Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't discuss ideas before they 're on the canvas . |
| 2 | MPs are demanding an inquiry into claims that Britain 's largest compact disc maker is deliberately sacking workers before they become entitled to redundancy pay . |
| 3 | But it would also help secondary teachers to space out chemistry 's sequential steps , giving their pupils more time to absorb principles before they build on them . |
| 4 | Funeral directors accept that relatives will seek quotations before they decide which company to use — information can be found in Yellow Pages Directories under the heading ‘ funeral directors ’ . |
| 5 | The rich tend to work 18-hour days , and some of them burn themselves out at bond desks and on trading floors before they are 30 . |
| 6 | Measurements of body damage ; for example , if you find that keeping chickens in a particular way results in a large number having broken bones before they die , that is important in assessing the effect of that condition on the welfare of the animal . |
| 7 | It seemed ages before they sorted out the time . |
| 8 | them it , it seemed ages before they were going to be on their |
| 9 | The following exhibitions were listed in last month 's column and deserve recognition before they close : the large exhibition of sculpture , paintings and miniatures by Francesco Clemente at Anthony d'Offay ( to 30 April ) , Catherine Lee 's beautifully patinated wall reliefs at Annely Juda |
| 10 | The following exhibitions have been mentioned in this column in previous months and deserve attention before they close : Karsten Schubert 's changing selection of works by gallery artists , marking his Fifth Anniversary in business in Charlotte Street ( to 25 April ) ; a survey of paintings by Andrzej Jackowski , including his three versions of ‘ The Beekeeper 's Son ’ , at Marlborough ( to 21 April ) ; new paintings by Luciano Castelli at Raab ( to 25 April ) ; and Craig Wood 's dot paintings at Laure Genillard ( to 25 April ) . |
| 11 | Arranging to receive goods before they have been stolen does not amount to handling : Park ( 1988 ) 87 Cr App R 164 ( CA ) , because " guilty knowledge must exist at the time when the offence is committed " . |
| 12 | The idea is that the drug neutralises cancer forming enzymes before they get into the blood . |
| 13 | Instead , ducks catch pests before they attack the rice and their manure fertilizes the soil . |
| 14 | … ( 6 ) In this section ‘ costs ’ means costs as between party and party , and includes the costs of applying for an order under this section ; and where a party begins to receive representation after the proceedings have been instituted , or ceases to receive representation before they are finally decided or otherwise receives representation in connection with part only of the proceedings , the reference in subsection ( 2 ) above to the costs incurred by the unassisted party in the proceedings shall be construed as a reference to so much of those costs as is attributable to that part . |
| 15 | The following exhibitions were reported in last month 's issue and deserve note before they close : Hamish Fulton 's elegant installation of wall texts and photographs of his walks , the most handsome exhibition to have been held at Annely Juda ( to 6 March ) , two large sculptures by Mario Merz and new paintings and charcoal drawings , the best of his career , by Leon Kossoff at Anthony d'Offay ( to 6 March ) , Michael Young 's new sand paintings at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 15 March ) , ‘ Out of Sight Out of Mind ’ , Nicholas Logsdail 's survey of international painting and sculpture 1965–1975 at Lisson ( to 20 March ) , Michael Landy 's ‘ Warning Signs ’ at Karsten Schubert ( to 6 March ) , new paintings by Arturo di Stefano , coinciding with his retrospective survey at Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery , at Purdy Hicks ( to 6 March ) , new works by Riccardo Cinalli , featuring in a touring exhibition organised by the Accademia Italiana , at Long and Ryle ( to 19 March ) , and print exhibitions of Jim Dine at Waddington Graphics ( to 14 March ) and Robert Ryman at Victoria Miro ( to 29 March ) . |
| 16 | POLICE are likely to have to wait weeks before they can interview Keith Pringle the man at the centre of the Darlington siege . |
| 17 | But if the bronchoscope could see cancers before they became lumpy , that might change . |
| 18 | A new government scheme will try to help London 's homeless by pumping £3m into provincial projects to help people before they even get to the capital . |
| 19 | A visit every 6 or 12 months will help to spot problems before they become serious . |
| 20 | And even then the pageant is not over , for the leaves change colour before they shrivel , and when they drop off , the bare gnarled trees stand out fantastically against the winter sky . |
| 21 | The report revealed that not only do a lot of students want to leave university before they graduate , but ninety per cent have problems with the volume of work and fifty per cent experienced excess pressure at exam time . |
| 22 | But that also means that wild flowers and herbs get cut before they have a chance to flower and propagate . |
| 23 | Yes er a physical assessment er takes place , they 're given er a medical , eyesight , hearing tests and going on from that er er a one day assessment in the actual use of firearms takes place before they are actually selected to er attend a preliminary course of two weeks duration . |
| 24 | Ideally , pre-marital counselling , supplemented before parenthood , would meet problems before they could arise . |
| 25 | Anyone who suggested that his rise to fame was undeservedly achieved by nepotism and favouritism , would be referred by Beatty to a piece in Time magazine which read , ‘ With facial and vocal suggestion of Montgomery Clift and the mannerisms of James Dean , he is the latest in the line of hostile , moody , sensitive , self-conscious , bright , defensive , stuttering , self seeking and extremely talented actors who have become myths before they are thirty . ’ |
| 26 | In general , a reasonably safe procedure would be to prune back main stems by a third during the dormant season plus , with shrubs that are well established , a somewhat vigorous removal of old , spent stems before they become senile . |
| 27 | — Comes from the last syllable of barracões the Portuguese word for buildings constructed for holding slaves before they were sold . |
| 28 | Word of their approach had hardly reached Pool before they themselves were in Ludlow . |
| 29 | Many commodity markets are institutionally well suited to speculation , having developed facilities for buying crops before they are harvested ( futures markets ) for small down-payments ( margin trading ) . |
| 30 | They exchanged photographs before they met , but when I first saw him he looked years older and much fatter than in his photo and now it 's emerged that he 's 48 and divorced . |