Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] before a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a sort of secret cave under the far bank which must be filled before a firm base can be established . |
| 2 | In the case of Community legislation subject to the cooperation procedure , it is the Government 's aim that parliamentary scrutiny should be completed before a common position is agreed by the Council of Ministers . |
| 3 | More than five million 10p shares in the Scottish football champions are at stake in the row but a judge decided that evidence would have to be heard before a final decision was reached . |
| 4 | For action of this kind to be fair , the risk that you may suffer an injustice should be considered before a final decision is taken . |
| 5 | It is often more effective therefore to impose a condition requiring odour abatement equipment to be installed before a particular use may commence , then , if such equipment is not installed an enforcement notice may be served under s.87 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 6 | The EC Commission for its part threw into the discussion the now celebrated Cockfield Report3 which detailed the host of measures which would have to be adopted before a single market could be said to exist . |
| 7 | Activity : Some progress was recorded at the Djibouti summit on measures to improve food security and drought and famine early warning systems , but more work needed to be done before a second conference with donor countries could be convened , following that of March 1987 , to obtain funding and technical support for a further series of projects . |
| 8 | Drainage : what needs to be done before a good soil structure can be built up over the whole farm ? |
| 9 | This will allow six weeks for objections to be lodged before a public inquiry is held probably in mid or late summer . |
| 10 | There are three separate criteria that must be met before a commercial fusion reactor can be built : temperature , density and ‘ confinement time ’ must all exceed certain minimum values . |
| 11 | Frequently , development is only possible following land assembly , and agreements or options with numerous owners have to be negotiated before a viable site can be created . |
| 12 | The necessary changes should be effected before a retiring partner actually leaves the firm . |
| 13 | There are still a lot of decisions to be taken before a successful timeshare operation can be ‘ got off the ground ’ , and the real challenge in this case is to work out what these are . |
| 14 | Adjourning the inquest , North Durham Coroner Geoffrey Burt said further decisions had to be taken before a full inquest could be held . |
| 15 | A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works and Transport declared , however , that " environmentally kind alternatives would be studied before a final decision is made " . |
| 16 | There are certain so-called unneighbourly developments which have to be advertised before a valid application can be made . |
| 17 | The White Paper placed great emphasis on probation reports , to which attention would have to be paid before a custodial sentence is recommended . |
| 18 | Prior agreement with the workforce on representation will be required before a European Company can be incorporated , with a " fallback " national standard model specified should there be a failure to reach an agreement . |