Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clear gloss varnishes should not be stirred or shaken before use , as this would cause air bubbles to form which would might spoil the appearance of the varnish . |
| 2 | There were known to be four coastal guns , mounted with anti-aircraft batteries , on Maaloy to defend the Ulvesund anchorage where convoys sheltered in bad weather or gathered before crossing more open waters not protected by outer islands . |
| 3 | There is nothing to guarantee that police conditions will be adequately conveyed or heard before or during the march . |
| 4 | The Homicide Act 1957 deprived judges of their power to give authoritative rulings on the sufficiency of provocation , and the question must now be left to the jury , which should apply the test of the ‘ reasonable man ’ to everything said or done before the killing which might amount to provocation . |
| 5 | We are not prepared to stand by and let schools in areas that we represent get closed or re-organised or whatever , at the expense of small village schools , which should be re-organised , or re-rationalised before schools in large urban areas . |
| 6 | PRT is treated as a production cost and has been charged or credited before arriving at operating profit . |
| 7 | Pictures of the Führer and Party emblems , uniforms , and literature had been thrown away or burnt before the arrival of the Russian , American , or British troops . |
| 8 | She prevaricated , wanting the story verified or denied before sharing it with him , but he could n't be expected to know that . |
| 9 | ( 4 ) An applicant shall not be treated as having failed to comply with subsection ( 2 ) ( b ) above if the notice is , without any fault or intention of his , removed , obscured or defaced before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , so long as he has taken reasonable steps for its protection and , if need be , replacement . |
| 10 | If SSP was due or paid before 6th April 1991 but you have not recovered it , you can still recover 100% of the SSP paid . |
| 11 | But if SSP was due or paid before 6th April you can still recover the NIC compensation . |
| 12 | This was its justification : ‘ All who make war seek through war to arrive at a peace more perfect than existed before war . ’ |
| 13 | Three main strands to Conservative policy can be discerned from the multitude of programmes that were either introduced after 1979 or that , although initiated before that date , were perpetuated in a modified form by subsequent Conservative administrations . |
| 14 | These instruments should be switched on and checked before reaching cloud base . |
| 15 | From the results of cardiac transplantation to date many more such patients could expect an excellent long term outlook if referred before developing secondary end organ dysfunction , but more importantly if the supply of available donor organs could be increased . |
| 16 | Particles in the seed bracket usually have to be soaked and boiled before use . |
| 17 | A tall , sculpted chair was brought into the room and placed before the altar . |
| 18 | The corned beef that we are familiar with is a cured beef which is then boiled and pressed before being canned . |
| 19 | After the usual pleasantries he took Mark along one of the labyrinth of corridors flanked with busts of the famous , and stopped before a heavy oak-panelled door attended by a liveried usher . |
| 20 | Then he went slowly back to within two blocks of home , drove up the back lane and stopped before the old wooden garage which he had rented for so many years from Isobel Dawson . |
| 21 | Just past the Ha'penny Bridge , the driver turned to the left into Lower Fownes 's Street and stopped before the first building on the right hand side . |
| 22 | ‘ If something has n't been tried and proven before then they 're not interested . |
| 23 | For example , individual scrubbers have been installed and waste liquids are recovered and treated before being introduced into the environment . |
| 24 | This is difficult unless infected bitches can be identified and treated before whelping and during lactation , but even in this event , until drugs are available which will give total clearance , the only certain measure is the removal of pups from infected dams at birth , and hand-rearing or fostering on uninfected bitches . |
| 25 | All weapons are cleaned and examined before being locked back into the armoury , then personal kit can be dealt with . |
| 26 | Tim loped off down an alleyway lined with pet food , and halted before a tier of shelves of bottles , brown and red bottles , ochre and copper and olive-green . |
| 27 | One postcard from Shanghai to Scotland , illustrating the railway station and posted before the First World War , bears the message ‘ is not the station like that at Fort Matilda ? ’ |
| 28 | 6 Ensure medical investigations have been ordered and completed before operation time . |
| 29 | In this text , which is aimed at senior undergraduate students of engineering , the subject of matrices is described and developed before being applied to some of the problems of engineering dynamics . |
| 30 | A few days later the victorious army entered Addis Ababa and paraded before the Empress Zauditu on Jan Meda , that great open space where Menelik had reviewed his troops . |