Example sentences of "before it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this does not hold , additional full revolutions will be added to the total time because the next record to be processed will be missed , and a further revolution or revolutions will be required before it is available once more . |
| 2 | Queens and kings may not always be objects of moral rectitude , but their right to rule is sacramental before it is practical . |
| 3 | However , many people who start a health regime stop it before it is due to end . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A CHESHIRE theatre yesterday raised the curtain on its Christmas show six months before it is due to open and disclosed it has scooped some of Britain 's major stars for its pantomime line-up . |
| 6 | The latter were a bonus ( for me , too ) as he can spot an aeroplane before it is visible to me , and these were something new in the sky . |
| 7 | In no way do we speculate on anything before it is 100 per cent confirmed evidence . ’ |
| 8 | Rearing a child is a formative process , requiring diverse skills and a sense of how the pattern is taking shape , and the extent to which it must grow before it is complete . |
| 9 | It is even possible that you may have to leave your project before it is complete because of illness or assignment to other responsibilities or for some other reason . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Some movements of organisms , certainly in man , are ‘ functionally positive movements directed towards stimuli ’ , and ‘ the nervous system is active before it is reactive ’ . |
| 12 | It gets dark , it 'll be dark there before it is dark here |
| 13 | So-called biometric security devices such as finger scanners are considered safer ; they check finger prints to authenticate a person 's identity before it is possible to gain entry to the system ( Ernsberger , 1988 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The worker 's personal feelings may need to be acknowledged first , before it is possible to embark on the kind of work in which a couple of the generation of the worker 's parents or grandparents are encouraged to express their sexuality and personal needs . |
| 16 | It may be that their number was small and their holdings large , but excavations are needed on a selective basis before it is possible to isolate the houses of the owners from those of their tenants or agents . |
| 17 | More detailed work needs to be undertaken before it is possible to establish if there are geographical variations in the prevalence of this condition . |
| 18 | However , much more work is required before it is possible to state if the relationship between these two events is causal . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Just as each child has to learn a series of lessons and skills as he passes from class to class until he is ready to enter the senior school , so I believe that the spirit too is given a series of lessons to learn before it is free of earthly life altogether and able to progress in whatever is the equivalent of its senior school . |
| 21 | Just how that 's going to be accomplished we do n't know , we 're not party to the discussions , we understand that the Greater York authorities do plan to meet shortly after the end of this examination , but just what further work is necessary before they then get onto the location aspects we do n't know about that , all I would say is that we would expect final plan to have the general location of a new settlement embodied in in that plan before it is approved . |
| 22 | Second , the affection for medievalism is literary before it is architectural , and architects themselves invariably refer it back to the same lines from Milton 's Il Penseroso ( c.1631 ) : |
| 23 | A As vintage Champagne is not released before it is three years old it is a relatively mature wine and is thus ready to drink when available in Sainsbury 's . |
| 24 | It must have undergone the fate of being repressed , the condition of lingering in the unconscious , before it is able to display such powerful effects on its return , to bring the masses under its spell , as we have seen with astonishment and hitherto without comprehension in the case of religious tradition . |
| 25 | Of course there are a number of modifications that need to be made to this analyser before it is able to cope well with general text . |
| 26 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 27 | The accurate measurement of area by this method must be achieved before it is sensible to talk about reflectance . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | When the desired entry is not on that track , these search figures become a full revolution and one-and-a-half revolutions respectively before it is clear that the record is not on the track , and the search must continue on a further track . |
| 30 | This means that in some areas water from the mains may have to be treated chemically to neutralize the additives before it is safe for fish . |