Example sentences of "[prep] [be] before [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 With the advances in information technology , answers to many questions could be delivered in minutes , not just on industrial issues , like how cold does it have to be before we stop work , or how heavy a load should I lift , but other questions not related to work that we have not always answered in the past .
2 There are formal procedures for deciding how large a difference in the ds needs to be before we decide to take the interaction seriously , but these are beyond the scope of this book .
3 Alright , th the saying in the paper , they 're talking about stopping these big companies , keeping these little companies waiting there could be something they can do about that , but how long is it going to be before they do something ?
4 ‘ And it would have to be before you require our services .
5 they say to me , how many of them do there have to be before you think you 've got enough on your list .
6 I think th the difficulty with that kind of day is that unless you 've decided what the outcome 's going to be before you start , you 're not actually going together are you ?
7 As Carmel finished the 3s , she came to me and whispered : ‘ I think I can see what the 5s are going to be before I do it ’ , and she explained her prediction .
8 I said to that bloke today well how , how long am I gon na be before I go to court , he said it could be two years away
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