Sentence examples for an example of the former from inspiring English sources

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By way of an example of the former, Blatter was recently fluffing another dictatorship.

Nineteen eighty-four would be an example of the former; Happy Days of the latter.

As an example of the former, think of Audi; for the latter, Ford.

The Indonesian gambang is an example of the former and the Thai ranat family of the latter.

Most education secretaries either promote structural reform or push for changes to education content, with David Blunkett an example of the former and Kenneth Baker the latter.

As an example of the former, he gave Woodford Reserve bourbon, sold by Brown-Forman, and as examples of the latter he listed Chick-Fil-A and ZonePerfect.

A Chaldean Catholic, and the only Christian among Saddam's mostly Sunni Muslim inner circle, Aziz was held up as an example of the former dictator's willingness to embrace other religions.

Labour's eradication from all county halls in the country looks probable now, and there are losses both to the Tories and LibDems in different places (Derbyshire an example of the former, Bristol of the latter).

Several Greek and Latin writers (an example of the former being Clement of Alexandria) show considerable knowledge of the externals of Indian religions, but none gives any intimation of understanding their more recondite aspects.

In popular American usage, radicalism stands for political extremism of any variety, of the left or right; Communism serves as an example of the former, Fascism of the latter.

In an example of the former, when I would start an alley-oop play, in which one player tosses the ball toward the basket and a teammate jumps to catch the ball and dunk it, an announcer would say "alley-oop" before it was clear that's what I was doing.

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