Sentence examples of "the former" in English
Joan and Jane are sisters. The former is a pianist.
Joan und Jane sind Schwestern. Erstere ist Pianistin.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit, aber bei ersterem bin ich mir noch nicht ganz sicher.
Bulgaria is the only country in Europe where a former monarch has been elected prime minister.
Bulgarien ist das einzige Land in Europa, wo ein ehemaliger Monarch zum Ministerpräsidenten gewählt wurde.
He was not at all thankful to his former teacher.
Er war seinem früheren Lehrer überhaupt nicht dankbar.
Tom saw his former employer at a conference.
Tom sah seinen ehemaligen Arbeitgeber auf einer Konferenz.
In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto.
Früher liefen die Menschen zu Fuß von Edo nach Kyoto.
The other day I met my former neighbour in the city.
Ich habe meinen früheren Nachbarn neulich in der Stadt getroffen.
Is it a good idea to hire former hackers to work as security professionals?
Ist es eine gute Idee, ehemalige Hacker als Sicherheitsfachleute einzustellen?
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