Example sentences of "[vb pp] before it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd better get that cool-box unpacked before it melts , ’ Ruth breathed as Fernando moved his lips from her mouth to her throat . |
| 2 | But if knowledge proceeds on what must be presupposed before it is proved , the cover is blown on the pretensions of critical doubt . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | No sense getting your scav smashed before it was fenced . |
| 5 | Apart from the question of the number of dimensions that space-time appears to have , string theory still has several other problems that must be solved before it can be acclaimed as the ultimate unified theory of physics . |
| 6 | The meeting comes after months of turmoil at Ferranti , from the discovery of a series of bogus contracts at the International Signal subsidiary , most of which were committed before it was bought by Ferranti in 1987 . |
| 7 | This link between subjectivity and subjection , which for the ( political ) post/modernist has to be disclosed before it can be disarticulated , is , by comparison , both assumed and manifestly endorsed in the Renaissance . |
| 8 | His mistake may have been to assume the election was won before it was fought . |
| 9 | Thus , you should reduce the value of each future payment by the profit earned before it is payed . |
| 10 | Reference to the track index This will take between three-quarters of a revolution and a full revolution as the start of the index will need to be located before it can be searched . |
| 11 | That matter is high on their agenda , and the hon. Gentleman may recall that the Labour party has distinguished itself over the past 40 years by being wrong about practically every foreign policy and defence issue that has come before it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The grape variety used is Chenin Blanc but when it is picked before it is fully ripe , it makes dull , acidic wines , with an off-putting nose that reminds me of wet dogs . |
| 14 | That the dominions which he had so laboriously assembled fragmented upon his death ( indeed , his position in Norway had collapsed before it ) is a pointer to Cnut 's abilities , and of how individual , and hence transitory , political achievement could be . |
| 15 | CLI is currently out in review form at the moment — the group says it has to be fine-tuned before it can be released to members in July . |
| 16 | A spokesman for the OFT said the complaints would be considered before it decided whether to demand assurances concerning the company 's future behaviour . |
| 17 | I 've got a customer coming in who wants to choose a puppy , and it must be vaccinated before it leaves here . |
| 18 | But these changes in the cells mean that cervical cancer can be prevented before it starts . |
| 19 | In certain cases its cells undergo changes in the cells mean that cervical cancer can be prevented before it starts . |
| 20 | Despite his lone pursuits of happiness , the greater impression is that they worked the Hollywood field together , for Burton 's material rewards , seeing it as a treasure trove best plundered before it disappeared . |
| 21 | Note that the SPR must first be submitted before an SSR can reference it and an SPR must be accepted before it can be closed . |
| 22 | Note that the SPR must first be submitted before an SSR can reference it and an SPR must be accepted before it can be closed . |
| 23 | An object is manufactured before it is purchased , and we therefore have a tendency to see consumption activities as the result of , or as a process secondary to , the development of manufacturing and other forms of production . |
| 24 | It looks as though the body was moved before it was buried . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | If it has been discovered during the course of earth-moving for construction or other work , however , the site may be totally unknown ; in this case , it is important that local archaeologists are alerted as soon as possible , so that some kind of record of the site can be made before it is destroyed , or it may even be excavated if found to be important . |
| 27 | The material has to be washed and steamed before it 's ready to be sent to the needlework department . |
| 28 | Every word seemed to have been crafted and polished before it was allowed to escape through her discriminating lips . |
| 29 | It then turns and pounces on it triumphantly , as if a fish scooped up from a river or stream has been landed on the bank and must be secured before it wriggles its way back to the safety of the water . |
| 30 | As it has previously been shown that there is no enzyme activity in either the supernatant or the brush border , the drug must be absorbed before it is acetylated . |