Example sentences of "[noun sg] before the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if he is able to negotiate a minimum fixed term before the landlord 's power to break can be exercised , once that period has expired a notice can come at any time . |
| 2 | Tommaso did not call again at the farm that leave , and after the Easter holidays , Davide went back to Rupe for the short summer school term before the dog days drove most people indoors to keep cool , and some venturesome spirits down to the coast , to the white sand beaches at Dolmetta and Tirrani , where sea bathing was just becoming popular among adults . |
| 3 | This will undoubtedly stretch existing laboratory resources , despite an expansion in the largest of the biology teaching laboratories due for completion before the beginning of session 1992–93 . |
| 4 | Reconstruction work on the carriageway and footway in Northgate , Guisborough , is due for completion before the end of the month . |
| 5 | He said that the oceans would suffer the effects of oxygen depletion before the atmosphere , because there is proportionately less oxygen in water |
| 6 | ( c ) Agreeing the new rent There should be a period in which the parties are able to agree the amount of the new rent before the necessity for independent determination . |
| 7 | In the dark before the sun . |
| 8 | One problem which has been described to me by nurses and health visitors who returned to practice before the advent of re-entry programmes is the difficulty represented by assumed knowledge . |
| 9 | There 's a rigourous routine of hard practice before the party from the Dragon School in Oxford head off for the African continent . |
| 10 | The nuns ' tales reveal that inhuman treatment was already standard practice before the declaration of martial law in March . |
| 11 | As for the medical practitioner before the discovery of antibiotics , what did not exist did not have to be taken into account . |
| 12 | Overdoses of three drugs are most common among teenagers ( Hawton and Goldacre 1982 ) , who are less likely than adults to have visited their general practitioner before the attempt ( Hawton and Blackstock 1976 ) . |
| 13 | What is being done is to argue that the failures were of the order to suggest that Bukharin had been correct in his prediction before the event , not after it . |
| 14 | LADBROKES , reportedly swamped with election bets , ( at highly-profitable margins ) , still took time yesterday to take anticipatory action before the participation of Musicale and Hatoof in today 's 1,000 Guineas trials at Newbury and Maisons-Laffitte respectively . |
| 15 | Action before the Budget in the absence of assistance from the Bundesbank looks unlikely . |
| 16 | If that turns out to be the case , Chalmers hopes to be back in action before the end of the season , and that would certainly lead to a standby spot . |
| 17 | In 1515 , we find a cow being left to provide a light before the rood to burn from the second peal to matins , and till high mass is done and from the second peal to evensong till evensong be done for ever more . |
| 18 | It is Alan Usher 's contention that if this evidence had come to light before the trial , a third opinion could have been obtained from a specialist paediatric pathologist . |
| 19 | It was essential that the candidate 's appearances were carefully staged so that he came across in a favourable light before the television cameras . |
| 20 | Norman Waller and his neighbours at Low Fell suffered an endless plague of crime before the night he finally snapped . |
| 21 | There 's just one condition , you have to be able to take the break before the beginning of December . |
| 22 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 23 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 24 | Off then for a drive around the edges of Constable country where the scenery was very impressive , before stopping for a welcome cup of tea before the return journey home . |
| 25 | The southern islands became known mostly during the 17th to 19th centuries ; Antarctica itself remained unvisited until the late 18th century , and unrecognized as a continent before the start of the 20th century . |
| 26 | She had lost weight before the wedding ; that was only to be expected — but the girl moving through the crowds , shaking hands and accepting flowers , looked positively transparent . |
| 27 | It is our hope that the Department of Social Security will move in keeping with the findings of the all party parliamentary select committee on social security to correct this underfunding before the responsibility for meeting the cost of residential care in the community is transferred from the D S S to local authorities a year from now . |
| 28 | She gave evidence to that effect before the judge who said : |
| 29 | The manager should discuss the proposals for the coming year 's maintenance programme before the allocation of annual leave to nurses . |
| 30 | ‘ Smith , awarded the Player of the Month trophy before the game , was under no pressure when he turned Wainwright 's cross into his own net . ’ |