Example sentences of "[adj] before the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amaranth stood apparently bare-breasted before the multitude . |
| 2 | Bruce and Pat Cottrill , of Colwyn Bay , are furious that killer Frederic Blancke has been jailed for only 15 years , which means he could be free before the end of the century . |
| 3 | A further solicitor 's letter informed Brenda that the Sharmas believed Robbie to be their dog ( they claimed his fur had been dyed ! ) , and that their bitch had been exchanged with another before the inspection . |
| 4 | As this is a short letter we will of course send out another before the end of the year with our new address and further news on the life and times of the Meikle Mob … |
| 5 | It takes about one month to commission each machine with the next one being delivered in October and another before the end of the year , when once again Stoddard 's team will be visiting the States . |
| 6 | Everything had been different before the war . |
| 7 | The position was different before the statute . |
| 8 | Symptoms of sickle cell anaemia are seldom manifest before the age of six months when the level of circulating fetal haemoglobin falls to the adult level . |
| 9 | I have used the Range Rover flywheel and clutch assembly which was OK before the engine swap . |
| 10 | This is , however , extremely uncertain , especially as evidence relating to this aspect of Osiris , as opposed to his role as a fertility god , is so meagre before the end of the Old Kingdom . |
| 11 | Would erm , would the Chairman send me a , a , a report of this before the meeting ? |
| 12 | In fact , they became popular before the advent of the boilie . |
| 13 | ( 1990 ) report that whereas in a Yorkshire mining community the pro-Labour Daily Mirror was the most widely-read daily newspaper , both before and after the strike , in the Nottinghamshire community which they surveyed the pro-Conservative The Sun was the most popular before the strike , and equally popular with the Daily Mirror after it . |
| 14 | The clean air is a little more involved — surprisingly , the disease was markedly less prevalent before the advent of modern clean air policies . |
| 15 | The Campaign Group of MPs , to which he belongs , numbered fewer than 30 before the election and four Left-wingers , including Mr Dave Nellist , stood against official Labour candidates and lost their seats . |
| 16 | There are now around 430 Amur tigers in the Ussuri nature reserve , up from just 30 before the war . |
| 17 | But I said that it is always a good sign when things go wrong before the night . |
| 18 | However , apart from Piatnitski 's drive from Valery Karpin 's short free-kick , Mike Hooper was untroubled before the break . |
| 19 | A missed black off its spot cost McManus dearly in the second before the Scot , appearing in the semi-final of a major tournament for the ninth time this season , appeared likely to take frame three . |
| 20 | It is 0320 before the team finally get to bed , with the Captain promising them a lie-in until 1000 hours . |
| 21 | In The Soldier 's Return ( 1902 ) , a returning warrior rescues his mother from the workhouse , while the demobbed soldier of A Reservist before the War and after the War ( 1902 ) steals a loaf of bread in order to supply the needs of his destitute wife and children . |
| 22 | Sleek and colourful before the mirror in the bathroom , Tod feels pride that has a wince or a flinch in it . |
| 23 | For example Each of these is sub-divided , an example being The use of these area-table numbers can be illustrated in the following two examples 624.15109411 Foundation soils and engineering geology in Northern Scotland ( note the use of 09 before the area notation ) 508.6 Scientific surveys in Africa ( since no confusion can arise in this case , 09 is not necessary ) . |
| 24 | For the vast majority rapid travel was unavailable before the railway age . |
| 25 | There were some plans in existence and he studied old maps by R. Casson and J. Berry , which had appeared last in 1757 before the copper plates for them had been taken over by Harrop . |
| 26 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 27 | Next day a sharp breakfast-burst of fire killed 12 Japanese before the patrol dispersed in the scrub . |
| 28 | Occasionally , however , a compensation award will be made and become payable before the expiry of the notice period . |
| 29 | Fees are payable before the commencement of the course , either in full or in stage payments for distance learning programmes . |
| 30 | While most of the strands from which the new synthesis would be woven are already visible before the war , they could only be patterned into a new web within the altered conditions of the university in society , and in the " national life " of the post-war era . |