioner" or "a former practicing" depending on the context.
Example: "She is a former practitioner of law who now teaches at the university."
Alternatives: "a previous practitioner" or "a past practicing".
The managing director of Everything Legal Ltd is Brad Askew, a former practising solicitor (no longer listed on the Law Society site).
While much of the general public imagines stage magicians come up with the tricks they do themselves, many are in fact designed by and bought from magic shops or dealers, said Duncan Trillo, publisher of Magic Week magazine and a former practising stage magician.
I am happy to refer those seeking further particulars to one such former practising physician: my wife.
A former doctor who practised for three years, he came to prominence with the scathing 90s drama Cardiac Arrest, which dealt with the travails of overworked and underappreciated junior doctors, and 2004's Bodies, a coruscating tale of medical negligence and its human cost.
Cherie Blair, wife of a former British prime minister, practised as a barrister, occasionally taking on cases against the British government.
Very silly and very committed - to his marriage, which has lasted 40 years, and to his faith, which, though I can't pretend to know what form this takes, can be inferred from his long-standing friendship with Daniel and Philip Berrigan Philipp, a former Jesuit priest, Daniel, a practising Jesuit who now works in an Aids hostel in New York.
Another of the writers is Andrew Sullivan, a practising Catholic and a former editor of the New Republic magazine in Washington, whose "Virtually Normal" (Picador; £14.99; Alfred A Knopf; $12) advocated the assimilation of gays into mainstream culture.In turn, left activists accuse the conservatives of selling out, of pandering to bigotry, and of being ashamed of who they are.
Though always self-effacing in style, he led student protests against a former dictator, Antonio Salazar, in the 1960s, practised law, and ran the Socialist Party from 1989 to 1991 while serving as mayor of Lisbon.People like his emotional side: he is easily reduced to tears.
Her speeches are peppered with lines worthy of "Dirty Harry".This sort of machismo is common enough among many Filipino politicians, but was not previously practised by Mrs Arroyo, a former academic and civil servant.
Kretschmann may once have been a former member of the Communist party, but he is also a practising Catholic, fiscally conservative and openly pro-business.
It is on a former weapons range where the second world war Dambusters squadron practised their bombing runs.
