Below you will find example sentences with "immediate past". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Immediate Past in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: immediate
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.4 words

Words in this phrase

immediate past

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • immediate can mean: Happening right away, instantly, with no delay. Frequent word
  • past can mean: The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

by the immediate past administration 2× of the immediate past governor of 2× and his immediate past chief of 1× and the immediate past governor of 1× as the immediate past chair 1× as the immediate past chairman of 1× as the immediate past minister of 1× immediate past governor of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the immediate past 2× aboh mbaise ngor 1× active in the 1× as the immediate 1× gilligan is the 1× ginger a former 1×

Common sentence endings:

immediate past administration 2× a ministerial slot 1× a political party 1× abuja on tuesday 1× for ministerial appointments 1× form of poverty 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

governor 9× former 5× party 5× senator 4× chairman 4× national 4× government 4× president 4× ministerial 3× federal 3× administration 3× screening 2×

Related phrases

past decade past year walks past past few past two past week drives past immediate family past mistakes past years

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around immediate:

immediate family 9× immediate release 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

immediate release immediately available immediately following immediately respond immediately returned immigration laws

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

immediate family immediate release

Same ending:

walks past drives past

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "immediate past" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 29.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as by the immediate past administration, of the immediate past governor of, governor, former and party stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with past decade, past year, walks past, immediate family and immediate release, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with immediate past

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

She currently serves on the board as the immediate past chair. (11 words)

The new president took over from Dr. Mukhtar Sirajo, the immediate past president. (13 words)

Gilligan is the immediate past board chair of CFLeads, a national network of community foundations leading change. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Ihedioha, who is a former deputy speaker of the House Of Representatives and the immediate past governor of the state and a former senator and the current national secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) were screened in Abuja on Tuesday. (41 words)

Active in the Wayne County community, Ellis serves as the immediate past chairman of the Boys and Girls Club of the Altamaha Area and was named to the Georgia Division Boys and Girls Club Hall of Fame in August 2022. (40 words)

Owoyemi also urged the Tinubu administration to work on the country’s judicial system to restore Nigerians’ confidence, saying, “Due to some happenings in the immediate past, a lot of people have lost interest in the judicial system in Nigeria. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha and the former Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji clashed during the screening of the immediate past Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola for a ministerial position on Monday.

Aboh Mbaise/ Ngor Okpala federal constituency is the Constituency of the immediate past governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha, who is said to be eyeing a comeback as the governor of the state.

Active in the Wayne County community, Ellis serves as the immediate past chairman of the Boys and Girls Club of the Altamaha Area and was named to the Georgia Division Boys and Girls Club Hall of Fame in August 2022.

As the immediate past Minister of Budget and National Planning, who studied multidimensional poverty in the country, Prince Agba realised that deprivation was actually a major form of poverty.

Gilligan is the immediate past board chair of CFLeads, a national network of community foundations leading change.

Ginger, a former Council Chairman, defeated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s preferred candidate and his immediate past Chief of Staff, Professor Anthony Agbazuere.

Ihedioha, who is a former deputy speaker of the House Of Representatives and the immediate past governor of the state and a former senator and the current national secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) were screened in Abuja on Tuesday.

It was also learnt that in Zamfara State, party chieftains including the immediate past governor, Bello Matawalle and Senator Kabir Marafa were among being considered by the party in the state for ministerial appointments.

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Meanwhile, Maxwell Adeleye, the communications manager of the immediate past leader and chairman of the group, Banji Akintoye, has also withdrawn from the group.

Olofu who is the immediate past Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Benue State, however advised the Federal Government to ensure that all accruals from the removal of fuel subsidy should be paid into the Federation Account.

On May 4, we visited the immediate past national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, while he was still in office, and he advised us on how to move forward as a political party.

Owoyemi also urged the Tinubu administration to work on the country’s judicial system to restore Nigerians’ confidence, saying, “Due to some happenings in the immediate past, a lot of people have lost interest in the judicial system in Nigeria.

Recall that the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari on May 22 commissioned the Dangote Oil Refinery to immediately commence operations.

She currently serves on the board as the immediate past chair.

The immediate past FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu has commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for nominating the son of former Kogi State Governor, Prince Shuaibu Audu for a ministerial slot.

The immediate past Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Isola, on Friday called for a self-regulation of the media rather than the government’s control.

The new president took over from Dr. Mukhtar Sirajo, the immediate past president.

The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, said the sack followed the government’s decision to implement the report of the committee on screening and verification of employment conducted by the immediate past administration.

They deserve a forensic auditing just as the federal ministry for education is stinks of corruption of the immediate past.

The Zamfara chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have commended Gov. Dauda Lawal over the payment of two months’ salaries owed civil servants by the immediate past administration.

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