Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] ahead of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young people with years of disqualification ahead of them have no opportunity to take part in motor projects , to drive legitimately and to channel enthusiasm into responsible behaviour . |
| 2 | Just as our Grand Master thinks about the manipulation of further , and suggests that skilled readers recognise the meanings of words ahead of fixation . |
| 3 | I 've often seen toddlers jumping about in the back of cars ahead of me . |
| 4 | However it would appear that Hahnemann was a couple of centuries ahead of his time because it is now known that the DNA of certain viruses can incorporate itself into our own genome , our own inherited material . |
| 5 | It was relatively mild and sunny when Jack teed off just after midday , in company with an Irish golfer who was a couple of places ahead of Jack in the Order of Merit . |
| 6 | The disposal also meant that the UK is now the group 's single largest market , generating 41% of revenues ahead of France 's 37% . |
| 7 | I am only 19 and there are lots of years ahead of me . |
| 8 | Eva sang and Margaret watched , filled with admiration for the sister who was only a couple of years ahead of her in age but light years away in confidence . |
| 9 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 10 | We sent a small plane load of things ahead of us to the States . |
| 11 | Markby nodded towards the line of people ahead of them on the flagged pathway to the church door . |
| 12 | Men , if they are still fit on retirement , will have another fifteen years of life ahead of them , whilst women will mostly outlive their husbands and have a further twenty or more years ahead . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope he and I have years more of life ahead of us . |
| 14 | There was a good deal of air ahead of him — he could feel it moving and there was a considerable space above his head . |
| 15 | At last they came to the topmost ridge of the mountain , and there lay a great field of cloud ahead of them . |
| 16 | Then he snaked back through the house in silence , arriving at the front door just a couple of seconds ahead of her . |
| 17 | It was a Saturday night and I had a fortnight of holiday ahead of me while the Airds were unexpectedly away , not to speak of the obligatory Sunday to get through , the one that would have fallen to me in any case . |
| 18 | Mr Parkinson was delayed by a dense bank of fog ahead of him on the line — Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and Industry Secretary , making his statement about the Barlow Clowes affair . |
| 19 | The five reportedly reached a " preliminary consensus " on a plan to involve the UN in the governing of Cambodia ahead of a general election . |
| 20 | The length of the line to the right of this vertical thread showed the quantity of material ahead of the actual progress of the vehicle . |
| 21 | Grey market price ( p ) Yield ( p ) P/E ratio Anglia124-1298.515.8 Northumbrian127-1328.913.4 North West121-1268.735.6 Severn Trent125-1308.254.5 Southern125-1308.355.4 South West121-1269.683.9 Thames127-1328.105.8 Welsh123-1289.314.1 Wessex125-1308.455.0 Yorkshire123-1288.575.4 Grey market price : unofficial trading of shares ahead of issue . |
| 22 | The World Cup series slalom at Holme Pierrepont on May 30th–31st will be the most important British slalom for some years and will draw a very high class field of paddlers ahead of the Olympic Games . |
| 23 | ‘ But we have a number of players already challenging for places ahead of him and he will be given time to acclimatise . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Howard dismissed the French and German threat to press on with unity ahead of the rest of Europe . |
| 25 | And he hopes to retain his place in tomorrow 's Premier League meeting with Middlesbrough ahead of Bruce Grobbelaar and David James . |
| 26 | 1993 has started well with deliveries ahead of the same period last year and ahead of budget . |
| 27 | The PFLP-GC was one of a number of " rejectionist " Palestinian groups strongly opposed to the PLO-endorsed efforts to arrange talks with Israel ahead of elections in the occupied territories . |
| 28 | Fulmar achieved a very good result in 1992 , with profits ahead of expectation and benefited from the recovery in salmon prices which brought increased confidence to that industry . |
| 29 | Index which was started by Littlewoods , as a rival to the immensely successful Argos stores , is moving into profit ahead of time |
| 30 | Index which was started in 1986 as a rival to the immensely successful Argos stores , is moving into profit ahead of time . |