Sentence examples for marks the former from inspiring English sources

Russia marks the former Soviet Union's 1945 victory every year on 9 May.

A plaque over the road marks the former location of the San Remo, now a branch of Coffee Bean, where beatniks Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso held court.

In contrast, no sign marks the former St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 325 East Sixth Street, which is now the Community Synagogue Max D. Raiskin Center.

Across from the train station, a plaque marks the former home of W. C. Handy, who called himself the father of the blues.

In 1360 the future king Charles V moved into his new royal residence in the lower right-hand corner, where the rue des Lions marks the former location of the menageries.

A humble plaque marks the former home of Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, where tightly huddled shacks, wandering goats and an advert for "cockroach killer" bear the stamp of an African shantytown.

An abandoned military road, overgrown with weeds, marked the former boundary line.

Sri Lanka's Independence Day falls on Saturday, marking the former colony's break from Britain in 1948.

Following the curves of the ceiling, you see where steel joists now mark the former parameters of the tiny single cells where up to three men would sleep.

Its 63 lagoons are spread across an area the size of Wales and mark the former course of the Paraná river.

Scolari, however, may have other plans for the Wembley game, which will also mark the former Chelsea manager's return to England.