Sentence examples for former believed from inspiring English sources

The former believed that government had to be seen as doing something to stimulate economic activity or confidence would continue to collapse.

Some considered that a fundamental accord between politicians and the fourth estate would be broken if the former believed their off-the-record conversation would ever be made public.

In one test, some participants read a paragraph about a political candidate who "was having an affair"; others read about a candidate who "had an affair". The former believed that the candidate was less likely to be elected than the latter.

When Mir Hossein Moussavi stood against Ahmadinejad in the 2009 election – which the former believed he would have won had the votes been counted fairly – he would appear on the streets of Tehran with educated, T-shirted young men and women with their hair showing beneath their scarves on one pavement, while bearded men and women in chadors would curse him from the other.

The former believed such an action was necessary to restore the service's honor.

Following the commencement of the First World War, the German and British ambassadors to the United States both complained to the US State Department; the former believed that the British were going to be given the ships as soon as the ships reached Argentina, and the latter considered it the responsibility of the United States to ensure that the ships never left Argentina's possession.

He was inclined to the former, believing that there was no 'dishonest, underhand or malicious intent' on Hair's part.

The former believes a writer's primary duty is to interpret the world; the latter that it is his job to change it.

Disagreement between outside shareholders and a controlling shareholder implies, by definition, that the latter will choose projects which pay off in states of the world that the former believe are less likely to occur.

The former believes that people are rational economic individuals with a tendency to pursue maximal benefits.

Americans Rickie Fowler and Kevin Chappell are a shot behind Ishikawa, and the former believes Woods has turned a corner.