(n.) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.
(n.) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.
(n.) A cutting die.
(a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
(a.) Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
(a.) Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.
Example Sentences:
(1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
(2) A former Berlusconi aide, Valter Lavitola, is also on trial for being the alleged intermediary in the bribe.
(3) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(4) All former US presidents set up a library in their name to house their papers and honour their legacy.
(5) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(6) The criticism over the downgrading of the leader of the Lords was led by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, a former Scotland secretary, who is a respected figure on the right.
(7) Former Regional director for Latin American Caribbean and Middle East, Save the Children.
(8) Even former Florida governor Jeb Bush, one of Trump’s chief critics, said ultimately, “anybody is better than Hillary Clinton”.
(9) Formerly, many patients in this category were considered either inoperable or candidates for total or partial nephrectomy.
(10) Uptake could be supported either by substrate oxidation or by adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), and was inhibited in the former case by antimycin or cyanide, in the latter case by oligomycin, and in both cases by 2,4-dinitrophenol.
(11) Former lawmaker and historian Faraj Najm said the ruling resets Libya “back to square one” and that the choice now faced by the Tobruk-based parliament is “between bad and worse”.
(12) Both former presidents Bush have said they will sit out the 2016 campaign, as has former presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
(13) Former detectives had dug out damning evidence of abuse, as well as testimony from officers recommending prosecution, sources said.
(14) Only IgG2a and IgG2b myeloma proteins bound readily to IC-21 Fc-receptors, the former in nonaggregated as well as aggregated form, the latter only as aggregated complexes.
(15) Transient intermediates were distinguished from dead-end metabolites by the rapid formation and disappearance of the former.
(16) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
(17) Eighty people, including the outspoken journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk from the Nation newspaper and the former education minister Chaturon Chaisaeng, who was publicly arrested on Tuesday, remain in detention.
(18) US presidential election 2016: the state of the Republican race as the year begins Read more So far, the former secretary of state seems to be recovering well from self-inflicted wounds that dogged the start of her second, and most concerted, attempt for the White House.
(19) Two lunches are recoded with John Yates and Andy Hayman, the former assistant commissioners.
(20) Younge, a former head of US cable network the Travel Channel, succeeded Peter Salmon in the role last year.
Lira
Definition:
(n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Turkish lira has dropped to an 18-month low since protests began, notes the Christian Science Monitor's Tom A. Peter, who adds that Erdogan's popularity has been tied to strong economic growth on his watch.
(2) The five worst-performing currencies this year have been the Argentinian peso and Brazilian real, with losses of more than 30% versus the dollar, the South African rand, Turkish lira and the Russian rouble, which have tumbled more than 18 %.
(3) Educated at a Protestant missionary school in Lira, he entered Makerere University College in Kampala in 1948, but dropped out after two years, completing his formal education with a number of correspondence courses.
(4) Only 10 [Turkish] lira [£2.60],” offers Ahmed*, a boy in ill-fitting, mud-stained trousers, his bare feet barely filling his worn-out shoes.
(5) He paid 45,000 lira (£32, equivalent to about £300 today) for two paintings that caught his eye – one a still life and the other an image of a woman relaxing in her garden.
(6) Now I get 1,200 lira [£295], whereas a Turk would get 2,200 lira [£540] for the same work.
(7) Awards in full Women’s world player of the year: Carli Lloyd Puskas award: Wendell Lira World coach of the year for men’s football: Luis Enrique World coach of the year for women’s football: Jill Ellis World XI : Manuel Neuer; Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Dani Alves; Andrès Iniesta, Luka Modric, Paul Pogba; Neymar, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo.
(8) In Italy some recent data documented that the social costs in relation to osteoporosis fractures can be evaluated in 1983 between 80 and 153 milliard liras.
(9) The epidemiological picture and the economic consequences of hydatidosis in man and livestock, a damage of 28 billions of liras per year, strongly suggest this disease as a major public health problem in Sardinia.
(10) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, who once said that a third bridge "would mean the murder of the city", has thrown his weight behind the 4.5bn Turkish lira (£1.6bn) project and the bridge is now predicted to open as early as 2015.
(11) A well-known example is the Indorama Shebeen el-Kom spinning factory, which has witnessed 95 strikes since being privatised in 2006 after the new owners refused to pay up to 10m Egyptian liras in bonuses to staff.
(12) Patrick Kingsley (@PatrickKingsley) Top priorities before the trip to Europe: change lira into euros; buy a lifejacket; waterproof your electricals.
(13) What can I do?” The street sweeper demanded 75 Turkish lira and pointed to a small hole in the fence, not far from the main gate.
(14) The Italian lira underwent repeated devaluations between 1973 and 1976, and the devaluation in 1992 brought the euro's precursor, the Exchange Rate Mechanism, to its knees.
(15) The expenses for hospital charges due to venous diseases were estimated in 163,827,000,000 of Italian liras, 136,522,500 US.
(16) In the beginning, torture was applied in military station units and in police stations, in the facilities of sport fields and prisoners' camps; but above all, in clandestine detention centers and prisons belonging to the secret police (Amnesty International 1977, 1983; CODEPU 1984, 1985, 1986; Lira and Weinstein 1987; Muñoz 1986; Rodríguez de Ruiz-Tagle 1978).
(17) The overall cost of a single mechanical suture was markedly lower than that of a single manual suture (934.000 vs 2,209.000 Italian lira).
(18) Do you know anyone who can help?” The man gives him a few lira to buy bread, and promises to help him find not a smuggler but a job.
(19) The drivers [of the minibuses] get 500 lira per bag.” Neither of them are Isis supporters.
(20) Amid all the aid-speak about improving farmers' livelihoods in the predominantly agricultural region, Okech points to the major unexpected impact of a Chinese-built road between two Ugandan towns, Soroti and Lira.