Example sentences of "[vb pp] before [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a trend for the clinical diagnosis of pyloric stenosis to be preceded by an imaging study : during 1974–7 only 25 ( 12% ) infants were imaged before a mass was palpated compared with 57 ( 31% ) during 1988–91 . |
| 2 | The Lusaka casualty was originally owned by Pan American and had accumulated some 54 000 flying hours with that company before it was sold to Dan Air , and then a further 2000 flying hours were added before the accident occurred . |
| 3 | Unlike the mainland authorities — where regional and district taxes have to be added before the actual bill is known — Orkney house-holders will pay the one council tax plus water . |
| 4 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 5 | Better performance for one hemifield could be due either to a longer duration of icon , thus allowing more information to be encoded before the icon fades , or to a faster encoding rate , allowing more information to be encoded before the arrival of the masking stimulus . |
| 6 | No abnormal isolates were obtained from tubers harvested before the webs were sprayed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This is how the gardens to the east of the palace looked before the present duke 's grandfather created the Italian gardens , and at the opposite end of the palace — this was the scene before today 's water terraces were built . |
| 9 | The offences charged had already been committed before the appellants entered the shop and the police , so far from having any dishonest intent , were concerned to return the property to its rightful owners and bring offenders to justice . |
| 10 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 11 | All violations are only reported ( not acted on by the system ) , but they must be resolved before the design can be " sealed " . |
| 12 | A formal appeal against marks can be investigated immediately results are published and , unless a module from the student 's final term is involved , can be resolved before the student is considered for an award by the MEC . |
| 13 | All errors must be resolved before the updates can be entered . |
| 14 | All errors must be resolved before the acceptance can proceed . |
| 15 | All errors must be resolved before the information can be updated . |
| 16 | All errors must be resolved before the information can be updated . |
| 17 | All errors must be resolved before the information can be updated . |
| 18 | These errors must be resolved before the data can be updated . |
| 19 | These errors must be resolved before the data can be updated . |
| 20 | During this time , the marriage could be saved or the custody of the children resolved before the courts agreed that the marriage was irretrievably broken down . |
| 21 | One of the few criticisms that has rankled with Mr Kinnock has been the allegation of cockiness — the presumption he has won before the votes have been counted . |
| 22 | All the training data have to be collected and paired and then sorted before the main clustering stage can begin . |
| 23 | Because today 's mail had already been sorted before the dispute began , local residents and companies were able to pick up their post from the sorting office . |
| 24 | In the case where the start of the first index track searched has to be located before the search begins , a single-track index will require an average search time of R , but each additional track will again only add R/2 . |
| 25 | In practice the measurement is difficult , and many misleading shifts were reported before the possible pitfalls were appreciated . |
| 26 | Many factors need to be addressed before the private sector will venture enthusiastically into this form of care provision . |
| 27 | Probably the major factor which must be addressed before the scheme can be moved out of the realm of an interesting example of developments of classification theory into a practical classification scheme is its organizational backing . |
| 28 | Light from some distant objects was emitted before the sun first shone , and has been making its way to mankind 's eyes throughout the history of the earth . |
| 29 | Natural stomachs are not often used now and the casing should be well pricked before the haggis is simmered in a pan of water for 30–40 min . |
| 30 | So far as Government Bills are concerned , it is no exaggeration to say that the substantial task of legislating will have been largely discharged before the Bill is even read a first time in the House in which it is introduced ( Bills may normally be introduced in either House , thence proceeding to the other ) . |