Examples of 'were the former' in a sentence
Meaning of "were the former"
were the former: Refers to something or someone that previously held a particular position, status, or role. This phrase is often used when discussing past circumstances or individuals who previously occupied a position
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These were the former tobacco estates.
The family Vanerum were the former residents.
They were the former agriculturalists, priests, poets, writers, dancers, musicians, and warriors.
Among the greatest disappointments were the former Indian Residential Schools.
Then there were the former convicts of the gacaca or the ordinary courts.
The bank's headquarters were the former Irish Houses of Parliament.
You were the former proxy.
The main production facilities were the former Warner Studios in Teddington, Middlesex.
Well… if he were the former and not the latter, he'd have an excellent chance.
Auschwitz I - The brick-built buildings were the former cavalry barracks of the Polish Army.
Among them were the former voivodeships of Belz, Red-Ruthenian, Cracow, Lublin, Sandomierz, and Podolie.
Also known as “ Onas ”, these were the former dwellers of Tierra del Fuego.
Its main partners were the former Soviet Union and the communist countries of Eastern Europe.
Lituania and Polonia were the former Czaritza and Kursk, respectively.
Such, Romans, were the former conditions, for which Scipio was our surety.
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Also present were the former parish priests Fr.
I thought you were the former Kaishakunin of the Shogunats, Ogami.
Wait . You were the former proxy.
Say not, Why were the former days better than these?
The most numerous were the former Danubian Sich Cossacks, who came under Russian Patronage in 1828.
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