Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] prior " in BNC.

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1 It depends upon the weather , but after a week or so the concrete will have dried sufficiently to be treated prior to the introduction of fish and plants .
2 Longer-term factors favouring the US domestic market are the abolition of withholding tax and introduction of shelf registration ( which allow bonds to be registered prior to issuance , thus enabling flexibility in taking advantage of market opportunities ) .
3 A Corporate Finance Engagement Letter should be obtained from every client for whom corporate finance activities are to be undertaken prior to the first engagement .
4 Their views should be sought on the issues to be raised prior to a case conference to afford them the opportunity to seek advice and prepare their representations .
5 In May 1991 Lafleur , leader of the RPCR and president of the South province , threw his support behind the idea by calling for a " consensual solution " to the future status of the territory to be adopted prior to 1998 .
6 However , the two by-election defeats together with consistently poor opinion poll ratings , appeared to have increased pressure — particularly from those 75 LDP legislators whose seats were at stake in July — for Miyazawa to be replaced prior to the election .
7 Ideally this type of assessment begins when the patient is admitted to hospital so that there is adequate time for planning if special arrangements have to be made prior to the patient going home .
8 If the matrimonial home is already subject to a mortgage then the requirements of the mortgagees will have to be ascertained prior to a conveyance or transfer and if , although the house is to remain in joint names , liability for the mortgage payments is to be assumed by one party , an indemnity to the other party will have to be included in the declaration of trust ( see Precedent 54 ) .
9 Items to be addressed/resolved prior to contract .
10 User must have access to all modules to be read prior to calling READ_COMPLETE_ROOT_PACKAGE .
11 Although progress on the issue of the local elections had been made in August , it became increasingly clear that opposition demands for them to be held prior to the presidential poll were unrealistic .
12 as if to prove that a Shetlander 's work is never done , the same storms that sank the Braer and then cleaned away the oil caused erosion of the coast along the edge of the unexcavated portion of Jarlshof , and emergency coastal defences had to be installed prior to the provision of a permanent seawall .
13 Where such a ‘ Healthcheck ’ is carried out , care should be taken to ensure that the report addressed to the client only that the client is made aware that it is not a comprehensive list of all matters to be addressed prior to sale and that implementation of recommendations does not necessarily mean that management should provide any warranties on the matter .
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