Sentence examples for formerly important from inspiring English sources
Production of beef and pork, formerly important, has been surpassed by poultry.
Some larger towns, such as Salaga, were formerly important trade centres.
Several formerly important generals have been eased into retirement and lost their political positions in recent months.
Though fishing, agriculture, and smuggling were formerly important, offshore financial services, high-technology manufacturing, and tourism from Britain are now the mainstays of the island's economy.
The genus Eospirifer is closely related to other genera included in the brachiopod group known as the spiriferids, a formerly important group of animals.
Another formerly important source of iodine for commercial preparation was the saltpetre or nitrate deposits of Chile, in which iodine is present as solid iodates, especially calcium iodate, Ca(IO3 2.
The city was formerly an important commercial and manufacturing centre.
It was formerly an important ore mineral in Chile and was a minor ore at Butte, Mont.
Cavalry, military force mounted on horseback, formerly an important element in the armies of all major powers.
Touchardia latifolia (olona) was formerly an important fibre plant of Hawaii, used for cloth, cordage, and especially fishnets because of its durability in water.
Formerly an important collecting point for wild rubber and gold, the town now processes and exports rice grown in the Niger valley.
