Example sentences of "[adv] before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few people pass this hurdle much before they are 40 , at which point they are far too old to begin any other type of career . |
| 2 | Discussion is only of interest to those participating in it , and many young children find it extremely difficult to articulate their ideas verbally — especially before they 've actually done what you 're talking about . |
| 3 | It was five o'clock before they could hear the results of his conversation . |
| 4 | Long before they had passed the watershed and were looking over into the jaws of the mountains at the head of Loch Morar , young Angus felt he had strayed into a foreign country . |
| 5 | And , ladies and gentlemen , how long before they interfere with the very guardians of our existence and prevent the provincial police from shooting down vicious unarmed textile strikers ? |
| 6 | Long before they reached the relevant section . |
| 7 | With luck Vic and Emily should be gone several hours , giving him ample time to search for evidence and be back at the white house long before they returned . |
| 8 | For the activist and ‘ committed ’ core of the Movement , especially for the younger element , the perceived Führer image stood symbolically for ideological precepts — preparing for a show-down with Bolshevism , acquisition of Lebensraum , ‘ removal of Jews ’ — which were ‘ directions for action ’ long before they were realizable objectives . |
| 9 | Children usually have a strong ballet grounding long before they apply to enter the Royal Ballet School from the age of 11 . |
| 10 | First , it was assumed that no long-range problems would occur ; that is , that the acidifying or toxic power of the gases would be neutralised long before they got to Scandinavia or anywhere else . |
| 11 | Thus , for Piaget , concepts derive from operational schemata : ‘ logico-mathematical structures are extracted from the general conditions of actions long before they make use of language , either natural or artificial ’ — for example , a mother 's non-verbal interactions with her baby ( see Chapters 9 and 10 ) . |
| 12 | Freemantle knew Leapor 's writing long before they had actually become friends . |
| 13 | True prevention is thus to ensure that women are immunised against diseases which can cause mental handicap in the foetus long before they plan to conceive . |
| 14 | It was not long before they were fleeing again , this time from the Bow Street Runners . |
| 15 | The pupils who do complain usually retract their allegations long before they get to the state where the teacher might be held to account . |
| 16 | This happens long before they come into a residential establishment . |
| 17 | Children are learning to read long before they have any formal reading tuition . |
| 18 | They become readers in the sense of having positive expectations and motivation long before they go to school . |
| 19 | He was a very easy person to talk to , and long before they reached home she felt as if she had known him for years . |
| 20 | Children often become familiar with the number names long before they achieve any understanding of their meaning . |
| 21 | Children come across written numbers , just as they come across written words , long before they are able to read or understand them . |
| 22 | Ferrets must become used to wearing a muzzle long before they are fitted with one for a day 's ferreting . |
| 23 | It is also important that my dogs and my ferrets get to know each other long before they are required to work together in the field . |
| 24 | LONG before they emerged in last year 's French Championship final as an intimidating three-headed monster , breathing fire and brimstone , the Bègles-Bordeaux from row of Simon , Moscato and Gimbert had acquired a rather unsavoury reputation as a hard , mean trio who took no prisoners and believed in the virtues of swift , unsophisticated retribution . |
| 25 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 26 | And , with this poise in front of the cameras , it surely wo n't be long before they are muscling in on mum and dad . |
| 27 | They , too , listed her as ‘ sick ’ , and it was n't long before they were eking out her parish relief with a regular 1s. a month , starting in the March of 1783 . |
| 28 | For matters to have been different , a far deeper knowledge of those forces would have been required , plus the willingness and ability to handle conflicting tensions long before they built up to breaking point . |
| 29 | Long before they reached this degree of sophistication , however , in the main stream of Commando forces ( see diagram p. 14 ) were spawned many small fry . |
| 30 | Dawn overtook them long before they reached the Esk , or even the Lyne . |