Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] before [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruce Walker , former manager of general publishing at Chapman & Hall before the company concentrated entirely on scientific books , and latter sales manager with Associated Book Publishers , died peacefully at the age of 83 at his home in Rutland on 30th November , following a long and valiant battle against lung cancer . |
| 2 | For under £10 , the film soundtrack can be bought on either cassette or LP before the prices rise to £14.99 for a Walkie Talkie set , £19.99 for an electronic board game , a Talk Boy cassette player or a talking Kevin Doll with the famous Culkin ‘ scream ’ for £24.99 . |
| 3 | They may , therefore , form in valleys and basins , especially in areas of calcareous rocks , and theoretically should be nearer the margins of the basins as they crystallise earlier than gypsum before the lakes have shrunk to the same degree . |
| 4 | ’ In my view there must certainly be something more than infringement before the assistance of civil proceedings can be invoked and accorded for the protection or promotion of the interests of the inhabitants of the area . |
| 5 | In the passage I have just quoted , Lord Templeman said that there must certainly be something more than infringement before the assistance of civil proceedings can be invoked . |
| 6 | The crew must remove the ball and powder before the cannon can shoot again — which takes another turn ! |
| 7 | In these cases often the innocent suffers because of the crime of the father , but abortion should be the cause of much soul-searching and counselling before a decision is made . |
| 8 | His wallet was stolen and he was dragged to the ground and kicked about the head and body before a passing motorist stopped to give assistance . |
| 9 | Hooper saved twice from Khestov and Karpin before the deadly blow was delivered by Radchenko after 62 minutes . |
| 10 | I conclude that the court should grant declarations in the following terms : ( 1 ) The Secretary of State is required to afford to a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the opportunity to submit in writing representations as to the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence before the Secretary of State sets the date of the first review of the prisoner 's sentence . |
| 11 | ON WEDNESDAY , Christies ' two star lots are Canaletto 's view of the Old Horse Guards , wonderfully fresh and the most significant of the artist 's London paintings , while Rembrandt 's jewel-like Daniel and Cyrus before the Idol of Bel has never had the slightest sniff from the Rembrandt Research Project , which has whittled 1,000 ‘ Rembrandt 's ’ down to 300 and whittles on remorselessly . |
| 12 | Latest word has NCR being given time to re-position its OLTP strategy for interoperability and compatibility before a statement is released . |
| 13 | Care needs to be taken not to start fires in the forests , especially in summer and autumn before the rains begin , when the foliage is tinder dry , and there are many forest fires every year . |
| 14 | If equality before the law is to be an equality of voices then there are issues about formal procedures and the extent to which these are accessible to all . |
| 15 | The reform of the lectionary , despite experiment and evaluation before the contents were fixed , has also left serious problems . |
| 16 | And , if some of the attacks of the Scottish press and public before the England semi-final seemed rather excessive , they pale into insignificance when compared to the Anglophobia that preceded , but mostly followed , the French quarter-final defeat in Paris . |
| 17 | Roger was a keen walker , cyclist and backpacker before a sleepy driver knocked him off his bike and confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life . |
| 18 | And then it can be several weeks after committal before the trial takes place . ’ |
| 19 | When the imagined objector said that there was no reason to pay the money now due as tax before the tax law was passed he was of course right . |