Example sentences of "[noun sg] before it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is subject to the proviso that where it is essential that an instrument comes into effect immediately , it can be brought into effect before it is laid , but that the Speaker and/or Lord Chancellor should be informed of this and the reason for it . |
| 2 | The effluent from Belmont is treated by a sewage works which does not have the necessary filtering equipment to remove the chemical before it is discharged into a nearby river . |
| 3 | Chris Newton , formerly chargehand in Aberystwyth , who was responsible for VoR maintenance before it was sold , has been appointed shed foreman on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway . |
| 4 | 8 Make a final check on the photograph before it is taken to ensure that it will do its job . |
| 5 | Football , however , had lost much of its rumbustiousness before it was outlawed from the streets . |
| 6 | Kirby and his team are airlifted to an ‘ A ’ Team 's CSF camp ( called ‘ Dodge City ’ ) to bolster its defence by a South Vietnamese CIDG force before it is struck by a full-scale Viet Cong assault . |
| 7 | The road was too rough for one thought to rest long in mind before it was cannoned out by another . |
| 8 | You can then either hem and gather it with shirring tape before it is fixed to the walls ; or let it gather itself naturally as you push the rods through the turned-over hems at top and bottom . |
| 9 | The work had scarcely got into its stride before it was interrupted by the outbreak of the Wars of Independence . |
| 10 | And that is why democracy is to be understood as a practice before it is conceived as a set of abstractions ; why it is a system of checks and balances before it is a set of principles ; why , as has been said , it is worth just two cheers , and no more . |
| 11 | The dialogue was quick-fire stuff , and he never got more than half-way through each sub-title before it was replaced with the next one . |
| 12 | But Webb 's strict ethical judgement that , once the couple had been pronounced man and wife , Benjamin was not entitled to put them asunder , disregards the fact that Benjamin has rescued Elaine from a loveless marriage before it is consummated . |
| 13 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ We will be in contact with the council to discuss this proposal before it is implemented . |
| 14 | If his suggestion is yet another example of the well-thought-out policies of the Labour party , we should be given a carefully calculated costing of such a proposal before it is introduced in such a casual manner . |
| 15 | There is no record of the history of this manuscript before it was bought for the British Museum in 1836 , but it appears possible that the Jouglet it contains could be one text forming a bridge between the French fabliaux and the Anglo-Norman . |
| 16 | It flew a total of 26 hours in this configuration before it was sold again and again and again , and then finally traded for a two-place P-51 . |
| 17 | The natural order has been disturbed and the price must be paid by the parent before it is re-instated . |
| 18 | Since he had the respect and liking of his fellow artists , he was often able to enter the studios and choose a characteristic work before it was put on show . |
| 19 | Galecron ( the brand name for the formulation , chlordimeform ) was widely used as a pesticide before it was taken off the market briefly in 1976 after it was found to increase tumours in mice . |
| 20 | It is very dangerous to show a portrait to a sitter before it is finished , as they always want to change something . |
| 21 | Sam is summoned by a friend in the Police Department to see the body before it is taken away . |
| 22 | His hair was white , as my daughters reported when they went to view the body before it was given to the Odonata . |
| 23 | There must , therefore , have been another meaning of the parable before it was developed into an allegory . |
| 24 | The store will be quite separate from that planned by the Central Electricity Generating Board to house spent nuclear fuel before it is reprocessed . |
| 25 | It may be necessary to restructure the business before it is acquired ; the tax liabilities involved need to be assessed , and the position of management protected as far as possible . |
| 26 | You can also check the final picture before it is taken . |
| 27 | 8 Assess each picture before it is taken to ensure that the picture is relevant and makes its point . |
| 28 | Taking both these factors into account , I conclude that a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence should be given the opportunity to make representations in writing to the Secretary of State about the length of his tariff period before it is set . |
| 29 | And a more realistic price was revealed by the short-lived ‘ grey ’ market ( the popular term for trading in a security before it is issued ) in Zeneca that was begun by Salomon Brothers in mid-April . |
| 30 | He was shocked to find the puppy 's legs had been tied up with string before it was placed in a bag and dumped . |