Sentence examples for formers should be from inspiring English sources

Thus, the higher supersaturated urine in stone formers should be more likely to induce apoptotic cell death, which will increase the adhesion and aggregation of microcrystallines and more easily lead to stone formation.

(The former should be more palatable to the average male).

The former should be private; in the latter, the hypocrisy should be exposed – but not the salacious details.

This can be applied to both creditors and debtors; the former should be punished for reckless lending and the latter for living beyond their means.

"Genius" and "iconic" are my main bugbears – the former should be used sparingly, about folk such as Azzedine Alaïa (a genius craftsman) or maybe Tom Ford (a genius at marketing, let's not beat about the bush).

As our style guide explains, ex- (and former) should be placed with that thing that has been left behind or revoked:A Communist ex-member has lost his seat; an ex-Communist member has lost his party.

Sixth-formers should be given a chance to try out teaching, to encourage the brightest into the profession after they finish university, say MPs.

Services differ from products as the former should be evaluated from a customer's perspective.

The former should be prevented at design stage through a proper weld sizing.

The latter has already been accomplished in many jurisdictions, so the former should be achievable as well.

Ideally, the former should be much higher than the chance level, while the latter should be close to the chance level.