Example sentences of "before committing [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Gould was well aware of the descriptive shortcomings of his synopsis — Mere was simply not enough information available on Australian birds — but , cautious as ever , he needed to prove the strength of the market before committing himself to the ‘ grander work in prospect ’ .
2 It is worth discussing your child 's needs in detail and having a few rehearsal sessions before committing yourself to a job .
3 Check carefully with your own Customs and Excise and the other country 's embassy before committing yourself to a purchase , as you can not take the rug back should it prove unsuitable .
4 Being a temp gives you a good chance to try out different types of work before committing yourself to a permanent job , and also to size up the different companies .
5 Nevertheless , knowledge and skill can be acquired more quickly through a well-planned training programme , and you would be well advised to consolidate your early practical experience through further training before committing yourself to the full responsibility of your own farm and livestock .
6 Those on the brink of buying are mostly waiting until the election is out of the way before committing themselves to a new house , but City financier Christopher Moran thinks they are all wrong .
7 I want to upgrade to a much larger reef tank in the near future , but first should I gain much-needed experience in keeping invertebrates before committing myself to the expense of failure with a large tank ?
8 That 's to say someone is leaving and we are going to take that post out and put it into the food section , and on b , I would say to Matthew that before committing us to a budget of two and a half thousand against a background of ten percent cuts , I would suggest that the health educational help-line and their day-long courses for E H Os might be made good use of in the forth-coming year .
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