Sentence examples for in its erstwhile from inspiring English sources

In its erstwhile church there is a series of works depicting important events in the region's history, painted by Spanish artist José Maria Sert.

If Victor Yushchenko wins Ukraine's re-vote on December 26th, as seems likely (see article), the waning of Russia's sway in its erstwhile "sphere of influence" will be embarrassingly obvious.

The project has also garnered praise from its harshest critics after one of its directors publicly committed to making the museum the first in Germany to address the country's atrocities in its erstwhile colonies in Africa and Asia.

Without foreign competition, Italians will continue to be ripped off, says Davide Serra of Morgan Stanley, an investment bank.Neither BBVA nor ABN Amro intends to remain a minority shareholder in its erstwhile target, so big chunks of capital will leave the country at a time when Italy's recession-hit economy desperately needs liquidity.

Cathay, by this time virtually running Dragonair, dissuaded the Chinese only by granting them a controlling stake in its erstwhile partner and by giving mainland-controlled firms two board seats and a stake in Cathay itself.As a market, meanwhile, the mainland boomed.

This had imposed a tenuous calm in the city, but was swept from power by Ethiopian forces in 2006 because its erstwhile allies in the Shabab, or "Youth", had ties with al-Qaeda.

"Although it didn't mark any major strategic shift, this development gave Doha credit in the eyes of its erstwhile critics in the West," noted Hassan Hassan in Foreign Policy.

It is, instead, about weak demand for forest products, still a major national export, and the stumbles of Finnish manufacturing, in particular of its erstwhile national champion Nokia.

Ultimately, as IS grew in power, it would expel its erstwhile allies from the region, first extinguishing the FSA as a force in Hasakah, then turning on Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra until they too were forced to submit or flee.

It stood alone in most departments, pitting it in the first round against its erstwhile Green friends and those who stand even further to the left.

Fighting the election unencumbered will also give it a wider choice of allies after the poll, in which several of its erstwhile allies may fare poorly.