Example sentences of "[noun pl] before the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A farewell party was held last night at Hustledown House in Stanley , where three residents have already left and a further 13 are due to be relocated to other Durham County Council homes before the weekend . |
| 2 | No , I would n't say I did , and I would n't say that 's what I was looking for , particularly , because again I mean it 's a much abused notion that perhaps that class disappears in postwar Britain , I think that 's a political issue that was an attempt to make it look as if class was disappearing , class differences rather , but I think there is a lot of evening out , there 's not the stark differences of the quality of life of furnishings that you would have found say in homes before the war . |
| 3 | The buyers , who paid up to £120,000 for their luxury homes before the property slump , have launched a High Court action against Lovell Homes . |
| 4 | You will find that in all such pictures before the war practically every man is wearing a cloth-cap or a hat . |
| 5 | Ring compounds of low molecular weight exist but we are here mainly concerned with the properties of long-chain polymers -ones in which there are hundreds or thousands of repeat units before the end of the chain , a branch or a cross-link occurs . |
| 6 | Unlike his predecessors who had patronised the arts before the Revolution , Costakis had no fortune of millions at his disposal . |
| 7 | They part before her , like waves before the prow of a stately ship . |
| 8 | Such being the direct evidence for contacts between Greeks and Jews before the time of Alexander , we ask the obvious question : what did Greeks and Jews make of these various opportunities for meeting and knowing each other As for the Greeks , the answer is simple . |
| 9 | We 've done a comparison between those that were in arrears before the beginning of ninety two and ones that have been in arrears after ninety two , and it 's erm approximately eighty percent before ninety two erm twenty percent after . |
| 10 | Particular indignation was caused when Laud summoned noblemen and gentlemen before the Court of High Commission , an ecclesiastical body , and fined them for moral offences ; there was also wide resentment of his use of the Star Chamber to punish by cropping their ears those who libelled court or bishops . |
| 11 | As Kate looked into Ace 's narrowed , unforgiving eyes before the race , she knew that , unfair or not , he held her somehow responsible , and his last words to her bore that out . |
| 12 | Mark Gill was given the chance to make amends before the interval as he converted an equalising penalty awarded after Mike Smith had smothered the ball in the Billingham goal . |
| 13 | We have returns so far from sixty five per cent of the schools and we expect to have the remaining schools before the end of the month , I would n't expect it to change from where we are at the moment but if there was a significant variation then I will be in a position to report back to the Policy Committee at the end of the month but I 'm , I 'm not expecting that need be the case . |
| 14 | erm there were some erm secondary technical erm facilities of course at one or two of the schools before the war . |
| 15 | Paul Rayner and Rosamund Jordan said they were disappointed there would be no public forum featuring all three candidates before the election . |
| 16 | The MPs elected in 1918 came near to meeting the expectations of 1911 and many of these had indeed been selected as candidates before the war : in 1918 the average age rose sharply ( over half were over fifty ) , the proportion with interests in the land fell , and the proportion with interests in business rose from 24 to 41 per cent . |
| 17 | The TDF-I satellite was launched in November 1988 : it was to begin transmitting DBS television channels before the end of 1989 . |
| 18 | Though the Lancia works driver lies third overall , with a repeat of his 1988 triumph at San Remo seeming beyond him when the event ends today , a place in the top three will secure his world crown two rallies before the end of the season . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As much written material as possible should be circulated by all parties before the inquiry , and the use of surprise evidence discouraged . |
| 21 | These were the only modifications made on these cars before the war . |
| 22 | She sank to her knees before the Prince of Wales . |
| 23 | He backed out of the bedroom , leaving the old lady still on her knees before the bed . |
| 24 | Edward crouched to his knees before the firebox and peered into the sickly blaze . |
| 25 | She came in a rush , fell dramatically on her knees before the fire , beside her sister , cried " Look ! " |
| 26 | Deutsche Bank Research says it does not expect northern EC members to revalue or devalue their currencies before the introduction of the single European currency . |
| 27 | When he lowered Grainne on to the pile of thick fur rugs before the fire , he was trembling , but when he stood up and began to unfasten his own clothes , he did so with a calm sureness and a gentle authority . |
| 28 | This strange , remote , eagle creature , whose body was bathed in incandescence from the fire , except that it was not quite the fire ; whose eyes were dark with passion , and whose arms , strong and safe , were enveloping her , and laying her down on the thick fur rugs before the fire … |
| 29 | The workers merely wish to clear a backlog of clients before the afternoon session begins . |
| 30 | Most of the swing to the Conservatives between the summer of 1986 and the summer of 1987 occurred during the winter of 1986–7 , and there was relatively little swing in the last few months before the election . |