Example sentences of "ahead of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , the RD 's electronics is where things get a bit tricky , and probably where Gibson were ahead of the average bassist of the time . |
| 2 | The ‘ false ’ bus , used for escaping refugees , is carrying Michael ( Paul Newman ) and Sarah ( Julie Andrews ) , American scientists on the run from the security police , to the comparative safety of East Berlin ; it has to keep a few minutes ahead of the real , scheduled bus , so in fact most of the shots out of the bus windows concentrate mainly on the distance between the two buses , gradually diminishing and so raising suspicion . |
| 3 | The axial spin of the more massive body M tends to carry the tide ahead of the orbital motion . |
| 4 | Oh , the dawn when shadows skeeter ahead of the sure fluid sunlight , back to their night . |
| 5 | Yesterday 's 9p drop to 370p took the shares to an 18-month low ahead of the promised interim announcement on the dispute between the tunnel developer and its contractors over the £800m of extra payments they are claiming . |
| 6 | The Tyneside-based company plans to expand into South Durham and Teesside in a bid to win market share ahead of the promised upturn in the housing market . |
| 7 | More generally , therefore , an employee 's initial idea may be several steps ahead of the present state-of-the-art and yet be too far removed from practical and profitable application to be of immediate benefit . |
| 8 | Detail Design — The fuel tank is located ahead of the rear wheels and the collapsible steering column is also fitted with a deformable support structure . |
| 9 | Elsewhere in the media world , LWT has come up with a new plan to restructure itself ahead of the new franchise auction in 1992 . |
| 10 | However , one share dealer commented that with many institutional investors reluctant to open aggressive new positions ahead of the new year , losses were expected to be contained . |
| 11 | YET in the ratings they are streets ahead of the new teeny heroines . |
| 12 | However , the Vauxhall Sport result , where he was only beaten by the official team Subarus of Richard Burns and Alister McRae and finished ahead of the new Ford Escort Cosworths of Gwyndaf Evans , has provided sufficient encouragement for him to tackle the next round of the Open series , the Pirelli International on April 17/18 . |
| 13 | Two days after insisting he would not be tempted out of international retirement , Kriss Akabusi was controversially named for the 400m hurdles , ahead of the new British champion Gary Cadogan . |
| 14 | Recent opinion polls show that , while Mr Mulroney remained one of Canada 's most unpopular leaders to date , his party had recovered ground and moved ahead of the New Democrats into second place behind the Liberals . |
| 15 | The Tony Castro-designed Juno IV was comfortably ahead of the other boats of her size and won on handicap by over a minute . |
| 16 | He really marched in and he pulled 20 lengths ahead of the other two just walking . |
| 17 | Using their local knowledge , Team Costa Rica and Team Cafe Britt raced ahead of the other 33 teams over Chirripo . |
| 18 | You 'd get a case where there were two acting sergeants and one would want to get ahead of the other — he 'd run the other down to the inspector . |
| 19 | Her voice , which had been raised , as his had been , so as to be heard while one of them walked ahead of the other , died away as they passed down the corridor , presumably en route to bed . |
| 20 | Lin Foh did not trust them , and walked forward , encouraging Cowley to walk with him , ahead of the other two . |
| 21 | Steven said : ‘ I think we are a stage ahead of the other Rangers teams I 've played with in Europe . |
| 22 | Masklin was just ahead of the other two as they raced up the aisle between the rows of humans , who paid no attention at all to three tiny blurs running between the seats . |
| 23 | ‘ The hearing into the eviction order is being heard ahead of the other action , ’ he said . |
| 24 | That puts him 11 points ahead of Jacques Delors ( a possible Socialist candidate ) , 16 points ahead of Mr Chirac , and 26 points ahead of the other main conservative hopeful , Valéry Giscard d'Estaing . |
| 25 | With the woman urging me , I put one foot ahead of the other and we started to move . |
| 26 | Because you do not want a return to destructive two party politics and you do know at first hand that Liberal Democrats do put ‘ people first ’ ; that local income tax is a fair and predictable alternative to the poll tax ; that our stance on Hong Kong is morally right and that we realise the urgency of environmental action with targets for achievement away ahead of the other two parties . |
| 27 | It was her ‘ wait ’ and she sped down the stone staircase ahead of the lumbering old man and snatched up the receiver . |
| 28 | At 0645hrs on Sunday December 7 , 1941 Privates George Elliott and Joseph Lochard manning the army radar at Opana plotted an aircraft approaching Oahu , it was in fact one of the Japanese reconnaissance seaplanes sent on ahead of the attacking aircraft . |
| 29 | What the political parties say ( or do n't say ) on access ahead of the General Election ) |
| 30 | For a membership fee of £1.50 you will * receive priority booking privileges ahead of the general public * be able to take part in various social events organised by the Club * be able to join our volunteers who support the theatre in various publicity activities * gain free membership of The Stage Door Club |