Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] prior to " in BNC.

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1 Other designs registered prior to 1st August 1989 are limited to 15 years .
2 Objects purchased will be issued with an automatic export licence ; normally objects dating prior to 1795 can not be exported from China .
3 specials agreed prior to trial — $313.99 , general damages assessed at $250. : on appeal to house of lords confirmed fixed costs only .
4 An obligation on the acquirer to take over the obligations under existing contracts and other continuing obligations of the business ; to indemnify the offeree for any liability that arises subsequent to completion in respect of them ; and , in particular , provision for dealing with warranty claims in respect of products sold prior to completion and product liability .
5 It will frequently be convenient for provisions to be included under which the acquirer will deal with normal repairs and replacements under warranty claims with an agreed method of charging the offeree : product and other liability resulting from products sold prior to completion will normally remain with the offeree .
6 That , too , was what the West Germans thought prior to their opening 1982 World Cup finals game in Spain .
7 As on land , new weapons developed prior to the war played an important part in future operations .
8 This learning process will focus in particular on a comparison of : * the evaluation of the alternatives made prior to the purchase ; * the claims made by the supplier for the product that was eventually purchased ; * the performance or acceptability of the product actually purchased- relative to the purchase motivation and the needs/wants that gave rise to it .
9 The chamber will not , however , deal with two cases " out of a total of 11 pending " which are the subject of appeals made prior to its constitution : the question of compensation for Nauru for the effects of phosphate exploitation before its independence from Australia [ see separate item in this issue ] , and the dispute between Hungary and Slovakia over the Gabcikovo dam [ see EDs passim ] .
10 For all index-linked stocks issued prior to January , 1987 , it is necessary therefore to adjust downward their base for indexing by the multiplicative factor of 100/394.5 .
11 Remembering that any discourse data to which the analyst has access will only be a fragment , it would be extremely difficult for the analyst to predetermine the complete set of discourse subjects which participants share prior to a particular discourse fragment .
12 While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory .
13 Internal Company Memos prepared prior to or after accident , relative to machinery , working practices , etc. , if relevant .
14 By comparing the results of this survey with those of a previously conducted survey of firms started prior to 1979 it will be possible to establish
15 Further , rights are rooted in society ; contrary to the beliefs of classical liberalism , the idea of rights existing prior to , or apart from , society was regarded as nonsensical .
16 At the conclusion of the business Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of five experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting .
17 Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting .
18 At the conclusion of the business Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of five experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting .
19 Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting .
20 The carrying value should be adjusted if dividends are subsequently paid out of profits earned prior to the change of status .
21 Gifts made prior to the introduction of inheritance tax will not be assessed more harshly than they would under CTT , had it continued .
22 I am astonished that the author did not consult ourselves as to the allegations made prior to publication .
23 Maintenance arrangements existing prior to the 1988 Budget remain largely unaffected , other than that payments received by divorced or separated spouses are exempt from tax on the first £1,720 .
24 Vietnam had on Nov. 4 repaid arrears on official Japanese loans extended prior to 1979 .
25 Agents and their clients may also have the dilemma of deciding whether to accept any offers made prior to the auction .
26 An indication of the due diligence procedures required prior to completion .
27 If a member leaves the band , he or she is only responsible for the debts incurred prior to his or her leaving .
28 There were some unconfirmed suggestions that the incidence of murders of street children rose prior to the meeting .
29 A glance at the careers of nine of the ten Muftis who held the office between 988/1580 and 1031/1622 and whose teaching careers fall in the latter half of the sixteenth century , after the building of the Suleymaniye medreses , will give an idea of the teaching background apparently considered essential to give one a chance of eventual appointment to what had by then become the highest learned office : all nine men taught at the Sahn and subsequently at one of the 60-akce medreses built prior to the building of the Suleymaniye medreses , for example , the Sehzade medrese ; two of the nine then went directly to their first mevleviyet ( early on in the period , in 1566 and 1573 ) , while six taught at one of the Suleymaniye medreses and one at the medrese of the mother of Murad III in Uskudar ( the Atik Valide medrese ) , newer than Suleyman 's medreses , before being appointed to their first mevleviyet .
30 Is it possible to determine the ways in which children think prior to the emergence of spoken language and , if so , what kinds of description can be offered for the conceptual understanding which precedes the expression of ideas in language ?
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