Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] before " in BNC.
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1 | But what Sheriff Irvine Smith has , with compelling cause shown , denied us in his Introduction he has amply redeemed in the justiciary cases he has placed before us and in his commentary thereon . |
2 | All this is trite law and the contrary has , so far as I know , never been argued in any case which has come before the courts under the Act of 1977 . |
3 | It has been argued that in Britain , on every major social issue that has come before the courts during the last thirty years , the judges have supported ‘ the conventional , established and settled interest [ and ] have reacted strongly against challenges to those interests ’ ( Griffith , 1991 , p. 325 ) . |
4 | I think that I am not alone in saying that I have not properly done my job of examining in detail some of the legislation which has come before us . |
5 | Shep Huntley is the main character of her new lie but like so much of what has come before Shep Huntley never materialises . |
6 | The bill follows a report which stressed the need for parliamentary involvement in nuclear issues , and is the first time that any aspect of French nuclear energy policy has come before the deputies . |
7 | It has done before |
8 | Perhaps Auslan Cramb meant to claim ( as he has done before ) that carbon dioxide emissions from combustion are causing global warming ( a slight increase in the greenhouse effect raising the temperature of the Earth ) . |
9 | Others say that the resemblance one notices is between sensations , and that what one means when one says something is white is that a sensation one has on looking at it resembles a sensation one has had before and to which one gave the name ‘ sensation of white ’ . |
10 | A MAN charged with the murder of Huyton student Sean Whelan , has reappeared before magistrates . |
11 | ( 2 ) Where an applicant for the grant of a licence or an objector there to : ( a ) has , through inadvertence or misadventure , failed to comply with any of the preliminary requirements of this Act ; or ( b ) having duly lodged his application or objection , has died before the meeting of the board at which such application or objection was to have been heard ; the board may , if it thinks fit , and upon such terms as the board thinks proper , postpone the consideration of the application or objection to an adjourned meeting . |
12 | ( 2 ) A licensing board may , on an application made to it in that behalf by : ( a ) the executors , representatives or disponees of any person who held a licence in respect of premises situated within the area of the board and who has died before the expiry of the licence ; or ( b ) the trustee , judicial factor or curator bonis of any person holding such a licence who has become bankrupt , insolvent or incapable before the expiry of the licence ; transfer the licence to the applicant if the applicant is in possession of the premises . |
13 | this is the first time a cardinal has preached before an English monarch since the Reformation |
14 | They came in the form of series of explosions on a far greater scale even than any of the preceding ones , and greater than anything that man has experienced before or since . |
15 | In a crowded restaurant she gives a little scream at the plate which some overworked waitress has set before her and says , ‘ Oh , that 's far , far too much ! |
16 | Since a version of this argument was repeated in his broadcast talks and made a linchpin of Lewis 's defence of Christianity , it may be profitable to lay down our books for five minutes as he urged us to do when thinking of a world without chloroform and meditate on what he has laid before us . |
17 | Sometimes one set of sculptors would be finishing an already countermanded set before the news of yet more changes reached them . |
18 | Keith John Moore , one of the firm 's partners , has appeared before the Disciplinary Committee on three previous occasions to answer allegations , two of which related to other rock bands . |
19 | He has appeared before me in person . |
20 | For example , assume that a child is a rehabilitated person within the meaning of the Act : in other words , he has been subject to a supervision requirement and that requirement has been terminated or a year has elapsed since the date of the hearing that imposed the supervision requirement , whichever is the longer , and he has committed no further offences during the rehabilitation period ; or he has appeared before a children 's hearing which has decided not to impose a supervision requirement on him and six months has elapsed during which time he has committed no further offences . |
21 | Twenty eight year old Sean from Arnold has appeared before Nottingham magistrates charged with murder , and has been remanded in custody . |
22 | A man accused of two arson attacks in a city shopping centre has appeared before magistrates . |
23 | A solicitor 's clerk has appeared before a magistrate charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice . |
24 | A solicitor 's clerk has appeared before a magistrate charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice . |
25 | A man who was captured on video torturing a cat has appeared before a court in Worcester . |
26 | The Chancellor has appeared before the Commons Treasury committee to defend moving Sterling out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
27 | A LIVERPOOL teenager accused of murdering a 76year-old man last August has appeared before Manchester city magistrates . |
28 | A MAN of 41 has appeared before magistrates charged with attempting to rob two shop assistants in Chester . |
29 | A BOY aged 14 has appeared before a court in Crewe on a charge of attempting to rape a 92-year-old spinster while carrying out a burglary . |
30 | A 24-year-old man has appeared before Teesside magistrates charged with the girl 's murder . |