Example sentences of "[adv] before [coord] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lulach was unfortunately simple-minded — probably the only reason he had been allowed to survive , when two other claimants contesting Duncan 's pretensions happened to be murdered just before and after the investiture . |
| 2 | Both before and during the events of 1789–92 in France and St Domingue they distinguished their aim of abolition of the trade from the larger question of emancipation of the slaves . |
| 3 | Catholicism as an ideology and the Church as an institution were central to the strength of Spanish conservatism both before and during the Republic , thanks to the power not only of school , pulpit and press , but also of a large and comprehensive network of church-sponsored social , professional and farmers ' organizations within which much of the Catholic population was enmeshed . |
| 4 | This project is concerned with children 's learning experiences at home and at school both before and throughout the infant school . |
| 5 | Relations with the largest non-Arab country in the Middle East , Iran , were rather more complex both before and after the fall of the Shah . |
| 6 | As the Community shifted away in the 1960s from whatever supranational bias it possessed , this binding role of the Court as , as it were , the ‘ guardian ’ of the Communities became much more important , both before and after the enlargements of the organisation in the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 7 | At the end of this adaptation phase , the subjects withdrew their hand , the metre rule was replaced , and the subjects were retested under the experimental conditions in the order B , C , A. Under each condition , both before and after the adaptation phase , the subject was required to point at each of the four targets five times with the order in which they were required to point to the targets randomised so that the subjects did not become practised by repeated measurements in the same position . |
| 8 | ( 1990 ) report that whereas in a Yorkshire mining community the pro-Labour Daily Mirror was the most widely-read daily newspaper , both before and after the strike , in the Nottinghamshire community which they surveyed the pro-Conservative The Sun was the most popular before the strike , and equally popular with the Daily Mirror after it . |
| 9 | When there is a change in partnership membership , and at least one person is a partner both before and after the change , for the purposes of assessing profits to tax , the trade is treated as having ceased and a new trade commenced unless an election is made under s 113(2) , TA 1988 . |
| 10 | S 113(2) requires the election to be signed jointly in respect of each change by all those who were partners both before and after the change . |
| 11 | There was a gratifying amount of publicity both before and after the event . |
| 12 | He kept telling his gentle mother , both before and after the death ( in 1911 ) of his more authoritarian and rabbinical father ( the first Lord Swaythling ) , that he could not marry a Jewess because he found them so unattractive . |
| 13 | Anti-war demonstrations were held in the USA both before and after the outbreak of hostilities . |
| 14 | Egypt made strong protests both before and after the conclusion of the Memorandum . |
| 15 | ‘ So , sometime before or during the course of Thursday evening , a ceremonial sword is taken from its place in the Infantry chapel , sharpened and applied to the head of a priest . |
| 16 | Similarly , in 3 the time span which is indicated by " now " is limited to the few seconds immediately following the utterance , whereas in 4 the reference of " now " extends well before and after the time of utterance . |
| 17 | The white blood cell count was determined immediately before and at the end of the study ; leukocytosis was defined as a white cell count greater than 10000 cells/mm . |
| 18 | A simple paired comparison of mean pulse rate data obtained immediately before and during the procedure was also carried out . |
| 19 | Six children in each class are interviewed on four occasions , before the teaching of the topic , immediately before and after the formalisation lesson |
| 20 | ‘ A person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force . |
| 21 | By s.8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 : [ a ] person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses any force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force . |
| 22 | The force must be used " immediately before or at the time of " the theft . |
| 23 | Both would have seen all the relevant documents either before or during the course of the trial . |
| 24 | There was no hypertransaminasaemia either before or during the trial . |
| 25 | A Colchester police spokesman said seven people , including some visiting fans and some locals , had been arrested either before or during the game . |
| 26 | The terms of a contract are settled either before or at the time of making the contract . |
| 27 | By a notice of appeal dated 7 July 1992 the husband appealed on the ground that a copy of the committal order had not been served on him either before or at the time of the execution of the warrant as required by Ord. 29 , r. 1(5) ( a ) of the County Court Rules 1981 ( as amended ) and that in consequence the order was invalid and/or defective and should be set aside . |
| 28 | ‘ If a committal order is made , the order shall be for the issue of a warrant of committal and , unless the judge otherwise orders — ( a ) a copy of the order shall be served on the person to be committed either before or at the time of the execution of the warrant ; or ( b ) where the warrant has been signed by the judge , the order for issue of the warrant may be served on the person to be committed at any time within 36 hours after the execution of the warrant . |
| 29 | Thirteen patients in group A ( 57% ) and seven in group B ( 18% ) had associated cholecystolithiasis , diagnosed either before or at the time of diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis ( p=0.002 ) . |
| 30 | Resting anal pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients either before or after the operation . |