The phrase "and indicates the former" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring back to a previously mentioned item or concept, clarifying that the current statement relates to that earlier reference.
Example: "The study focused on two variables, A and B, and indicates the former as the primary factor influencing the results."
Alternatives: "and refers to the first" or "and points to the previous".
This shadow indicates the former outline of body and fur produced as a result of bacterial activity [39].
"As the report indicates, the former director was not forthcoming or truthful with university personnel on multiple occasions," university spokesman Gary Lewis Jr. said Tuesday.
What's interesting about the forecast is how it pits traditional Windows computers against Android and iOS, indicating the former's decline.
Additionally, E. coli O157 H7 strain R508N was >10 times more sensitive to T5 and T1 than to phages O1 and T4 (Table 2), indicating the former were more effective in killing bacteria than the latter.
Measurements of outer and inner bone fractions indicate the former were contaminated postmortem for lead, zinc, and cadmium.
The increase in mitochondrial genome copy number (Figure 5, C and D) appears to indicate the former but this can be partially accounted for by increased mitochondrial replication suggesting the overall response is a combination of both increased replication and genome amplification (Figure 4F).
We use radical innovation to indicate the former and incremental innovation to indicate the latter.
The frosted and etched surfaces of quartz grains in some friable and loosely cemented sandstones seem to indicate the former presence of a carbonate cement that has been leached.
A GIS for the area studied was generated using the georeferenced meteostations previously indicated, the former Soviet Union regional administrative boundaries (oblasts and republics), and the model output databases.
Will Gilpin is to leave his post after party sources indicated the former military officer struggled with many Ukip figures who cheerfully admit they are unmanageable.
