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The phrase "because the former" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer back to something that was previously mentioned or discussed. Example: The company's profits have increased significantly this quarter because the former CEO implemented new cost-cutting measures.
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Contractual obligations are distinct from tort obligations because the former, like promissory obligations, are defined by agreement.
He attacked because the former CEO is seen to be unelectable in the general election.
The company favors cow eggs over human eggs because the former are cheap, available and uncontroversial.
However, he allows Geoffrey and Elsa to escape, because the former once saved his life.
Researchers need ambient – fresh – samples rather than frozen ones because the former provide much more information.
Because the former has been utter dross so far in this innings.
The process of checking member strength separately implies an inconsistency in analysis and in design because the former analyses a frame with perfectly straight members.
The distinction is made because the former aspect is based upon project delivery outcomes, while the latter assesses post-ERP project performance.
Because the former accompanies the penalty of carbon tax and the latter requires energy consumption, there is an optimum reliquefaction fraction minimizing the total treatment expense.
That's because the former senator has the instincts of an activist, rather than of a president or statesman.
Mr Lamborn once campaigned to swap the names of Mount Democrat and Republican Mountain because the former is taller.
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