Example sentences of "[noun pl] before " in BNC.

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1 The buyers , who paid up to £120,000 for their luxury homes before the property slump , have launched a High Court action against Lovell Homes .
2 It is a good idea to talk it through with someone and , if possible , to visit homes before making a decision .
3 In cross examination he accepted that there was no such reference in any report he had written in this case and agreed that quote , I do n't think I 've discussed Cheshire Homes before today , unquote .
4 He 's seen old people who 've moved out of homes before and they 've enjoyed it .
5 POLICE yesterday warned householders to secure their homes before leaving for summer outings .
6 A farewell party was held last night at Hustledown House in Stanley , where three residents have already left and a further 13 are due to be relocated to other Durham County Council homes before the weekend .
7 No , I would n't say I did , and I would n't say that 's what I was looking for , particularly , because again I mean it 's a much abused notion that perhaps that class disappears in postwar Britain , I think that 's a political issue that was an attempt to make it look as if class was disappearing , class differences rather , but I think there is a lot of evening out , there 's not the stark differences of the quality of life of furnishings that you would have found say in homes before the war .
8 If the patient had hobbies before his stroke or head injury , such as drawing , painting or needlepoint , you should try to make it possible for him to take them up again .
9 Tomorrow they 'll be free to roam Fantasyland , Adventureland and all the other Lands and try the attractions before gathering for the big gala in the evening .
10 The two robbers banged on the side of the Security Express van , spread-eagled one of the guards before shooting him in the legs .
11 Uterine contractions before cord clamping and beat to beat variability in blood pressure were not recorded and would both be interesting in future studies .
12 It is perhaps a reminder to the parties ' advisers to encourage the parties to have one final read through the engrossments before execution .
13 And I think I think the reconciliation what he 's actually saying is he has n't got time to recheck those reconciliations before this weekend 's deadline that 's what it appears to be .
14 You will find that in all such pictures before the war practically every man is wearing a cloth-cap or a hat .
15 The combinations are endless , but you will get the best results if you choose the pattern you wish to make with the pictures before starting work .
16 But he admitted he had n't seen the pictures before firing Mr Hughes from his £22,000-a-year job with office equipment suppliers Fellowes .
17 All non-British pictures before World War I should be transferred to the National Gallery , and those later in date to a new Modern Art Museum .
18 He produced many excellent pictures before his death on the voyage ; and later expeditions benefited from professional and amateur draughtsmen .
19 Phil Leigh set off on a mazy run , negotiating numerous tackles before crossing from the byeline to Wagstaff who found the net .
20 There is a further way of sampling , using a certain amount of ordering of the units before sampling takes place .
21 Ibanez have unleashed a couple of tape-driven units before now , but this is their first solid state effort .
22 Ring compounds of low molecular weight exist but we are here mainly concerned with the properties of long-chain polymers -ones in which there are hundreds or thousands of repeat units before the end of the chain , a branch or a cross-link occurs .
23 The professional bodies gave a positive response to the Development Programme although requiring more detailed information on the exact nature and content of the HN units before giving their final decision regarding exemption policy .
24 Since HARPY laid out each potential utterance as a path it had no need to segment the input into phonetic units before matching .
25 When done well this design can look exceptionally attractive , but when badly handled it can look very ugly , so practise with several vases before choosing which one to use , as subtlety is one of the key factors in the success of this picture .
26 Unlike his predecessors who had patronised the arts before the Revolution , Costakis had no fortune of millions at his disposal .
27 They part before her , like waves before the prow of a stately ship .
28 ‘ Aqua Fortis ’ intros with a gentle lapping of waves before thickening into a pulsing yet controlled hypno-technological dream and is supported by the scary ‘ Asylum 3 ’ , which involves a story about some magic toys and sets up the rest of the track for a chilling rollercoaster ride into a spooky world that you really do n't want to enter .
29 Observations of temporal changes in the behaviour of shear waves before earthquakes , which can be interpreted in terms of stress changes , are arousing considerable controversy .
30 They tasted salty from the fine spray Seawitch threw into the hazy air as she dug her elegant nose into the waves before tossing them aside .
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