The phrase "a selection of the former" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring back to a previously mentioned group or category, indicating that you are choosing from that specific set.
Example: "We have two options for the project, and I would like to proceed with a selection of the former."
Alternatives: "a choice from the former" or "a subset of the former".
Court cases, a Football League ban, a "pie-tax" ticket scandal; these are a selection of the issues that have followed the former Cagliari owner in West Yorkshire.
This is the case of cultivars Picholine marocaine and Menara, the later considered a clonal selection of the former, raised in Morocco on the basis of better production, sooner come into bearing, and easier propagation from cuttings [ 49].
In 2008, The Queen then joined in the celebrations for Blue Peter's 50th birthday by holding a special reception at Buckingham Palace, which was attended by a selection of former presenters, the current presenting team and some Gold Blue Peter badge-winning children.
Mr Cameron tried to block Mr Juncker's appointment by forcing a vote on the selection of the former Luxembourg prime minister, who is seen as a backer of closer political union.
Correction: November 7, 2004, Sunday A review in the Book Review last Sunday about "Ronnie and Nancy," by Bob Colacello, and "Reagan's Path to Victory," a selection of writings by the former president, attributed a foreign military intervention to him erroneously.
But it will serve as a general label for those featured today in Weekend magazine's inaugural Not-So-Rich-Any-More List – a selection of former plutocrats who crashed out of the list in spectacular fashion.
Interviews with a selection of current and former EIS officers inform the work, as did document review and the author's field experience in Niger that was inserted at the end of the volume.
In that context, the selection of the former referee David Elleray on a Fifa advisory panel despite being warned by the FA following a racist comment to another official is inexcusable.
Mr. Obama is set to announce his selection of the former agent, Earl Devaney, on Monday at a meeting with governors at the White House.
The board of trustees chose the educator, Robert R. Davila, from among three finalists for the post after a process that began when the board in October rescinded the selection of the former provost, Jane K. Fernandes.
