Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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1 | Elliott , 28 , was hurt in Welsh international Saunders ' final appearance for the Merseysiders before his £2.3 million switch to Aston Villa . |
2 | Christon Tembo and three other officers accused of high treason [ for start of trial in November 1989 see p. 37142 ] , an Army officer giving evidence as a state witness claimed that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe had pledged support for the plotters before their planned coup attempt in October 1988 [ see p. 36264 ] . |
3 | In his careful , helpful , written and oral submissions Mr. Baragwanath , who appeared for the respondents before the Board , accepted that special leave to appeal would as a general rule be granted by the Board in the exercise of its discretion to a petitioner who had been erroneously refused leave to appeal as of right save in exceptional circumstances , for example , where the judgment of the courts below and the record available led the Board to conclude that the petitioner 's chances of success or the amount involved did not justify the imposition on the respondents of the delay and expense which an appeal necessarily entails . |
4 | With an ache that almost made him bend over , he longed for the hours before evening to be done . |
5 | Once married , Arnold began to give parties , admirably hosted by the young and vivacious Nancy , for the artists before whom he became speechless with respect . |
6 | WE ALL , I reckon , feel a nostalgia for the days before the First World War when we read that travel was simpler and you could go down to Victoria and light out for the Continent without bothering about a passport . |
7 | Let's hope someone buys some batteries for the bandsmen before the Five Nations match next March . |
8 | The first two weeks of the course were spent in the classroom on the groundschool phase and then it was into the flying phase with a daylight jet refresher on the Meteors for the pilots before going on to the B.2s . |
9 | Mrs Gregory , 53 , said her husband had ruined his life through drinking and said he had drunk heavily during the days before his death . |
10 | She sang as well as she could , hitting the right notes — she never had any problem with that — but it was pretty dreadful singing , so lifeless and uninspired , not the way she had been singing during the weeks before Gesner 's arrival . |
11 | During the weeks before the event local playschemes , youth clubs and other community organizations have been preparing costumes and props in anticipation of the visit . |
12 | Ingrid spent many years at art schools in Glasgow and London during the mid-1980s before establishing Tait & Style in Stromness . |
13 | Profit before extraordinary items and the extraordinary items are analysed between A. Layout Plc and Model Manufacturing Ltd and between the periods before and after the date of the merger on 28th August 1990 as follows : |
14 | As the text emerged from the drafting committee , the English text , but not the French text , of Article 1 made express reference to ‘ discovery ’ ; a request was not to be used for the purpose of obtaining discovery between the parties before the trial . |
15 | However they should not be a worry for a pilot who is well trained , and who keeps in practice and thinks about the conditions before each flight . |
16 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
17 | ‘ We also talked about the days before Flodden — the doings of the late King and the gossip of the court . ’ |
18 | Many of them were students who worked their passage to Liverpool as cattlemen aboard the cattle-steamers before the days of full-scale refrigeration , and used the Liverpool office to cash their generous allowances . |
19 | Leland fought the case through the courts before giving up in September 1931 , just six months before he died . |
20 | Connon continued to sort through the objects before him . |
21 | It is perhaps a reminder to the parties ' advisers to encourage the parties to have one final read through the engrossments before execution . |
22 | With only 11 runs needed from two overs , Byas rammed Snell through the covers before being caught at long on next ball . |
23 | ‘ Report him , and you 'll be thrown off the islands before the week 's end ! |
24 | 1.55:NICKY Henderson 's Bally Clover was backed off the boards before landing a comfortable success at Cheltenham , and is likely to be well supported again this afternoon . |
25 | The President looked at one of the papers before him . |
26 | ‘ Have you seen this ? ’ he asked , putting a copy of The Times before them . |
27 | The proportions of women who had artificial rupture of the membranes before labour , episiotomy , stitches , shaves , and enemas decreased . |
28 | The areas studied in 1989 varied widely in the proportion of women receiving enemas ( 1/66 ( 2% ) to 32/74 ( 43% ) , p<0.001 ) , epidural anaesthesia ( 1/69 ( 1% ) to 21/60 , 35% ) , p<0.001 , artificial rupture of the membranes before labour ( 2/80 ( 3% ) to 18/69 ( 26% ) , p<0.01 ) , and induction by drugs ( 7/58 ( 12% ) to 25/67 ( 37% ) , p<0.05 ) . |
29 | If this is correct , it confirms Posidonius ' awareness of the desperate situation of the slaves before the rebellion . |
30 | By notice of motion dated 14 May 1990 the Director of Public Prosecutions sought judicial review of ( 1 ) the decision of a single justice sitting at the Liverpool Magistrates ' Court on 16 February 1990 declining to proceed under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 in respect of John James Bell , who had been arrested pursuant to section 7(3) of the Act , until such time as the bench was composed of at least two justices ; ( 2 ) her decision adjourning the proceedings to a court sitting on 19 February 1990 for evidence to be called and until such time remanding the defendant in custody ; and ( 3 ) the decision on 19 February 1990 of the justices before whom the adjourned decision came declining jurisdiction to hear the section 7(5) proceedings . |