Example sentences of "[noun] before it is " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sam is summoned by a friend in the Police Department to see the body before it is taken away . |
| 32 | The store will be quite separate from that planned by the Central Electricity Generating Board to house spent nuclear fuel before it is reprocessed . |
| 33 | It may be necessary to restructure the business before it is acquired ; the tax liabilities involved need to be assessed , and the position of management protected as far as possible . |
| 34 | You can also check the final picture before it is taken . |
| 35 | 8 Assess each picture before it is taken to ensure that the picture is relevant and makes its point . |
| 36 | Taking both these factors into account , I conclude that a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence should be given the opportunity to make representations in writing to the Secretary of State about the length of his tariff period before it is set . |
| 37 | And a more realistic price was revealed by the short-lived ‘ grey ’ market ( the popular term for trading in a security before it is issued ) in Zeneca that was begun by Salomon Brothers in mid-April . |
| 38 | This effort to keep a clear conception of its own nature before it is the mental side of the human psyche when it genuinely acts in the world and is not merely subject to external or internal forces . |
| 39 | Thus the plant can , during the latter part of the night , move its leaves to a position appropriate for sunrise ; predatory animals can prepare themselves for the activity of hunting and hunted animals can escape to safety before it is too late . |
| 40 | It would be wrong to encourage such a move before it is possible to form a view on how the orders have worked out in practice . |
| 41 | The right to a valid notice to quit , in writing , served at least four weeks before it is due to expire , and which must also contain certain prescribed information about tenant 's rights . |
| 42 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 43 | Political analysts expect the Labor government to call the poll some time in February , about five weeks before it is held . |
| 44 | Nor does assigning a 15-Mton incident comet an anomalously low asteroid-like velocity of 15kms -1 allow it to penetrate below 16km before it is completely ablated . |
| 45 | The new deal , if completed , will be presented to representatives of six Premier League clubs on Thursday for initial examination before it is ratified by the entire membership . |
| 46 | Thomas Hardy 's Ale , brewed by Eldridge Pope , has an OG of 1126 degrees and each small bottle has to be laid down for several years before it is ready to drink . |
| 47 | Thomas Hardy 's Ale , brewed by Eldridge Pope , has an OG of 1126° and each nip bottle has to be laid down for several years before it is ready to drink . |
| 48 | Mr Patten has promised enough resources for the inspectorate to solve this problem but it may be years before it is strong enough to effectively enforce its new duties . |
| 49 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 50 | The behaviour of privatised industries will have to be studied over a number of years before it is possible to conclude whether the ownership of the company ( ie private or public ) or the market structure ( ie competitive or monopolistic ) is the major determinant of corporate behaviour . |
| 51 | Martin Lee , an outspoken campaigner for democracy in Hong Kong before it is handed over , said : ‘ China has declared war on the people of Hong Kong . |
| 52 | What happens further to small mammal bone before it is buried and fossilized depends in part on what happened to it at earlier stages in the transition from living animal to fossil ( Fig. 1.2 ) . |
| 53 | Unlike stone , flint or ceramics , the raw material has to undergo drastic changes before it is made into the finished artefact . |
| 54 | I feel the media have a great responsibility to inform the public in ways they can understand , how great the challenge is becoming and the need to make changes before it is too late . |
| 55 | He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win . |
| 56 | The cost-of-carry equals the interest cost of holding the cash bond less the accrued interest earned on the cash bond before it is delivered into the futures market on the delivery day ( i.e. , d = rc ) . |
| 57 | Second , takeover raids typically bid up the share price significantly , so again the incumbent management has considerable leeway before it is likely to get into trouble and be out of a job . |
| 58 | The first complication is the fact that we have such a strong compulsion to celebrate the relationship before it is completely established . |
| 59 | A compromise proposed by the state would force the farmers to carve artificial marshlands from their fields to serve as natural filters , cleansing the water before it is sent southward . |
| 60 | But the only proven solution to green water is an ultra-violet unit fixed to treat the pond water before it is run through the filter media . |