Sentence examples for formerly set from inspiring English sources
Clergy Reserves, lands formerly set aside for the Church of England in Canada, a cause of controversy in 19th-century Canadian politics.
The neck, formerly set into a wood block, was formed into a brace, or shoe, that projected a short distance inside the body and was glued to the back; this gave extra stability against the pull of the strings.
This beauty doesn't come cheap – even Amazon aren't offering it at much under £40 – but considering a full set of Uncle books would formerly set you back about £800, I consider it a ridiculous bargain.
Several single-occupancy bathrooms that were formerly set aside for faculty are now open to the general student body – a change that was already under way in order to satisfy a law recently passed by the city of New York.
I did catch the 17th-century Shibaozhai fortress, a 12-story pagoda formerly set high in the side of a cliff (it now peeks up from behind a coffer dam) but even that sighting was only because a thoughtful Chinese passenger pulled me out of my cabin to alert me.
Chuck Johnson, president and chief executive of the National Council for Adoption, an advocacy group, said that over the last 20 years, age barriers formerly set by adoption groups had steadily fallen, so more older adults now qualified to become parents.
But in years to come, it seems likely that none will have the long-term significance of the announcement last month by Pan MacMillan imprint Picador that from spring next year it plans to bid adieu to the formerly set-in-stone system of publishing fiction in hardback a year or so in advance of the paperback release.
Possible risks are associated with the increased cultivation of pesticide-intensive energy crops, such as rapeseed, especially when grown in monocultures or on formerly set-aside land or converted grassland.
Health Net, formerly PHS Health Plans, set a $750 annual limit for drug costs for each member in Brooklyn and Queens this year, down from $1,000 in 2001.
Late last year, four villages south of Kochi (formerly Cochin) set up the Keyal Gramodhaya (Backwater Self-help Group) with the help of ecotourism specialist Village Ways, which provided a grant and a loan (repayable over 30 years).
Now, formerly jet-setting students are not only banned from using lab funds to take first- and business-class flights, they are limited to taking a single trip each year.
