Sentence examples for former phrase from inspiring English sources

If the former phrase implies the firms would collect multi-million fees only if BHS was sold, it would raise big ethical questions.

L. 99 272, § 17004(1), which directed substitution of "not more than four grants in any fiscal year to States or accredited schools of medicine in States" for "grant to not more than four States in any fiscal year" was made by substituting former phrase for "grants to not more than four States in any fiscal year", as the probable intent of Congress.

The origin of the former phrase is disputed – there are at least two claims to have invented it several years before the Mexico World Cup in 1986, but that is when it became internationally known; as for the latter, it was coined by a Swiss-born, US-based writer, Georges Surdez, but the practice dates back to at least the 19th century – in Russia.

For example, nɔśɔʾ yɔd ʿal "lift up the hand against," a phrase occurring in the context of execration, is separated out from nɔśɔʾ yɔd lə "lift up the hand to," a phrase occurring in the context of oath-taking; the former phrase is synonymous with nɔṭɔh yɔd ʿal, "extend the hand against," which also occurs in the context of execration.

You may recall, I mentioned Cubbit using the phrase "cell" and a "swarm" to indicate our data pool in the former phrase and how various users will be connected via peer to peer networks to store the data and not server farms in the latter phrase.

On the same topic of defeating performance anxiety, Grant also suggests not telling yourself "I can do it," but instead asking yourself, "Can I do it?" That's because with the former phrase, it's easy to get complacent -- people "feel good, but if they think they can do it, they don't get motivated to prepare and try," he says.

The former phrasing activates an "it's over" mindset for the voters whereas the latter phrasing activates a completely different drive -- the basic human desire to root for the underdog.

Shortly after the wall went up in 1961, I visited that city and, after Tempelhof airport, famous from the airlift, my first experience was the tumult of a torchlight parade "gegen Schandmauer und Stacheldraht" (against the wall of shame and barbed wire, the former a phrase of the mayor, Willy Brandt).

The former – the phrasing most easily understood as an indication of quality rather than safety, according to consumer research (pdf) – would become the industry standard for indicating taste and texture.

He contrasts two accounts of birdsong by Browning and Chekhov: the former polishes phrases to record the 'careless rapture' of lyrical sound, while the latter exerts himself to imagine how a peasant would really hear a bird.

This article was amended on 2 April 2013 to change the phrase "former black players" to "black former players".