Example sentences of "[vb pp] before a " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Once the flue has been cleared of all blockages , the smoke test might reveal cracks which have to be mended before a fire can be used . |
| 4 | For action of this kind to be fair , the risk that you may suffer an injustice should be considered before a final decision is taken . |
| 5 | Many different design styles were submitted and considered before a decision was reached to base the design on fine ornate plasterwork of the Throne Room . |
| 6 | So the test that has to be applied before a health authority refuses an ECR is that the decision must be ’ wholly unjustifiable on clinical grounds ’ . |
| 7 | Commonly , industrial licences are required and safety checks are made before a plant commences operation , and annual inspections are undertaken thereafter . |
| 8 | For integrity purposes , two copies are always made before a file is deemed to be ‘ offline ’ . |
| 9 | That was before Stonehenge , in 1980 , became enclosed in a concentration camp cage , designed to keep people out , not in , and that fence was built before a Frenchman proposed to preserve the crumbling Sphinx by encasing him/her/it in a transparent plastic skin . |
| 10 | This will allow six weeks for objections to be lodged before a public inquiry is held probably in mid or late summer . |
| 11 | Drainage : what needs to be done before a good soil structure can be built up over the whole farm ? |
| 12 | Activity : Some progress was recorded at the Djibouti summit on measures to improve food security and drought and famine early warning systems , but more work needed to be done before a second conference with donor countries could be convened , following that of March 1987 , to obtain funding and technical support for a further series of projects . |
| 13 | Another crucial step was the European Community 's adoption of British Prime Minister Major 's concept of establishing ‘ safe havens ’ inside Iraq , although there was still much to be done before a complete international consensus over the scheme could be established . |
| 14 | By dealing with work done before a product is ready for market , the collaboration hopes to avoid violating US antitrust laws and other problems associated with intellectual property rights and the sharing of royalties . |
| 15 | Much of the renovation work was already done before a previous developer had to abandon the project . |
| 16 | Although the client 's permission will always be sought before a trainee sits in , many clients may feel unable to refuse , even though they are certain that they will be uncomfortable with a third party present . |
| 17 | However , the Attorney-General warned your Lordships that , even if reference in this case to Parliamentary materials did not infringe article 9 , the House of Commons might take the view the House enjoyed some wider privilege which we would be infringing and might well regret that its views on the point had not been sought before a decision was reached by your Lordships . |
| 18 | The Commissioner herself is the only legally qualified person in her office , and it is not surprising to learn that Treasury solicitor 's advice is often sought before a decision is made to grant assistance or not |
| 19 | Prior to the meeting , the purchaser and MAS will need to establish their further information requirements distinguishing between that which will need to be investigated before more precise deal terms can be negotiated and that which will need to be seen before a deal can be completed . |
| 20 | All these questions must be answered before a deal can be struck . |
| 21 | However , there are a number of technical requirements which have to be met before a tenant is granted another business tenancy or compensation . |
| 22 | There are three separate criteria that must be met before a commercial fusion reactor can be built : temperature , density and ‘ confinement time ’ must all exceed certain minimum values . |
| 23 | The conditions to be met before a leap-frog appeal can take place indicate the type of case the legislature had in mind . |
| 24 | The point was long in doubt , and there may have been reasons for thinking that it might not be appropriate to extend the obligation to measures adopted before a directive existed . |
| 25 | The EC Commission for its part threw into the discussion the now celebrated Cockfield Report3 which detailed the host of measures which would have to be adopted before a single market could be said to exist . |
| 26 | It came as a shock , not just to the students but also to some of the older members of staff , such as Charles Mahoney , who belonged to an era when a member of staff would even vet the colours to be used before a student began to paint . |
| 27 | Wherever practicable an oral warning is to be used before a firearm is used . |
| 28 | Using conventional x-ray films , a bone loss of some 30 per cent would be needed before a clinician could be sure that changes had occurred . |
| 29 | The above does not purport to be a comprehensive list of the items which need to be agreed before a merger can workselection , retention and dismissal of staff , harmonisation of computer systems and other equipment , for example , are as likely to prove the sticking point . |
| 30 | In contrast , any misfortune which might happen to a person accused before a spirit might be attributed to sorcery . |