Example sentences of "[not/n't] before [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they are , ( probably not before April 1992 ) Age Concern Groups will almost certainly come under the network exemption , provided that they are recognised as groups by Age Concern England , or by the relevant major group . |
| 2 | This approach was gradually accepted , though not before inflation had reduced the tax threshold so low that most poor wage-earners were also benefiting from the tax allowances . |
| 3 | The position is tenable not before July 1990 . |
| 4 | Birmingham , needing a point from their final group match , scrambled a 3-3 draw , but not before Blues boss Cooper had grabbed the ball on the touchline from striker Devon White as Cambridge 's tactics angered the former England star . |
| 5 | not before marriage , marriage either |
| 6 | Well this , they said not before end of May . |
| 7 | A hastily convened Central Committee meeting fudged the question of 1956 , but not before Mr Pozsgay extracted the greatest concession possible : the green light to the multi-party system . |
| 8 | After lunch ( 123 for two off 45 overs ) , India stepped on the gas and Gooch turned , not before time , to the off-spin of Eddie Hemmings . |
| 9 | The recommendations will over-rule — and not before time — the 1958 Court of Criminal Appeal ruling in the Wallwork case . |
| 10 | A pity , say analysts , that it did not come off : America 's biggest-ever bank merger could have led to a barrelful of such deals — and not before time . |
| 11 | Mr Bush , not before time , has shaken the complacency of China 's leaders . |
| 12 | ‘ NOT BEFORE TIME ! ’ |
| 13 | Not before time the contracting arm is to take a more ‘ risk-averse stance ’ to new tenders . |
| 14 | Not before time , as travellers pointed out : |
| 15 | ‘ Aye , and not before time , we 'd best see right round the place . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , Mother ; and not before time . ’ |
| 17 | The fates were obviously being kind — and not before time they might have thought — to Channel 4 , who had Dr Edward Teller scheduled for Opinions ( 7 February ) . |
| 18 | For that reason it went in early for its second service — and not before time because it was starting to run roughly . |
| 19 | However , to knock down old buildings was to put himself beyond the pale — not before time perhaps , but hardly for the right reason . |
| 20 | ‘ It ai n't bad being aboard , ’ he said , and held out his hand and , not before time , we shook . |
| 21 | A little celebration of Philippe 's good fortune — and not before time . ’ |
| 22 | Not before time , says Babs Hinchliffe , organiser of Sleeping Policemen Or Tragedy ( SPOT ) , the campaign group behind all the stamp licking and hot-air purveying . |
| 23 | ‘ Not before time . |
| 24 | It would be too easy to say ‘ Yes , and not before time either . ’ |
| 25 | To which the answer is ‘ Not before time ’ , but that presupposes that it is true . |
| 26 | But there is a groundswell of opinion , and not before time , that ‘ categories ’ are becoming far too important . |
| 27 | Not before time . |
| 28 | The proposed new law curbing this type of blatantly dishonest description given by some estate agents is not before time . |
| 29 | Heaven knows it was not before time that reformation in that respect came about . |
| 30 | A crumbly chunk of derelict stone topples off somewhere or other into the roadway , stopping the bus and not before time either , cos it allows a man to rattle down the stairs and nearly reach the gutter before a partly digested steak pie and beery gravy is offered to the land from whence it originated . |