Example sentences of "before [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very few women left the trade before retiring age for reasons other than marriage , ill-health , or care of a relative . |
| 2 | The lien of a solicitors ' firm over clients ' papers pending payment of its costs will not be lost by a change in membership so long as the papers have come into the firm 's possession before the change : they can not ( subject always to any specific arrangements with the client to the contrary ) lawfully be retained after such a change in respect of a debt falling due before that event . |
| 3 | Thus , suppose that a member of the group recognises that he or she would be better off if no one did X. Before that member would embark on an attempt to persuade others , he would have to recognise that others might feel about X as he did . |
| 4 | But how far will it have gone before that decision is made next April ? |
| 5 | Bernini is evidently attempting to render something quite transcendental and something which had never been attempted by a sculptor before that date . |
| 6 | If the buyout , which is expected to offer about £160m for the Haig and Claymore whisky group , is completed before that date , Grand Met 's option would lapse . |
| 7 | The coins included in a hoard deposited at a given date will all have been made before that date . |
| 8 | Many now recall how happily Jews and Arabs lived together before 1948 , although it is a fact that in some parts of Palestine near civil war existed between the two communities long before that date . |
| 9 | However , a number of policy changes affecting the older cores had been introduced before that date . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We must receive your application on or before that date . |
| 12 | In 1975 contributions began to be collected through the PAYE system like income tax , but any you paid before that date still count towards your total . |
| 13 | Before that date it is known that the original Indian population of the Georgia coast hunted , fished and gathered their food . |
| 14 | For uses started before that date and continued without permission ever since , it is possible to obtain an Established Use Certificate , i.e. a certificate of immunity from enforcement action . |
| 15 | The deeds of Hall Farm , Rimswell ( originally Manor Farm ) go back to the early 18th century although there was probably a house on the site before that date . |
| 16 | However , he 's devised a simple mod which has addressed the problem ; all new TriAxises will have it and those made before that date can be retro-fitted . |
| 17 | The Government believes that no payment of VAT should be required on boats supplied in the UK before 1 April 1973 ( when UK VAT started ) , or on boats imported into the UK on a duty paid basis before that date . |
| 18 | The guidelines took effect on 1 August , but there will be a transitional period for the sake of students and members who began their pre- or post-qualification training before that date . |
| 19 | However , anyone who had a dependent relative living in a second home before that date will continue to enjoy capital gains tax relief . |
| 20 | The war started for many of us long before that date . |
| 21 | But I doubt very much whether there are any claims now outstanding which are not statute-barred , in respect of children stillborn before 22 July 1976 or any children born before that date , who are locked in litigation with their mothers over whether the mother tasted alcohol or followed a diet other than that recommended by the current phase of medical opinion during pregnancy . |
| 22 | Essentially the argument of Mr. Page is that any member of the academic staff who is appointed until a determined retiring age ( in his case 67 ) can only be removed before that date for good cause as defined in section 34 of the statutes . |
| 23 | Plaintiffs will also be required to give the court notice of disposal by settlement or otherwise before that date , subject to a fixed penalty for failing to give such notice , which will be payable by the plaintiff 's solicitor . |
| 24 | LOTHIAN REGION opened for business in 1975 and can trace its roots back to the local authorities which existed before that date . |
| 25 | immediately before that date he was undertaking a qualifying course of education , and |
| 26 | On June 20 , the old 10p ceases to be legal tender and the charity is hoping to collect as many of them as possible before that date . |
| 27 | ( Hurd said afterwards that the Jan. 15 deadline would not automatically trigger an immediate offensive , but also that Iraq had no immunity against military action before that date if , for example , foreign nationals held hostage there were mistreated . ) |
| 28 | Our next Parish Council meeting is on 2 April 1992 and it would be appreciated if I could have your reply before that date . |
| 29 | The reaction to the discovery , that it would mean that there would be no need of the Icelandic fishing grounds in future , makes it fairly certain that even if there had been accidental sightings of the New World before that date , no systematic attempts had been made to explore it further nor to exploit the resources of the Newfoundland Banks ( 45 , pp.214–16 ) . |
| 30 | The results will be printed in the Medau News in September but if any teacher would like a Results Sheet before that date please send a S.A.E. to Joan . |