Example sentences of "even before [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed in some cases , where needs and resource assessments ( upon which GREAs are calculated ) are particularly severe , authorities lose all grant entitlement even before their expenditure reaches GREA . |
| 2 | In the current climate of change and innovation , education must anticipate and supply professional skills even before their need is perceived by the profession . |
| 3 | A grasshopper , slowly chewing a leaf-blade is suddenly struck by the clubbed end of a muscular tongue projected like a lance from the mouth of a chameleon ; a field mouse in the twilight of an English wood , searching for seeds , is transfixed by the curved talons of a pouncing owl and may be dead even before its captor 's beak begins to rip it apart ; a lizard in the Arizona desert , stabbed by the hypodermic fangs of a rattlesnake , is paralysed as venom is injected into its veins and it can offer no resistance as the snake takes it in its jaws and swallows it head-first . |
| 4 | However , Prince Albert Victor died of thyroid even before his father became King . |
| 5 | Georg slammed the door shut , climbed back into the driver 's seat , started the engine , and put his foot on the accelerator even before his father was properly in . |
| 6 | The casual offensiveness of the governor 's remarks was evident to the senator even before his aide finished his translation ; he glanced sharply at the Annamese , but it was impossible to gauge their reactions from their impassive faces . |
| 7 | They knew something was up even before my car was loaded . |
| 8 | Even before our report has been completed , the quality of my life has been improved . |