The phrase "former part" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the first or earlier part of something, often in comparison to the latter or later part. Example: The former part of the presentation focused on the company's financial performance, while the latter part delved into its future growth strategies.
While one can count on Apple not messing up the former part, the latter is trickier.
Jim was a former part owner of the Minnesota Vikings and cherished cheering on his team.
My brother Walter in the former part of this letter has written a large journal which I intend to sum up in a small ledger.
** *** ** My brother Walter in the former part of this letter has written a large journal which I intend to sum up in a small ledger.
"Paying $100 million in a golden parachute amazed even me," Mikhail Prokhorov, a former part owner and chief executive of the Norilsk factory, wrote in a post on the Web site of the Echo of Moscow radio station.
The former part of the Fed's mission has largely been met, with prices more or less where they were a year ago, and inflation expected to glide under 1percentthis yearar.
Ray Chambers is a former part-owner of the Nets, the Devils and the Yankees, and a long-time philanthropist.
Four of those charged are former part-time student employees accused of using the school computers at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill to change grades.
And none of the dozens of other current and former part-owners of the team have played so public a role — not even Mary Higgins Clark, the best-selling author, though she read to children at a Nets literacy event.
The former part-time soldier, who would have been regarded by the Provisional IRA as a "legitimate target" during the Troubles, insists he is pleased at the way the DUP has thrown its weight behind his campaign.
So when Ms. Slevin, 54, gathered the gumption to approach Mr. Brown about adapting the show earlier this year, the odds of the former part-time drama teacher at Ramapo and Indian Hills High Schools getting his blessings seemed long.
