Sentence examples for former passed from inspiring English sources

The switch in ownership to Al Fahim from Alexandre Gaydamak looked all set to proceed after the former passed the Premier League's 'fit and proper person' test.

In 1968 the former passed legislation calling for a program of investigation, research, and survey to determine the impact on the United States of increasing worldwide use of the metric system.

The former passed the criteria for being classified as TSD but whether similar results would be obtained with other strains remains to be determined.

Sunderland City Council's technique for speedy counting involves sixth formers passing ballot boxes down the line and bank tellers counting the votes.

Gordie Howe and other former Red Wings passed the white banner with red stitching to current standouts like Nicklas Lidstrom on the ice in a pregame ceremony.

Thus in one scene Di Botcher and Sheila Reid play two old biddies sitting on a playground bench; and the casualness with which the former passes the latter some poison-tablets to despatch her son-in-law speaks volumes.

We should see the former pass the latter in the current month, barring massive market shifts.

For instance, any debts one incurs while owning some land are not to be inherited by another who obtains possession of that land after the former passes.

The latter is tracked with a fast quadrant detector for precise attitude sensing and clock synchronization while the former passes a binary liquid-crystal-based half-wave plate switch (LC-HWP).

In the lobby of the hotel where the bishops met, a former priest passed out brochures promoting a married priesthood.

One day a woman from his former life passed by, with a violent scent and a sharp jolt to his heart.