Example sentences of "of [noun] before it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The march marked HMS Jupiter 's last visit to its affiliated town of Middlesbrough before it is de-commissioned later this year . |
| 2 | He claimed that their plans to dump the roubles back into the Soviet money supply had been forestalled , a matter of hours before it was due to begin , only by his quick decision to order the immediate withdrawal of the high-denomination rouble notes . |
| 3 | Presumably they 're afraid it will run out of money before it 's their turn . |
| 4 | When it was finished , in 1984 , it had to be screened , in a private showing , to a number of Members of Parliament before it could be cleared for transmission . |
| 5 | It sounds a desperate measure ; but if it 's happening in California , it can only be a matter of months before it takes off here . |
| 6 | Weight loss is itself a rewarding consequence , but because you need to lose a fair amount of weight before it is really noticeable in terms of body shape , you will probably require extra rewards to keep you going . |
| 7 | The Dnestr region , however , in the east of Moldava , with a population of 700,000 mainly Russian speakers , which had been a part of Ukraine before it was incorporated into the Moldavan territory annexed by Stalin from Romania in 1940 , declared its wish to remain part of the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | The software needs a lot of work before it 's mature and the current situation puts OSF and DCE vendors in a race to get it to that point before the marketplace grows leery of it . |
| 9 | Relapse can be seen in changes of mood before it leads back to use of the addictive substance or behaviour . |
| 10 | Now that has come to pass , I think everyone is gearing back down and it will be down for a couple of years before it goes back up ; it just seems to go back and forth . |
| 11 | The behaviour of privatised industries will have to be studied over a number of years before it is possible to conclude whether the ownership of the company ( ie private or public ) or the market structure ( ie competitive or monopolistic ) is the major determinant of corporate behaviour . |
| 12 | Barry had also composed the music for The Knack , and raised the idea for Billy with producer Peter Witt over lunch a couple of years before it materialized . |
| 13 | Alvarez was fully aware of the ‘ bad news ’ part of the equation-the muon 's brief life which only allowed it to catalyse a handful of fusions before it perished . |
| 14 | It had been a couple of days before it dawned on him : they were the full-size versions of the houses and station buildings he and his father had made up for their never-quite-finished model railway layout . |
| 15 | What does , however , seem likely is that the great marketing operation for citizenship education , like that of citizenship before it , has involved the promotion of a product which its advertisers do not fully comprehend . |
| 16 | Ruth swallowed a small wail of despair before it got out . |
| 17 | It has also been argued that the small mouths of the giants simply could not have downed enough food to support a warm-blooded metabolism , particularly plant food that needs a lot of processing before it becomes available as energy . |
| 18 | So , short of sending the recording tape on a long detour through the corridors of the Palace of Westminster before it goes on the air , the parliamentary censors will have to work faster than they think . |
| 19 | ‘ Love me , Ace … ’ she whispered in his ear , painfully trying to keep hold of that insubstantial thread of feeling before it evaporated between them . |
| 20 | The hollow and fragile straw stalactites are formed when water drops from a cave roof , leaving a microscopic ring of calcite before it falls . |
| 21 | But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal . |
| 22 | But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal . |
| 23 | Michael Medavoy , the chief executive of Tri-Star Pictures and a Friend of Bill before it was fashionable , is a case in point . |
| 24 | Meanwhile Eddie Stratton was to enthuse about a quick stroll around the centre of Oxford before it got too dark , and an invitation to accompany him was accepted by Mrs Brown , a woman with whom he 'd become friendly on the tour , and who probably felt a little flattered to be asked . |
| 25 | There was all sorts of processes before it got to that and after it got to that stage . |
| 26 | The law says that British Coal has to go through a procedure of consultation before it can close pits . |
| 27 | Then someone offered to adopt the cat and the local vet was called in to give the animal a clean bill of health before it was moved to its new , permanent home . |
| 28 | Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment . |
| 29 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
| 30 | Over the last five years 50 per cent of Germany 's energy producing capacity has been equipped with flue gas desulphurisation systems ( FGD ) which removes the bulk of sulphur before it even reaches the chimney . |