Example sentences of "before looking [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But before looking at the idea behind this revolution in printing , consider its consequences .
2 Before looking at the day-to-day working of the system in London and Birmingham , it is worth pausing to describe the role of the school care committees , for in both cities they were the vital link in the attempt to make the transition an educational rather than an industrial process .
3 Before looking at the two conferences under consideration , it is useful to construct an outline income and expenditure account , which might look something like
4 Before looking at the books , she wrote : ‘ The teenagers of Tollemarche must be protected from obscenity and smut . ’
5 Obviously the detailed nature of these checks depends on the material submitted , but we found it invaluable to look at the output from these checks before looking at the coursework itself .
6 He looked down now on to the plate on which lay a pig 's foot and two pieces of streaky pork ; and picking up the pig 's foot in his two hands , he gnawed at it for a moment before looking at the child again and asking her , ‘ Well , what 's your other name ? ’
7 Before looking at the bloom shapes and forms , we need to clarify a few terms which are not as simple or straightforward as might be supposed .
8 I lie down on my bed and remove my socks before looking at the folder .
9 Before looking at the relationship between mortality rates and social class over the years , it is worth referring to some evidence which suggest that similar medical care benefits upper-class patients more than their lower-class counterparts .
10 Before looking at the outcomes of regional policy , it is worth stating again that financial incentives are only one of the two strands of regional policy — the other is the industrial development certificate system through which the government can refuse applications for industrial expansion in prosperous areas thus encouraging firms to move into development areas .
11 Before looking at the different propositions of the theory , it is necessary to describe briefly the two forms of government financial assistance : income tax rebates and supplementary benefit .
12 But before looking at the two most important examples of planning for peace , the Beveridge Report and the Butler Education Act of 1944 , it is important to note a number of ways in which peacetime policy changes were foreshadowed by ad hoc wartime measures .
13 Duclos mopped his forehead with a handkerchief already soaked in perspiration before looking at the photographs .
14 My mother glanced at the clock before looking at the window to ascertain that the garden was already retreating into night , and drew the curtains .
15 Before looking at the way in which the sector has changed in recent years we examine the role of the Bank of England .
16 Before looking at the idea that the overpricing of underwriting contracts as payment for other services it is worth noting that Marsh observed that ‘ bear ’ markets tended to lead to marginally higher excess returns to underwriters , while no large or small company effects could be discerned .
17 Before looking at the implications of this plethora of orbits , it remains to state that only a few of the homoclinic orbits known to occur in the Lorenz equations are displayed in Fig. 6.2 .
18 Before looking at the creation of databases , it is important to consider what is meant by a database or what a database could look like in a school library .
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