Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] prior " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be said that her rights were born together with her ; and from birth with her guardian 's help she could bring the action and endeavour to show that the injury from which she suffered was caused prior to her birth through the fault of the defendant . |
| 2 | This was followed by public presentations and exhibitions , based on the early draft by the council , throughout the region , and criticism received was considered prior to submitting the draft structure plan to the Secretary of State . |
| 3 | The sheer size of the task in fact prompted the EC Commission to doubt whether the traditional approach to the standards problem , which had been adopted prior to the SEA , was any longer appropriate . |
| 4 | Under an indemnity , a person is liable on a pound for pound basis for any loss , whether or not the purchase price would actually have been reduced if that liability had been discovered prior to contract . |
| 5 | The old program is deleted ( as if a NEW command had been given prior to the LOAD ) and all the dynamic variables are cleared . |
| 6 | Representations had been made prior to the passage of the legislation , but the court held that the minister was still under a duty to act fairly in the way in which he exercised his discretion under the legislation . |
| 7 | Mindful of the manner in which the fortresses of Liege and Namur had been taken prior to the Battle of the Marne , at relatively little cost , by the use of the new and highly effective howitzer , General Erich von Falkenhayn ordered up a 42cm version of this formidable weapon and commenced the bombardment of the city 's outer fortifications on the night of 27/28 September . |
| 8 | It is known that Rottweilers had been imported prior to the Second World War , probably by German and Dutch immigrants . |
| 9 | He had been released prior to the signing of the October 1991 peace agreement . |
| 10 | It is not know whether the Canadian forecast was available to the crew before departure from Keflavik although it had been issued prior to that time . |