Example sentences of "that before " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we saw in Chapter 14 , Michel Foucault argues that before the nineteenth century the sodomite was someone who performed a certain kind of act ; no specific identity was attributed to , or assumed by , the sodomite . |
| 2 | It will be appreciated that before widespread industrialisation , the erection of highly specialised buildings was something of a rarity . |
| 3 | Their manager , John King , said his players were so high on publicity that before this match he had to pull them down from the ceiling . |
| 4 | He has protested his innocence , saying that before fleeing East Germany last weekend he dissolved the GDR 's hard-currency accounts in Switzerland and transferred the sum of Dm60 million ( £22 million ) to East Germany 's state bank . |
| 5 | He has protested his innocence , saying that before fleeing East Germany last weekend he dissolved the GDR 's hard-currency accounts in Switzerland and transferred the sum of Dm60 million ( £22 million ) to East Germany 's state bank . |
| 6 | One idea is that before or at the next French-British summit in late spring , the foreign and defence ministers on both sides will meet to review progress . |
| 7 | It is therefore not unlikely that before long Parliament may abolish the ultra vires rule in company law altogether . |
| 8 | For instance , sugar came in huge blocks , so that before weighing it out , sufficient must be chipped off with a knife ; and black treacle must be ladled out spoonful by spoonful into the customer 's jar . |
| 9 | Mr Beckett makes the point that before embarking on such a venture the land would need to be fully assessed to determine the stocking rate . |
| 10 | Moreover , trust in Hitler was not simply based upon an early end to the war , but on an early victorious conclusion , and all the indications are that before late 1942 and early 1943 — centring around Stalingrad , the North African reverses , and the mounting allied air supremacy — only a minority of Germans ( around a third of the population according to American surveys carried out in 1945 ) were prepared to concede that the war was lost . |
| 11 | Even so , it seems evidently to have been the case that before Stalingrad the voicing of direct criticism of the person of the Führer and his leadership was a rarity . |
| 12 | I distinctly remember , in a television interview at the last party conference , Cecil Parkinson declaring that before privatisation , the heads of the nationalised industries ran their organisations for their own benefit , not the public 's . |
| 13 | In the Preface of the Octavo Dictionary ( 1724 ) , Philip Miller remarked that before the beginning of the century this country 's preoccupation with trade had allowed the Italians , French and Dutch to outstrip it in horticulture . |
| 14 | Such sanctions could be implemented either by insisting that before receiving funds form the EC for a particular project the member country must ensure that the project in question complies with environmental legislation , or if a member country does not comply with environmental legislation across the board , the EC could withhold funding . |
| 15 | It is worth pointing out that before the revolution , Cuba , due to its sugar-based economy , had relatively fewer smallholders and relatively more agricultural labourers than most Latin American countries . |
| 16 | They were well aware that before the English visit , and in an attempt to give himself some room for manoeuvre , Napoleon III had wooed the Tsar . |
| 17 | Not so long ago , if any such points of ambiguity arose regarding one 's duties , one had the comfort of knowing that before long some fellow professional whose opinion one respected would be accompanying their employer to the house , and there would be ample opportunity to discuss the matter . |
| 18 | Excavation suggest that before this , Castle Dore was the centre of a large community made wealthy by the trade in tin and iron , as well as busying themselves with agriculture . |
| 19 | That was the first time I was conscious that before the apocalypse I had never thought of visualising anywhere but in my stomach . |
| 20 | A patient entering a consulting room is always conscious that before entering , and upon leaving , there is a knowing tête à tête between consultant and assistant . |
| 21 | He concluded with a promise that before the next session he would obtain a less expensive plan probably providing accommodation for the Foreign Colonial and India Offices , and although reception rooms should be included , the residence could be omitted . |
| 22 | He was furnished with a big drum and plenty of liquid refreshment meant that before long he not so much marched as fell around the city . |
| 23 | It is unlikely that before the middle of the 19th century there would be stonemasons specialising in making curling stones . |
| 24 | Only students of history are conscious of the fact that the Covenanting times lasted for over half a century and that before the end of the period some of the skirmishes were between factions , supposedly on the same side in the conflict . |
| 25 | Nay , they even go so far as to lay odds that before Christmas he lands a force in England or Ireland . |
| 26 | By July , Hoare was forecasting that before long refugees will ‘ have to be supported from British public funds if scandal is to be avoided ’ . |
| 27 | He told Lisa that before the operation , and for a few months after , she would have to wear a steel frame pinned to her head and connected to a rigid plaster jacket to hold her damaged neck in place . |
| 28 | I was advised that before studying psionic medicine it would be appropriate to learn homoeopathy and this I duly did , leaving my post in the genetics department for one in the homoeopathic hospital . |
| 29 | A director of social work in another part of Scotland , consulted about the actions his authority would have taken in the same set of circumstances , said that before even considering removing children from home , he would have consulted family doctors . |
| 30 | To say that the crowd is ‘ learning fast ’ implies that before Flying arrived they had some catching up to do — which is not true . |