Example sentences of "[art] days before [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was all in the days before credit cards , when hire purchase was king . |
| 2 | ‘ In the days before lycra , we were very much more limited in finding leg yarns with the perfect fit , now lycra is the vital link between fashion leg and good function . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps we are heading back in a full-circle towards the days of Victorian philanthropy — Back towards the days before state provision when organisations like Barnardos , the Salvation Army and the C.O.S. were the dominant providers . |
| 4 | Opposition protests were voiced in the days before commencement of the 30-day period of voter registration , set by the government for June 8 although it had still not set a date for the elections themselves . |
| 5 | In the days before radio the shelter was a link with other drivers and todays cabbies say it should have been kept for them . |
| 6 | In the days before glasnost — which his fictions may be thought to have rehearsed and predicted , but which could well mean that his fictions will no longer be for the West what they have been so far , when the thing that they deplore was still there in its entirety to be deplored — Kundera was forced into exile in the ‘ free world ’ of the time . |
| 7 | Mozart was by no means the first freelance composer to die in financial difficulties in the days before copyright law and performance rights afforded the artist some protection : 60 years later the German composer Gustav Lortzing literally starved to death after having to sell his hugely successful operas to publishers for a pitifully inadequate outright fee , which denied him any further revenue . |
| 8 | Years ago , in fact , in the days before television , I was frequently asked ‘ Are you going netting ? |
| 9 | But in the days before television and radio , almost before phonograph records , how did the music spread so far and so wide ? |
| 10 | Mr Davies challenged the usual assumption that the line was a failure , pointing out that it did a good job for the district , particularly in transporting goods in the days before motor transport . |
| 11 | This is generally thought to have been done deliberately , to improve drainage in the days before clay and now plastic field drains . |