Example sentences of "before the [noun prp] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a defence to exceeding the normal drivers ' hours of work , it was argued successfully , before the Kent Justices sitting at Sandwich , that these hours had to be departed from having regard to the care and comfort of the passengers . |
| 2 | They are due to go before the Mersey Ferries board in two weeks . |
| 3 | The defendant in proceedings before the Dover Justices carried on a restaurant business . |
| 4 | He had already agreed that the ‘ two-plus-four ’ talks between the Germanies and the victorious powers of 1945 — the United States , the Soviet Union , Britain and France — should start just before the East Germans voted : thereby underlining that foreigners have as much interest as Germans in the issue of unification . |
| 5 | Two recent incidents involving rugby players have angered the ANC particularly : the playing of the white-aligned anthem Die Stem before South Africa 's Test with New Zealand in Johannesburg and hooker Uli Schmidt 's speech against plans to have a training session in a black township before the South Africans made their international reappearance against Australia . |
| 6 | He carries the burden of having been sworn in just before the US operations began , and he remains in hiding under the protection of the United States . |
| 7 | Before the Barcelona games Nike executives told the Daily Mirror they had lined up racing certs for a nationwide billboard blitz . |
| 8 | Before the Tate/LaBianca murders happened , however , Charles Manson was attempting to make it as a rock star . |
| 9 | But just three days before the England selectors name their team for the second Test against Australia at Lord 's , Fletcher was not too concerned about Gower 's injury-enforced absence . |
| 10 | The school 's principal , Liz Breen , said there were just seven children in the P4 before the Mills quads arrived . |
| 11 | On April 14 , the day before the UN sanctions came into force , the ICJ delivered its verdict on the case which Libya had presented on March 3 [ see p. 38839 ] . |
| 12 | Had Pilcher lived he might have achieved proper powered , sustained , and controlled flight before the Wright brothers did so in December 1903 . |
| 13 | It was only minutes before the Athletico gladiators took to the field that Chamden 's assistant manager , Frank Spanner , announced that owing to an outbreak of foot and mouth amongst the first team , they had been forced to include six second-team men in their squad at Billington Euphonia . |