Example sentences of "of [noun] [adv] before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also in need of a result are Hereford United … they 're bottom of the third division and same story as swindon … nothing 's going right … they need a change of luck soon before they get stranded at the wrong end of the table … |
| 2 | Many colleges ran out of money long before they ran out of students needing help . |
| 3 | Thus , for Piaget , concepts derive from operational schemata : ‘ logico-mathematical structures are extracted from the general conditions of actions long before they make use of language , either natural or artificial ’ — for example , a mother 's non-verbal interactions with her baby ( see Chapters 9 and 10 ) . |
| 4 | Now if there are changes , such as non-replacing teeth and non-dividing nerve cells , which make young animals more efficient , at the cost of condemning old animals to senescence , these changes will be favoured by natural selection , if only because most animals die of accidents anyway before they are old . |
| 5 | The police probably knew everything ; it was only a matter of time now before they challenged her about that sample of nail polish . |
| 6 | It 's only a matter of time now before they find some forensic evidence linking him to the scene of the crime . ’ |