Sentence examples for the former role from inspiring English sources

He finished in the former role in 2008.

The former role was a mezzo, the latter a soprano.

At best, the memory of the former role is a distraction.

Those who cannot play the former role risk becoming noble failures like Adlai Stevenson (or Eugene McCarthy or Michael Dukakis).

His abilities in the former role speak for themselves; I can personally attest to his abilities in the latter.

The former role was repeated in New York City in 1940 and became the actress's swan song to the legitimate stage.

The former part plays a role in determining the fundamental characteristics of the system against model uncertainties.

At the Garden, Buck Williams is the sage former role player who warned Patrick Ewing to stay on the bench when a fight broke out at the end of a 1997 playoff game against Miami (Ewing didn't listen and was suspended).

Renamed Ink 48 — a reference to the building's former role as a printing house — the hotel is scheduled to open in September, 18 months behind schedule.

DP World disputes the risk and has invested heavily in sophisticated water monitoring systems, but Mr. Lamb points to the region's industrial past and the river's former role as London's drain.

She cited "understandable international attention given the importance of his former role and the global power, influence, and history of the bank with which he is now connected".