Example sentences of "before [coord] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Anybody who has been involved in community organising will have experience of situations where the ( actual or perceived ) formality of the meeting has restricted participation by people who may be active and vociferous before and/or after the meeting .
2 This is best obtained by asking interviewees to complete standard forms or to take tests before or between interviews .
3 Do eat something before or with alcoholic drink , but remember that nothing will keep blood levels low !
4 [ 75/25 ] of the amount of Advance Corporation Tax ( ‘ ACT ’ ) which could be utilised against Group taxable profits for accounting periods ending before or on [ date ] as reduced in respect of the profits for the period from completion to [ date ] and to the extent that the dividend reduces the audited consolidated net assets at completion below [ x ] the consideration will be reduced £1 for £1 by the deficiency .
5 Clearly it was not a popular revolution in the sense of an uprising by the masses , although popular discontent was widespread , legitimate and frequently manifest : those involved in the transfer of power did not seek to exploit this discontent for their own purposes , either before or for many years after 1868 .
6 One idea is that before or at the next French-British summit in late spring , the foreign and defence ministers on both sides will meet to review progress .
7 In the case of parish , town or community councillor the declaration must be made before or at the first meeting of the council after his election , or if the council at that meeting so permits , before or at a later meeting fixed by the council .
8 The terms of a contract are settled either before or at the time of making the contract .
9 This point is sensibly picked up in the Vienna Sales Convention , which provides in article 1(2) that : The fact that the parties have their places of business in different States is to be disregarded whenever this fact does not appear from the contract or from any dealings between , or from , information disclosed by , the parties at any time before or at the conclusion of the contract . ’
10 By a notice of appeal dated 7 July 1992 the husband appealed on the ground that a copy of the committal order had not been served on him either before or at the time of the execution of the warrant as required by Ord. 29 , r. 1(5) ( a ) of the County Court Rules 1981 ( as amended ) and that in consequence the order was invalid and/or defective and should be set aside .
11 ‘ If a committal order is made , the order shall be for the issue of a warrant of committal and , unless the judge otherwise orders — ( a ) a copy of the order shall be served on the person to be committed either before or at the time of the execution of the warrant ; or ( b ) where the warrant has been signed by the judge , the order for issue of the warrant may be served on the person to be committed at any time within 36 hours after the execution of the warrant .
12 ‘ A person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force .
13 However , on half a dozen occasions or more the negotiating teams on both sides gathered , either before or at dinner , to seek to resolve the detailed problems before the Goodman proposals were ultimately embodied in legislation .
14 Thirteen patients in group A ( 57% ) and seven in group B ( 18% ) had associated cholecystolithiasis , diagnosed either before or at the time of diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis ( p=0.002 ) .
15 By s.8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 : [ a ] person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses any force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force .
16 The force must be used " immediately before or at the time of " the theft .
17 This phenomenon can also be seen in trading stamp transactions so that s4(1) of the Trading Stamps Act 1964 ( substituted by s16(1) of SOGIT 1973 ) provides : In every redemption of trading stamps for goods , notwithstanding any term to the contrary on which the redemption is made , there is — ( a ) an implied warranty on the part of the promoter of the trading scheme that he has a right to give the goods in exchange ; ( b ) an implied warranty that the goods are free from any charge or encumbrance not disclosed or known to the person obtaining the goods before , or at the time of redemption and that that person will enjoy quiet possession of the goods except so far as it may be disturbed by the owner or other person entitled to the benefit of any charge or encumbrance so disclosed or known ; ( c ) an implied warranty that the goods are of merchantable quality , except that there is no such warranty ( i ) as regards defects specifically drawn to the attention of the person obtaining the goods before or at the time of redemption ; or ( ii ) if that person examines the goods before or at the time of redemption , as regards defects which that examination ought to reveal .
18 This phenomenon can also be seen in trading stamp transactions so that s4(1) of the Trading Stamps Act 1964 ( substituted by s16(1) of SOGIT 1973 ) provides : In every redemption of trading stamps for goods , notwithstanding any term to the contrary on which the redemption is made , there is — ( a ) an implied warranty on the part of the promoter of the trading scheme that he has a right to give the goods in exchange ; ( b ) an implied warranty that the goods are free from any charge or encumbrance not disclosed or known to the person obtaining the goods before , or at the time of redemption and that that person will enjoy quiet possession of the goods except so far as it may be disturbed by the owner or other person entitled to the benefit of any charge or encumbrance so disclosed or known ; ( c ) an implied warranty that the goods are of merchantable quality , except that there is no such warranty ( i ) as regards defects specifically drawn to the attention of the person obtaining the goods before or at the time of redemption ; or ( ii ) if that person examines the goods before or at the time of redemption , as regards defects which that examination ought to reveal .
19 Appendix 4 to the 17th Report of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Community states that ‘ Parliament does not require to be consulted before or during negotiations on a treaty or before a text is initialled ’ .
20 You can use it either before or during negotiations .
21 Dry , teasing , tickling cough before or during the chill ; racking cough .
22 Negative reinforcement is something unwelcome that happens before or during the behaviour in question has occurred .
23 Juvenile diabetes is an ailment that strikes its victims before or during adolescence , destroying their bodies ' abilities to produce insulin , the hormone that enables the body to use and store sugar .
24 Sixty-seven per cent of creditors had no knowledge of the debtor 's financial state at the time of the original transaction , and 77 per cent did not obtain any further information before or during the proceedings .
25 ‘ Background ’ shall mean any inventions designs computer software reports drawings and other works and information made available before or during the Project but not generated under the Project and either belonging to the contributing Party or to which the contributing Party has the necessary rights for the purposes of the Project .
26 A Colchester police spokesman said seven people , including some visiting fans and some locals , had been arrested either before or during the game .
27 We therefore interpret magnetizations of high unblocking temperature and high to moderate coercivity found in undeformed parts of the granitic intrusions ( Tsm and Ttp ) as having been acquired just before or during mylonitization of structurally higher rocks .
28 We should like to call the attention of your readers , if we may , to the Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea in the Book of Common Prayer — still the standard authorised prayer book for the Church of England , which include prayers before or during a storm and thanksgiving for safety and deliverance , as well as the very beautiful collect which begins ‘ Prevent us , O Lord , in all our doings ’ , in which the word ‘ prevent ’ is used in its original sense of ‘ go before us ’ .
29 One is where an adjournment is sought before or during the course of a summary trial .
30 In accordance with general practice in Jamaica the prosecution disclosed to the defence the depositions of those witnesses taken at the committal hearing , but not their earlier statements to the police ; they did not disclose to the defence before or during the trial a statement made to the police by the deceased 's husband and two statements made by the deceased 's sister , relating to incidents not covered in their depositions , which were inconsistent with their evidence at trial .
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