Example sentences of "[noun] prior to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it belongs to a , a great tradition of anthropological writing , represented by people like Sir James Frazer , who was , he was the kind of Talker Parsons of British anthropology prior to World War One . |
| 2 | For a random block of 12 months prior to Cat Bank 's completion , income from rents came to £124 : 0s. 4d . |
| 3 | In March 1940 , two months prior to Nizan 's death , Thorez launched a vitriolic attack on what he contemptuously designated as " the handful of wretched deserters , … cowards and weaklings , spies and agents-provocateurs " , who " had abandoned the position of the working class for that of the imperialists and planned to turn ( the ) fight for peace by the side of the Soviet Union into a policy of supporting the imperialist war mongering of the French bourgeoisie " . |
| 4 | Average prices decreased by 13.3 per cent in the South East during the twelve months prior to March 1990 , whereas the corresponding figure for the North of England was an increase of 25.2 per cent . |
| 5 | The relevant months for forecasting the RPI are eight months prior to March and September , namely July and January . |
| 6 | You can reduce this risk by ensuring that the man practises safer sex for the 6 months prior to insemination , and then has an HIV test . |
| 7 | If passed anyone not in employment for eighteen months prior to nomination will not be eligible to attend any sectional conference . |
| 8 | The climate for an agreement on nuclear weapons had been improved by developments in the three months prior to December [ see p. 38576 ] . |
| 9 | The semi-annual coupon payment is and the principal repayment is where £d is the real annual coupon payment and where RPI b = value of RPI eight months prior to month of issue of the gilt ( i.e. base RPI ) , RPI m-8 = value of RPI eight months prior to the month in which the coupon is paid , RPI M-8 = value of RPI eight months prior to the month in which the bond matures . |
| 10 | Housing — Secure tenancy — Death of tenant — Tenant obtaining tenancy of council house 10 days before death — Tenant 's brother living with him in different council premises during 12 months prior to death — Whether brother ‘ resided with ’ deceased tenant so as to succeed to tenancy — Housing Act 1985 ( c. 68 ) , s. 87 |
| 11 | Even Ivanovka , the only village not far from the Moscow railway line , had received its last single copy of a newspaper some months prior to Yakovlev 's visit . |
| 12 | Paykel ( 1979 ) pointed out that events are also more common in the lives of schizophrenic patients in the six months before their first admission and in the six months prior to suicide attempts . |
| 13 | The positions of transferor and transferee prior to registration |
| 14 | In applying these principles to competing share transfers , a transferee prior to registration is treated as having an equitable interest only but registration converts his interest into a legal one . |
| 15 | Any press release must be agreed between the parties prior to issue . |
| 16 | Potentially commercial proven and probable reserves comprise quantities of petroleum which are considered , on the basis of the information currently available and current economic forecasts , to be commercially recoverable from fields that have been discovered but which require further appraisal prior to commerciality being established . |
| 17 | Coup attempt prior to elections |
| 18 | We are here mainly for the hard work that clients can neither do nor wish to do themselves , for example ; pulling out hedges which contain years of accumulated dust ( bad for the sinuses ) , grubbing out tree stumps , digging heavy clay soil ( a nightmare for the lower lumbar region ) , pruning overgrown trees , cutting up brushwood prior to removal . |
| 19 | For example , if the words prior to dogs/clogs had been raining cats and then it would be fairly safe to say that the intended word was dogs . |
| 20 | The goodwill arising from these transactions shall be written off against reserves prior to completion . |
| 21 | Lane u : cells irradiated with 60 Joules of UV light prior to isolation of the nuclei ( incubated as for control cells ) . |
| 22 | Just under half ( 48% ) of women marrying for the first time in 1987 had lived with their husbands prior to marriage compared with 19% of those marrying in the late 1970s and only 7% of those marrying in 1971 . |
| 23 | There were considerable dangers in the project , but Warner and Wallis would expect their writers to mould the original story-lines into the Hollywood format and any obvious problems would be worked out with the representatives of the various censoring agents who normally read every script prior to production . |
| 24 | Initial Steps prior to acceptance of appointment |
| 25 | 0903 Initial steps prior to acceptance of appointment |
| 26 | Structures are to be advised to the IBOA prior to implementation and members are requested to contact their local Executive Committee member if there are any further issues of concern . |
| 27 | The current N.I.S.B.I. , export development programme is however , the first indication that Government is showing interest in educating would-be exporters prior to export missions going abroad . |
| 28 | Because Mr Reynolds has lost weight prior to admission to hospital and will have to receive bowel preparation for several days , it is agreed that he should commence a liquid diet . |
| 29 | Late summer and early autumn are important times for hedgehogs to build up their body weight prior to hibernation . |
| 30 | The blending of wines was not an uncommon practice prior to Pérignon 's time , either in Champagne or elsewhere , but it was Dom Pérignon 's innate ability to construct a final cuvée , far exceeding in quality any previous blends , which led to his esteemed reputation in his own lifetime , creating a unique demand for the vins de Pérignon . |