Example sentences of "before it [is] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 Rye must be soaked in hot water to destroy an anti-growth hormone in the seed coat before it is given to livestock , but triticale kernels can be fed directly to livestock with no harmful side-effects .
2 When the selected material is brought to the sacrificial enclosure in a ceremonial procession , a consecrated ‘ pot ’ or ‘ puma-kumbha ’ is installed and the stone or wood is subjected to set rituals before it is given to the sculptor .
3 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 .
4 Please amend the declaration on your Application if you wish to see any report before it is sent to us .
5 ( Please amend the declaration on your Application if you wish to see any report before it is sent to us . )
6 If this facility is available , the map should be displayed on a graphics display terminal and checked for errors before it is sent to the film writer .
7 The signal is converted back into an analogue waveform just before it is fed to the picture tube and loudspeakers .
8 The percentage of this media type which can be used before it is considered to be full , in the range 1 to 100 .
9 However , some calculations on the visual input have already been performed in the retina , before it is passed to area 17 .
10 These profiles can be approximated by diode.shaping circuits ( Maginot and Oliver , 1974 ) which " round-off " the linear ramp up/down signal before it is input to the voltage.controlled oscillator .
11 If the acquirer 's solicitors are to prepare the agreement , it is very important that they are fully informed as to the acquirer 's aims and concerns about the acquisition and its assessment of its bargaining position and that they discuss the draft with the acquirer before it is released to the seller .
12 The sheet explains what an NMT is ; what arrangements apply when supplying an NMT to a person not registered for VAT for removal to another EC country ; what happens if a new vehicle is to be used on UK roads before it is removed to another EC country ; and what to do if obtaining an NMT in the UK for removal to another EC country .
13 A wide recording head stretches across the jumbo roll of tape and magnetises it before it is slit to domestic size .
14 Norman Lamont 's final spring budget — before it is rescheduled to later in the year — billed as a budget for recovery included any number of business incentives and tax concessions .
15 Your consent is required before we can apply for a report and you may see the report before it is returned to us .
16 Your consent is required before we apply for a report and you may see the report before it is returned to us .
17 And it 's going to be a long time before it 's going to be possible , so therefore we still have to use animals , I see no way round it .
18 Above : It 's important to use test kits to check your water for early signs of pollution — and this nitrate test kit can usefully be used to test tap water before it 's added to the tank .
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