Sentence examples for formerly major from inspiring English sources

The sun and moon were formerly major deities, but the mythology has been much affected by European conceptions.

Already this week, the US news business has witnessed a quartet of major milestones for independence, and with them, the first test of whether formerly major media companies really need their moguls.

In the formerly major application of lead paints, it has largely been replaced by titanium dioxide.

The two men met with the intention of improving relations between their nations, formerly major Cold War rivals.

The production of coffee, formerly the major cash crop, declined.

The company also acquired marketer TellApart, formerly a major partner of Facebook's on that company's ad exchange, FBX.

Formerly a major hindrance to land transportation between Conakry and the towns of Boffa and Boké, the Konkouré is now bridged at Ouassou, its head of navigation.

Barley grain, probably the first cereal employed for distillation in large quantities, was formerly a major crop throughout Ireland and western Europe.

Relations with Turkey, formerly a major trading partner and close ally of Syria, have plummeted since the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, joined in Western calls for Mr. Assad to cede power.

Skitsch is the brainchild of the Italian financier Renato Preti — formerly a major stakeholder in B&B Italia/Moooi — who has been critical of how narrowly most furniture companies operate, and who uses fashion metaphors to illustrate his point.

The restaurant seats only about 30 guests in its two small, spare dining rooms whose design subtly celebrates Scandinavia, from its pendant lamps (made of copper, formerly a major industry in Sweden) to its floors (Danish oak) and even the color of its walls (a hue called "Stockholm white").