Example sentences of "before a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a payment under covenant , The Deed of Covenant has to be filled in corrected before a payment is made . |
| 2 | Some latitude can be allowed to serious critics who write for periodicals which go to press a long time before a show is on view ; these critics will not be able to comment on how the exhibition actually looks , as their articles will have been written before the show 's installation . |
| 3 | About a second before a subject moves a part of his body , a slow negative shift in the electrical potential generated by the brain begins . |
| 4 | It was only a matter of time before a competitor sprang on the market . |
| 5 | Before a cremation can take place three statutory forms have to be completed , one by next of kin , the others by two different doctors . |
| 6 | If Travellers Fare did not wish to provide a service on a train , there should be none ; if they closed a refreshment room , it had to lie idle for a year before a private operator was allowed to take over . |
| 7 | AT LEAST Mrs Donaldson ( September ) does n't have to ensure the bearded drinker 's frequent first encounter on the glasses front , which is to find the barman reaching for a pint glass before a word 's been said . |
| 8 | On and upward , slow now with the altitude telling on legs and lungs alike , the route was measured in numbers of steps before a rest was needed . |
| 9 | The signs may wax and wane , and the longer it is before a diagnosis is made , the more likely the dog is to end up with long-term arthritis , another disease where preventive measures are very easy and effective . |
| 10 | The National Westminster Bank Sevens , at Sydenham , were won for a third successive time by Brynteg CS , who enjoyed a comfortable semi-final against St Benedict 's , 20-4 , before a demanding final against Campion , 10-6 . |
| 11 | Karen Briggs , a triple world champion before a broken leg interrupted her progress , also travels with the 14-strong team . |
| 12 | These matters will be looked at before a firm decision is taken . |
| 13 | The Home Office is deciding who is a genuine refugee and who should be deported out of 3,500 Kurds who arrived in May and June , before a visa requirement was introduced . |
| 14 | POLICE are aiming to track down 30 athletes who hurdled over closed barriers at a railway level-crossing moments before a train hurtled through . |
| 15 | About 3,500 Kurds came to Britain last May and June , before a visa requirement was hurried in to stem an influx . |
| 16 | They would lie for hours , hardly moving , before a sudden noise startled them and they instinctively dived for cover . |
| 17 | Here was an Anglo-Catholic who insisted on the apostolic succession of bishops , and thought intercommunion between the Churches , before a proper union , to be wrong , and yet refused to unchurch the Protestant Churches . |
| 18 | There must be one flag , the Union Jack , but under it equality of races [ i.e. British and Boer ] and languages … but not before a loyal majority is assured ’ ; or again , ‘ if ten years hence there are three men of British race to two of Dutch , the country will be safe and prosperous ; if there are three of Dutch to two of British , we shall have perpetual difficulty ’ . |
| 19 | He exposes the vague way in which Read deploys scientific vocabulary , pointing out how much work had had to be done by a great many people and already popularized , before a literary critic could talk in this way . |
| 20 | Before a successful method for dieting is assumed to have been found it must be realized that the effects were small and that the difference might reflect the greater energy expended by those who ate in the morning . |
| 21 | We often find it takes three or four years before a youth is used to a regular life once more . |
| 22 | Now 26 , she spent many years after college hitchhiking around the world , drifting through the punk scene in San Francisco to demonstrations in Dallas , squats in Amsterdam and the women 's peace camp in Cosmo , Italy , before a British producer recognised her itinerant musical talent and signed her up with the bestselling Texas Campfire Tapes LP . |
| 23 | Women models displayed an air-hostess style ensemble of jacket , jupe-culotte , three-cornered hat and shoulder bag , before a series of other changes were revealed . |
| 24 | The only gain from what at times were acrimonious exchanges may be that the British Boxing Board of Control will renew its vigilance in the protection of its licensed boxers , before a campaign to stop boxing takes on a more menacing shape for those involved in the business . |
| 25 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 26 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 27 | The imposition of VAT on the kruggerrand and other gold coins meant that gold had to rise by at least 20 per cent on their initial investment before a private collector could show a profit . |
| 28 | The imposition of VAT on the kruggerrand and other gold coins meant that gold had to rise by at least 20 per cent on their initial investment before a private collector could show a profit . |
| 29 | The imposition of VAT on the kruggerrand and other gold coins meant that gold had to rise by at least 20 per cent on their initial investment before a private collector could show a profit . |
| 30 | The absolute right of an editor or journalist to opt for a personal hearing before a complaints committee would be removed . |