Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] before they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Surrey-based Heathland Countryside Management Project aims to see if the animals can regenerate and maintain heathland by eating the shoots of invading plants before they become firmly rooted . |
| 2 | And if the stranger has pleased the local cattle they will show their gratitude by plastering the sides of the vehicle with a generous dolloping of fresh dung before they depart . |
| 3 | She had been noting various titles during Joyce 's discourse ; there was a new book about bats that Edward would want , and one or two things she would like to get hold of herself — the sole perquisite of this trade was a surreptitious early pick of incoming titles before they went on the shelves . |
| 4 | One medium even claimed to have made a plaster cast of a pair of ectoplasmic hands before they dissolved . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the authorities will require sets of consistent data before they accept that action is required . |
| 6 | To listen to the Europeans talk , they would all appear in need of similar introspection before they descend on Augusta National for the main business of their trip , the Masters , which begins on Thursday . |
| 7 | Now the corporate plan of every museum may have to be approved by the Department of National Heritage before they receive their grant in aid . |
| 8 | Reagan himself claimed that the SDI was defensive in character , since it was designed to dispose of nuclear weapons before they reached their target , and that it was in any event a programme of research in the first instance . |
| 9 | And GPU 's lawyers made great play of a document , written by Babcock staff before the TMI accident , that suggested new procedures to recognise the signs of impending accidents before they happen . |
| 10 | The centre of the action is the Castle , and you do n't want the adventurers dying at the hands of a bunch of miserable Orcs before they get there ! |