Sentence examples for the former sparked from inspiring English sources

Some drew comparisons with the Four Corners television report last month that broadcast brutal treatment of young people in juvenile detention in the Northern Territory, noting that the former sparked an immediate inquiry.

The victory of the former Revolutionary Guard sparked concerns among investors when he said he would clean out corruption in the oil industry and give no preferential treatment to foreign firms.

The disclosure of the scale of Milburn's personal earnings comes after the former frontbencher sparked a political row on Tuesday after an interview critical of Ed Miliband's NHS policy.

The former diplomat sparked the White House shame spiral when he wrote a Times Op-Ed piece questioning whether the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence to justify the war in Iraq and buried his report debunking the allegation that Iraq had tried to buy Niger uranium.

In an interview that was embargoed until recently, the former Governor sparked rumors of a sequel to his 1988 film "Twins".

Mr. Obama picked a small but symbolic issue, a 20-unit housing project on the site of the former Shepherd Hotel, sparking a full-blown diplomatic standoff.

Notts looked to be cruising to victory with Mullaney, who struck seven fours and one six, and Smith at the crease, but Ravi Rampaul dismissed the former to spark a collapse.

The fatal poisoning of the former FSB officer sparked an international incident.

Over the last two decades, mass non-Jewish immigration to Israel, especially from the former Soviet Union, has sparked heated debates over the Jewish state's conversion policy and intensified suspicion of converts' sincerity.

News in 2013 that she would be replaced with the former prime minister sparked an outcry as it meant that, apart from the Queen, there would be no female figures on British banknotes.

The former foreign secretary sparked speculation that he may be eyeing a return to a frontline role when he said Labour should accept it made mistakes in government and that he accepted the coalition's overall "envelope" in a key area of the public finances.