Example sentences of "long [noun sg] before [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The film was banned in Maryland and Illinois , the New York Board demanded changes , and there was a long debate before it was shown in Pennsylvania , the state that had inspired the film and where Warners had vital outlets . |
| 2 | Her mother handed her a glass of white wine , so generously filled that Kate was obliged to take a long sip before it was safe to put it down on the small table by the side of the chair . |
| 3 | Although it will probably be a long time before we are prepared to let robots perform operations on us , Pam will be ready for trials next year , and her potential for cutting the 750,000 nursing days lost each year through back strain may make her popular with medical staff and patients alike . |
| 4 | American manufacturers share this scepticism , ‘ It will be a long time before there 's any international graphics standard , ’ says Dave Robertson , head of the US company Computervision 's British operation . |
| 5 | And it 's going to be a long time before it 's going to be possible , so therefore we still have to use animals , I see no way round it . |
| 6 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |