Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] before the [num ord] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of this theoretical approach emphasise that spectator violence existed before the First World War . |
| 2 | What evidence is there of this kind of behaviour at football matches before the First World War or in the inter-war period ? |
| 3 | ‘ There were only about 15 varieties available then , but I did some research and came across an American monograph written before the Second World War that listed 250 . |
| 4 | For many its decline began before the First World War , as a consequence of its inability to maintain the trade-union and working-class support in the face of the challenge of the Labour Party . |
| 5 | On balance the evidence suggests that the Liberal decline began before the First World War , but there is no denying that the war speeded up this process . |