Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] before they " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Where men like Bradford of Pippingford Warren attempted to enclose the remaining wastes of Ashdown Forest and succeeded , it was a comparatively rare event ; unlike the Midlands enclosure , which frequently redistributed arable land , the sand and clay of Wealden waste required wholesale draining and massive injections of capital before they could be used for profitable corn-growing . |
| 2 | He saw pliant girls offering him the laurels of victory before they fainted before his conquering feet . |
| 3 | When there were no Red Cross parcels at all you began to notice that people sized up the rations of margarine before they helped themselves , and though you despised them for it you were none the less sharp to do it yourself . |
| 4 | Students must normally have successfully completed or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study of the Diploma programme and must be studying for the remaining areas of study before they are eligible to start work for their projects . |
| 5 | The second in line to the throne was still known officially as ‘ Baby Wales ’ and it took the couple several days of discussion before they arrived at a name . |
| 6 | It took another five days of route-marching before they heard the first sound of artillery fire , could smell the trenches and therefore knew they must be approaching the front . |
| 7 | Male mice are easiest to vasectomize at about 6 weeks of age before they become fat . |
| 8 | Partly because the machinery of repression has been so all-embracing for so long , stifling any messages of opposition before they reached a platform , and partly because Romania has for so long been cut off from the mainstream of European thinking and political change , constructive ideas have been hard to come by . |
| 9 | In many ways the challenge of qualifying games could have made life much easier for Vogts , who has had the problem of motivating his team to play two years of friendlies before they defend their World Cup crown in 1994 . |
| 10 | ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins . |
| 11 | It is just the ratio of initial compliances , which must be applied to the observations of J(t) before they are plotted . ) |
| 12 | Klatzky , Clark and Macken ( 1973 ) found that children learned nonsense words for the positive , extended , ends of dimensions before they learned their negative counterparts . |
| 13 | Students must pass through three stages of training before they are ready actually to break something . |
| 14 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 15 | When ingested ( as tablets or as fluoridated water ) , it builds stronger enamel and heals small spots of decay before they develop into holes . |
| 16 | There is an increasing need to predict the environmental hazards of chemicals before they reach the marketplace , and this demands methods to support the often limited experimental data . |
| 17 | Companies will also be able to ascertain from purchasers of shares before they become members ( such as purchasers of shares by instalments in a privatisation issue ) whether or not they will want to receive summary financial statements . |
| 18 | Mr Clarke believes the crackdown will deal with a hardcore of persistent offenders who can clock up scores of crimes before they reach their teens . |
| 19 | Some children may need to experience the pleasures and benefits of collaboration before they will spontaneously choose to work together on joint activities . |