Example sentences of "[vb pp] before it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having defined your process model using the process model definition language , the pmodel module must be entered into LIFESPAN and installed before it will take effect . |
| 2 | YOU CAN usually spot a UK rap production a mile off — strapped for cash in an inadequate studio , British talent is too often stifled before it can start to grow . |
| 3 | The first task with a coin , as with any other artefact , is to try to establish its date and attribute it to a place of manufacture and authority , since we must know where and when it was made before it can give us any information about the past . |
| 4 | The Dane Valdemar Poulsen invented his ‘ Telegraphone ’ in 1898 and patented it in 1900 , but ( as with commercial electrical recording ) amplification was needed before it could become practicable . |
| 5 | It is eluding them , Lee thought , like the swinging end of a bell-rope that has to be grasped before it will ring the bell that will awaken them . |
| 6 | The first Act to abolish Chantries , in 1545 , had lapsed before it could take effect . |
| 7 | It must be reformed before it will carry out the reaction again , thus making the reaction uneconomical as an industrial process ( particularly as iridium is very expensive ) . |
| 8 | Now though , the ring will have to be stretched before it 'll fit the third finger left hand , which has swollen a little since 1985 . |
| 9 | It is merely a rough guide to the general sentencing levels that this court feels is appropriate , and allowance needs to be made for inconsistency on the part of the Court of Appeal itself ( Thomas , 1993 ) , plus the considerable ‘ latitude ’ which is normally allowed before it will interfere with a sentence passed by the Crown Court . |
| 10 | At present an elderly people 's home must be registered before it can take residents and be inspected regularly . |
| 11 | The human memory , in common with every other store , has to be positively consulted before it will function . |
| 12 | ‘ The tree was destroyed before it could bear fruit ! ’ shouted Surere , gripping the edge of the table and half rising from his seat . |
| 13 | UNITA accused the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) government of not fulfilling the agreement and listed seven conditions to be implemented before it would return to the CCPM . |
| 14 | In addition , the Council called for the financial incentives available to franchised firms to be improved before it would confirm its support for franchising . |
| 15 | Unfortunately on these occasions , all too often the prick of conscience , if it has operated at all , is instantly suppressed before it can take control , and it is this which appears to have become the normal response . |
| 16 | The first stage in each investigation was to list the information the committee required before it could reach a valid conclusion . |
| 17 | Its problems are too deep rooted and a more radical refocusing is required before it can return to its more traditional profits growth pattern . |
| 18 | If one adds that delay to the average of about three months before the first visit is made , one is talking about a possible delay of one year and three months before the application starts to receive the attention that is required before it can proceed . |