Sentence examples for former wins from inspiring English sources

"The better Harry Reid does, the harder it is for Rory," says Mr Herzik, who thinks the likeliest outcome is that the former wins and the latter loses.

— Glenn Collins The New York Times Magazine: Mark Bittman weighs East against West — miso against Parmesan — and decides the former wins out for versatility.

7.06pm GMT 48 min Townsend and Chadli have swapped flanks, and the former wins a corner, Spurs' first of the evening.

The pop culture indictment Lionel Asbo: State of England (2012) chronicles the vicissitudes of a fictional small-time criminal and his upstanding nephew after the former wins the lottery and becomes a fixture in the tabloid press.

The latter may have the marketing muscle of Fox juggernaut American Idol behind her, but the former wins when it comes to income and, for that matter, award show acclaim (her latest win: album of the year at the 2010 Grammys).

If the former wins, his presidency will be a non-eventful, one-term giving the Republicans another four years to reinvent themselves in a more inclusive way.

The former won Capra the Oscars he craved.

Both were screened at Cannes, and the former won the festival's best actress award for Juliette Binoche.

Affleck and Cranston previously worked together on Iranian hostage crisis film Argo, for which the former won a slew of directorial awards.

Veep and The Thick of It have both won top television awards, with the former winning Emmys and the latter Baftas.

The former won the Booker Prize, and in 1993 was adjudged the "Booker of Bookers", from the prize's first 25 years.