Example sentences of "ahead of [art] [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laing fills the void left by Marty Strutt 's return to Bangor while Robson is given his chance ahead of a bevy of scrum-halves that are on the Shane Park books . |
| 2 | A shepherd , a gaucho , rode past us , ahead of a sea of sheep . |
| 3 | For example , coral islands such as the Maldives may keep ahead of a rise of 50-70m a century . |
| 4 | According to Elm 's sales director , Jim Cooper , the company is positioning itself ahead of a tightening of US food storage laws which is due to take place in the next 18 months . |
| 5 | The success of population targeting depends on access to accurate up-to-date information , but in fact the increasing attention being given to sub-national , and particularly local , populations is running far ahead of the availability of data suitable for monitoring trends at these scales . |
| 6 | Mr Howard dismissed the French and German threat to press on with unity ahead of the rest of Europe . |
| 7 | The Queen should not , in your opinion , abdicate in favour of Prince Charles ( 61% ) , and those of you who answered the question , ‘ Is there any member of the Royal family you 'd rather see as the future king/queen ? ’ , chose the Princess Royal ( placing her way out ahead of the Princess of Wales ) . |
| 8 | In the case of real assets , the expected return may be less certain ( i.e. riskier ) but potentially greater as , for example , if property values are expected to soar ahead of the rate of inflation . |
| 9 | I congratulate Southampton university on its success in obtaining funds way ahead of the rate of inflation in order to sustain and increase the work that it carries out . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , the increase in the number of households in Great Britain was running far ahead of the rate of population growth over this period , totalling some 20 per cent for 1971–88 . |
| 11 | The service is well on course to have a paramedic on every emergency vehicle by the end of this year , well ahead of the Department of Health 's 1996 target . |
| 12 | When America 's Securities and Exchange Commission investigated insider dealing ahead of the takeover of Santa Fe , the Swiss also helped . |
| 13 | Ahead of the appointment of Gerstner , Smith put together a report that listed 10 key things that the new man at IBM should do , and his report has been picked up by Barron 's magazine . |