Sentence examples for former practice has been from inspiring English sources

Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and chairwoman of the Rules Committee, welcomed the change, saying the former practice "has been a bane of our existence for a long time".

Walter Timpone, a former prosecutor now in private practice, has been widely considered the favorite to be named first assistant to Christopher J. Christie, who was sworn in late last month.

The mental health care system has long made use of former patients as counselors and the practice has been controversial, in part because doctors and caseworkers have questioned their effectiveness.

An exorcist himself and former state senator from Colorado Springs (arguably the evangelical capital of the US), Klingenschmitt feels that the practice has been misrepresented by the media.

That practice has been halted.

The practice has been controversial.

My practice has been good.

They said the church also never asked to see an article before it was printed, though former editors said the practice had been to fax drafts of editorials to church headquarters.

Former workers also said this practice had been in place for years.

The candidate, Walter F. Timpone, a former prosecutor now in private practice, had been the consensus choice to become first assistant to Christopher J. Christie, the United States attorney in New Jersey.

Eight former employees, including seven ex-partners (two of whom used to run the firm's tax practice), have been charged with fraud.