Converse of object

• see: I can still see undignified fifth formers being forced to put on caps before being allowed to leave.

Adjective modifier

• sixth: Only sixth formers were allowed to use the center staircase.

• fifth: I can still see undignified fifth formers being forced to put on caps before being allowed to leave.

• key: The report will be presented to the City's key opinion formers at next Tuesday's APCIMS annual conference in London.

Modifies a noun

• glory: Today Henley's Market cross is a mere shadow of its former glory.

• chairman: He is also a former Chairman of the North of England Mule Sheep Association.

• president: Getting himself arrested in London dealt a startling blow to normality: a constitutional senator and former president is captured by a foreign power!

• minister: The findings may reflect the fact that as a former cabinet minister, Mr Clarke is better known than the other candidates.

• colleague: It was a pleasure to revisit old haunts and meet former colleagues.

• director: Founding Artistic Director of the renowned Green Room Arts Center in Manchester she is also former Director of the Merseyside Festival of Comedy.

Modifying Another Word

• now: Now former Leyton Orient star Scott wants to save others from becoming victims of heart condition that preys on sports stars.

• also: Founding Artistic Director of the renowned Green Room Arts Center in Manchester she is also former Director of the Merseyside Festival of Comedy.

Noun used with modifier

• opinion: Instead of changing the existing law these opinion formers simply let deregulation occur through the back door.

• sixth-: They sold the glasses to sixth- formers and staff, and to members of the public at Wymondham's Dickensian evening.

Used with adjective complement

• sign: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 Gills sign striker Sidibe BBC Online Gillingham have signed former Swansea striker Mamady Sidibe on a three-year contract.

• see: That should see former Blackpool and Gillingham full back John Hills take his place.

• have: Dario G might not have former North Ender and former Burnley target Colin Murdock available tonight.

• represent: He represented former Tanganyika soldiers on the British and Commonwealth Ex-Servicemen's League 1963-64 and launched the Askari Appeal in 1998.

• argue: The new Tory leader, argues former No10 special adviser Patrick Diamond, inherits no ' reformist mantle ' from his predecessors.

• elect: After Beira elected former the rebel Renamo Party in 2003, the BLB began working primarily with non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ).