Example sentences of "before it [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a long way to go before it sounds natural . ’ |
| 2 | Launching a report on the changing face of England over the past 50 years , Burton called on the government to target the 150,000 hectares of derelict land in cities before it allows more building in the countryside . |
| 3 | On the surface it has no problem with it — the technologies at issue NCR either has or is moving towards — but it wants more information before it lends any support . |
| 4 | On the surface it has no problem with it — it either has or is moving towards the technologies at issue , but it wants more information before it lends any support . |
| 5 | European Community telecommunications ministers yesterday agreed the legislation intended to ensure that voice telephone services are provided in an open and efficient way across the Community , Reuter reports from Brussels : the legislation , which must be reviewed by the European Parliament before it becomes final , would improve access of users to public telephone networks and impose rules or objectives in areas such as prices , contracts and billing ; it would establish the principle that prices are based on cost , rather than cross-subsidy — in many countries , long distance calls subsidise local calls ; France won agreement on changes that would enable tariffs to be adjusted to ensure ‘ cohesion ’ within a state — in order to cover things like service to remote areas ; the ministers are also due this week to debate the controversial plans to liberalise the telecommunications market by 1998 . |
| 6 | But this process may be well under way before it becomes apparent . |
| 7 | It is only by alleviating frustration immediately , or even before it becomes experienced , Robarchek argues , that the Semai are able to be so non-violent . |
| 8 | It has also been argued that the small mouths of the giants simply could not have downed enough food to support a warm-blooded metabolism , particularly plant food that needs a lot of processing before it becomes available as energy . |
| 9 | As expounded in Chapter One , mankind 's need for a rational definition of ‘ god ’ is obvious , but before it becomes possible to produce an interpretation with any real meaning , there are two assumptions , already enlarged upon in this book , which must be accepted as fact . |
| 10 | Most importantly he can arrest a slide before it becomes unsaveable by using the outer footrest as an early warning system . |
| 11 | Before it becomes common knowledge on , on the documentation . |
| 12 | But one must recognize that whatever system one puts in has only got a limited life before it becomes irrelevant , and if the payment is for achievement it must do just that . |
| 13 | Racing : Braiswick brings era to a close : Richard Edmondson on the last victory for a racing dynasty before it becomes absorbed by the Maktoum empire |
| 14 | It is also wiser that the elderly person should grow used to receiving care from several different people before it becomes hard for a sole carer ever to have time off . |
| 15 | It can not be useful to talk about population growth ( Nature 362 , 379 ; 1993 ) as a ‘ threat to the global commons ’ that may need to be ‘ dealt with by coercion ’ before it becomes bothersome to ‘ the rest of us ’ , which I assume means those of us lucky enough to live in countries where contraceptives are readily available . |
| 16 | Before it gets dark . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Come on Polly , we better help look for 'em before it gets dark , ’ Dad suggested . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll take you over there now , then , and you can get settled in before it gets dark . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Before it gets dark . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 'd better set off now before it gets dark , ’ he told the driver . |
| 21 | Before it gets dark and you could n't see anything anyway . |
| 22 | Well I 'll get that in before it gets dark . |
| 23 | I better shut this before it gets wrecked ! |
| 24 | The wise men from Harvard fly in and tell you : ‘ It will have to get worse before it gets better ’ . |
| 25 | THERE are some Conservative voters who , believe it or not , are hoping for a Labour victory , on the simple logic that ‘ it has to get worse before it gets better ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's going to get worse before it gets better . |
| 27 | Hyperactive children may ‘ grow out of it ’ in time , but this takes a long time and their behaviour tends to get worse before it gets better . |
| 28 | Bearing in mind that canoeing is gaining in popularity , along with the leisure industry , the situation will get worse before it gets better . |
| 29 | If rail travel gets worse before it gets better , voters may dump them at the next general election . |
| 30 | The National Rivers Authority says the situation will get worse before it gets better . |