Example sentences of "of [noun sg] before it be [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Then someone offered to adopt the cat and the local vet was called in to give the animal a clean bill of health before it was moved to its new , permanent home . |
2 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
3 | It would only be a matter of time before it was discovered but it was the best she could do in such a short time . |
4 | And it was easy to believe that the evidence for test-tube fusion was fairly solid , good enough that it would be only a matter of time before it was proven definitively , especially with the BYU people already claiming to have some independent evidence . |
5 | If a complete unified theory was discovered , it would only be a matter of time before it was digested and simplified in the same way and taught in schools , at least in outline . |