Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] before [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted that the definition of " settlement " in TA 1988 , s681(4) is applied to the overseas capital gains tax regime in TCGA 1992 , s97(7) and it is clear that before a settlement can exist under that code ( which excludes s86 ) there must be an element of bounty ( IRC v Plummer 54 TC 1 ) . |
| 2 | It is clear that before the decision stage is reached the court must make findings of fact as to the evidence which it has heard . |
| 3 | After this but before the rogue was traced , the rogue took the car along to a market in Warren Street ( where dealers commonly sold cars ) and he sold it to an innocent purchaser . |
| 4 | The central fact of the history of the south-east before 784 is the independent rule of Ecgberht , king of Kent , and it is not impossible that before the late 780s Sussex was more within his sphere of influence than Offa 's . |
| 5 | Whenever liquids or greases are used during maintenance , all excess spillages must be cleared up as quickly as possible and before the equipment is put back into operation . |
| 6 | ‘ I find it disgraceful that before the review of the mining industry is even properly under way the Coal Board has issued these notices , ’ he said . |
| 7 | It is obvious that before the sample was obtained another form of natural selection had been in progress : earlier purchases by the public and by the booksellers themselves . |
| 8 | After training has finished the blood supply is reduced and the ‘ pump ’ disappears , resulting in the muscle being smaller than before the exercise started . |
| 9 | He said the Government believed NHS resources should be used to enhance patient care and the number of eye tests being done was higher than before the charges were introduced . |
| 10 | He qualified in 1628 and before the year was out had made ‘ simpling voyages ’ to Kent and Hampstead Heath with nine companions , all in some way associated with the Company . |
| 11 | Regarding the strikes , disputes and restrictive practices which had plagued the Dublin plant , these were all unfortunate legacies of the British system which had been foisted upon the Irish since before the First World War . |
| 12 | ‘ And by the way , ’ said Elinor as she handed round tea and biscuits , ‘ I found out that the Chatwin kid was traced to a gypsy camp at the Appleby Horse Fair but before the police could pick him up he 'd disappeared again . ’ |
| 13 | Output thereafter went up so that the women were earning about the same as before the job was changed . |
| 14 | At dinner he was utterly silent and tried to leave as soon as he had eaten sufficient but before the table was cleared . |