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 .
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