Example sentences of "[noun sg] before the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Subtracting these 200 msec from the 550 msec by which the RP preceded the movement , Libet concluded that the neural activity associated with an apparently voluntary act began some 350 msec before the first moment at which the subject was aware of his intention to act .
2 ‘ Darren 's had some luck because London have brought young players into the squad , and Chris Oti dropped out injured at the crucial moment before the first game of the season against the Midlands .
3 Since the letting can not be conceived as existing before the event permitted gets under way , to is not used with let , just as it is not used with see because seeing can not be conceived as taking place before the first moment of the event seen .
4 On March 9 , the day before the first session of the new Assembly , President Paul Biya held talks with MDR leader Dakole Diassala , reportedly in an attempt to secure the MDR 's support for the RPDC , and thus to give the ruling party an absolute majority in the Assembly .
5 And veteran broadcaster Mark Page , who is back with the station , popped into the studios to wish his colleague good luck before the first broadcast of the Mark Turnbull Sunday Phone-In .
6 My comparative lack of basic talent came home to me on the practice ground before the first round of the Amateur .
7 TI says that there are no indications that there will be any upturn before the first quarter of 1992 .
8 In fact before the first year of this trial was completed , some 80 per cent of decision packages were approved almost automatically and resources were directed at the remaining 20 per cent of packages .
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