Example sentences of "as a prelude to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cohabitation as a prelude to marriage is now an acceptable option . |
| 2 | With the greater prevalence of cohabitation as a prelude to marriage , many couples feel they make their public commitment to each other when they set up house together and sign the joint mortgage form . |
| 3 | The event was an obvious success , as well as extremely enjoyable for all involved , so much so that there are reports of similar events being held every year as a prelude to Santa Specials . |
| 4 | The five CMHTs varied greatly in their precise method of operation and these variations were hotly debated among themselves at times , but they all engaged in service development and came to see the generation of personal treatment plans as a prelude to service development rather than as being constrained by the existing service stock . |
| 5 | As a result of what was reportedly a wide-ranging discussion , it was agreed to establish as a prelude to discussion of the Union Treaty two bilateral commissions to negotiate on the most contentious issues in USSR-Russian Federation relations , namely the delineation of state powers , ownership of state property , and the rights to dispose of natural resources . |
| 6 | The then Minister for Home Affairs , Buta Singh , defended the extension against protests from opposition members saying that it was necessary to proceed with the panchayat ( local council ) system as a prelude to assembly elections in the state , and that the continued detention of some Sikh leaders was necessary to prevent them from causing further trouble in the region . |
| 7 | Segregation is seen as a prelude to re-integration into the community , with an emphasis on rehabilitation . |
| 8 | This serves as an introduction to Part II , and more particularly as a prelude to Chapter 6 , because it deals with the subject of fiction itself : something which is strictly not a matter of style , but which is presupposed by the study of style in fiction writing . |
| 9 | He argues that , given our present state of ignorance regarding the classification of linguistic disorders , descriptive detail is necessary , both as a prelude to intervention and in order to increase our basic understanding of language development . |
| 10 | The use of the test as a prelude to intervention will depend very much on the extent to which it is regarded as important to direct remediation at the specific linguistic functions which this test addresses . |
| 11 | But , as Stanyer ( 1976 , p. 55 ) has observed : ‘ It is necessary to understand what a local authority is in legal terms in a particular governmental system only as a prelude to understanding what all local authorities are in behavioural terms ’ . |
| 12 | Optimism about an economic upswing was clouded by signs of popular opposition to the government 's liberalization measures , some of which were seen as a prelude to job losses in the public sector . |
| 13 | On Feb. 25 the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Vellayati flew into Baku for talks with both sides as a prelude to mediation . |
| 14 | American official policy was to promote self-government in south Korea as a prelude to unification but de la Mare observed that the long delay in accomplishing unification made this unlikely . |
| 15 | Hot on the heels of the 1991 sell-out , the 1992 edition of the Good Beer Guide goes on sale at the end of this month as a prelude to CAMRA 's 21st birthday year . |