Example sentences of "prior to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing , for example , that the firm will have a cash surplus , say for two months prior to the payment of a large creditor , such as the Inland Revenue , means that the company will be able to arrange to deposit cash over this period to obtain the maximum returns . |
| 2 | Prior to the Assembly , delegates took part in a meeting of women communicators , and were joined by representatives from local women 's groups involved in development communication . |
| 3 | legal expenses incurred either prior to the granting of support by the insurers or without their written consent , and |
| 4 | On previous occasions a notice has been inserted in the Journal warning Scottish solicitors that under the English Legal Aid Scheme no payment is allowed out of the Legal Aid Fund to any solicitor , English or otherwise , for any work done prior to the granting of a Civil Aid Certificate . |
| 5 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 6 | In recent years , however , there has been a growing tendency to question the assumption that , prior to the advent of Christianity , Israel was unique among the nations of antiquity in the significance it attached to history and the non-repeatability of events . |
| 7 | Body armour , prior to the advent of chain , as worn by a helmeted knight in a manuscript illustration of the Barbarossa period . |
| 8 | 1.4 System of Education ( prior to the advent of the European ) |
| 9 | It is almost as if both men had to be chastened by the bitter lessons of Marxism in practice before there could be a return to the unproblematical friendship prior to the advent of Marxism in their lives . |
| 10 | Non-dispersive interferometers , though available , were not widely used prior to the advent of modern computer technology . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Prior to the SEA , scheduled ( as opposed to charter ) 4 air passenger transport was notable for the absence of any really significant Community impact . |
| 13 | Under current banking rules , we , the collecting agents , must inform the person whose bank account is being debited at least 14 days prior to the event , stating the amount and the account number to be debited . |
| 14 | Guidelines for appropriate charges , which will be negotiated and agreed in writing prior to the event , are given in Schedule 6 . |
| 15 | Clearly it is better if some consideration is given to the potential hazards of retirement prior to the event . |
| 16 | The day was privately sponsored by a group of professional photographers , hence the secrecy prior to the event . |
| 17 | Around seventy-five firms will be showing a range of objects on the third floor of the shop , all of which will be vetted by an independent committee prior to the event . |
| 18 | The vast majority of chromosomally unbalanced mouse fetuses die between day 6 and IS ( 8 ) and mitotic activity often decreases several hours or even days prior to the event . |
| 19 | The association was closed to new members from the time that this project became public , but now membership will be opened again : I imagine there will be considerably more interest in membership than prior to the event . |
| 20 | British problems revolved round a chest muscle pulled by Grayson Bourne several weeks prior to the event . |
| 21 | Analysis request forms should be completed and forwarded to the Drug Control and Teaching Centre to be received no later than 28 days prior to the event . |
| 22 | Cause , on the other hand , situates the causal agent prior to the event caused and so requires the to infinitive . |
| 23 | Indeed , for all cases where the to infinitive evokes " subsequent potentiality " the support is necessarily seen or implied to be situated in time prior to the event . |
| 24 | Just prior to the purchase Farringdon plc 's share of the net assets of KP Ltd amounted to £144,000 . |
| 25 | This learning process will focus in particular on a comparison of : * the evaluation of the alternatives made prior to the purchase ; * the claims made by the supplier for the product that was eventually purchased ; * the performance or acceptability of the product actually purchased- relative to the purchase motivation and the needs/wants that gave rise to it . |
| 26 | Prior to the making of such alterations the tenants should obtain the consent of the landlord to the proposed alterations . |
| 27 | Theories may be , and usually are , conceived of prior to the making of those observations necessary to test them . |
| 28 | 11.1 Save as provided in clause 11.2 no agent adviser or other person acting for the Landlord has at any time prior to the making of this agreement been authorised by the Landlord to make to the Tenant or to any agent adviser or other person acting for the Tenant any representation whatever ( whether written oral or implied ) in relation to the Site or the Premises or to any matter contained or referred to in this agreement |
| 29 | 11.2 Any statement made in writing by the Landlord 's solicitors to the Tenant 's solicitors prior to the making of this agreement [ in reply to an inquiry made in writing by the Tenant 's solicitors ] was made with the authority of the Landlord |
| 30 | 11.3 No immaterial error omission or misstatement in this agreement or in any plan of the Site or the Premises referred to in this agreement or in any statement made by any person prior to the making of this agreement shall in any way affect the obligations of the parties under this agreement or entitle any party to damages or compensation |