Example sentences of "[noun prp] before it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dnestr region , however , in the east of Moldava , with a population of 700,000 mainly Russian speakers , which had been a part of Ukraine before it was incorporated into the Moldavan territory annexed by Stalin from Romania in 1940 , declared its wish to remain part of the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | If not , how few Tory Members do there need to be in Scotland before it is accepted that the status quo is no longer tenable ? |
| 3 | Examples include Vodafone before it was floated by Racal ; Euro Disney before the company was formally launched ; and SmithKline Beecham before the two firms merged . |
| 4 | Martin Lee , an outspoken campaigner for democracy in Hong Kong before it is handed over , said : ‘ China has declared war on the people of Hong Kong . |
| 5 | Ghana symbolised West Africa before it was carved up by the Europeans ; it symbolised the African federation Nkrumah longed to assemble . |
| 6 | Only about 30 warships out of 300 carried out an order to hoist the Russian flag on Wednesday before it was repealed yesterday . |
| 7 | It was soon realised , however , that injections of procaine were effective in relieving the symptoms of arthritis , and this method of treatment became quite popular in Europe before it was eclipsed by the discovery of cortisone . |
| 8 | Frenzied , speedy and a shocking jolt of personal film-making , which had to come to Britain before it was recognised as a classic . |
| 9 | had been responsible for running the ‘ Popp : maltings in Louth before it was de-commissioned in the mid 80s , and if this was not enough , he has been the mentor of many newcomers to the industry , providing induction training to all levels of new recruits from director level down . |
| 10 | The march marked HMS Jupiter 's last visit to its affiliated town of Middlesbrough before it is de-commissioned later this year . |
| 11 | The most successful writer who had lived in an English colony was Aphra Behn , who was brought up in Surinam before it was transferred to the Dutch in 1668 , and her most important novel of American life , Oronooko , was so completely sympathetic to the Indian hero that it should be considered as an early contribution to the cult of the noble savage rather than a book which could help its English readers understand the wider world . |
| 12 | The Gare d'Orsay like the Gare de l'Est before it was regarded as the model station and strongly influenced others , notably Hamburg ( 1906 ) , Copenhagen Central ( 1911 ) , and the two New York stations , Pennsylvania and Grand Central . |