The phrase "a former state of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a previous condition or situation that has since changed.
Example: "The city has transformed significantly from a former state of industrial decline to a vibrant cultural hub."
Alternatives: "a previous condition of" or "an earlier state of".
1. help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute 2. restore to a state of good condition or operation 3. install again politically The word rehabilitate has appeared in 398 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Aug. 11 in "Fresh Start for Chiefs Leaders on Team With Lingering Painn" by Nate Taylor: ST.
At least some people, too, laugh at themselves not a former state of themselves, but what is happening now.
Simply put, our laughter expresses feelings of superiority over other people or over a former state of ourselves.
I am a Los Angeles lawyer and a former State of California Administrative Law Judge (ALJ).
Bill Blum is a Los Angeles lawyer and a former State of California Administrative Law Judge.
Representative Ron Klink, State Senator Allyson Schwartz and Tom P. Foley, a former state secretary of labor, are seeking the Democratic nomination.
The threat came, specifically, from a business consortium headed by the son of a former state governor of Veracruz, whose family own land in the area.
And the governor, Bobby Jindal, a former state secretary of health, has been one of the most prominent Republicans to offer an alternative proposal for a health care overhaul.
His stepfather is a retired judge of the New York State Court of Claims and a former State Commissioner of General Services.
Richard C. Leone Princeton, N.J., Feb. 9, 2009 The writer is president of the Century Foundation and a former state treasurer of New Jersey.
Kathleen O'Toole, a former state secretary of public safety, has been appointed commissioner of the Boston Police Department.
